Peter Finch
Actor
Biography
Frederick George Peter Ingle Finch (28 September 1916 – 14 January 1977) was an English-Australian actor. He is best remembered for his role as crazed television anchorman Howard Beale in the 1976 film Network, which earned him a posthumous Academy Award for Best Actor, his fifth Best Actor award from the BAFTA, and a Best Actor award from the Golden Globes. He was the first of two people to win a posthumous Academy Award in an acting category; the other was fellow Australian Heath Ledger.
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Filmography
The Flight of the Phoenix
as Captain Harris 1965
The Nun's Story
as Dr. Fortunati 1959
First Men in the Moon
as Bailiff's Man (uncredited) 1964
Sunday Bloody Sunday
as Dr. Daniel Hirsh 1971
Far from the Madding Crowd
as William Boldwood 1967
The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men
as Sheriff of Nottingham 1952
The Red Tent
as Umberto Nobile 1969
The Battle of the River Plate
as Captain Langsdorff, "Admiral Graf Spee" 1956
Raid on Entebbe
as Yitzhak Rabin 1976
The Pumpkin Eater
as Jake Armitage 1964
Murderers' Row
as British agent (uncredited) 1966
Lost Horizon
as Richard Conway 1973
Elephant Walk
as John Wiley 1954
A Town Like Alice
as Joe Harman 1956
Girl with Green Eyes
as Eugene Gaillard 1964
Father Brown
as Gustave Flambeau 1954