Acting credits
57
Established
Large and steady acting portfolio.
Actor
Peter Finch
Acting
Career Snapshot
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1.1
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Movies: 56Series: 1
TMDB ID: 29903
IMDb ID: nm0002075
Known for: Acting
Born: September 27, 1916
Died: January 14, 1977
Age: 60
Place of birth: South Kensington, London, England, UK
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1938 - 2006
Years active: 69
Average TMDB rating: 6.38
Wikidata: Q294454
Also known as
Frederick George Peter Ingle Finch
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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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Peter Finch.
The Making of 'Network'
as Self (archive footage)
2006 Movie
7.2
Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)
2001 Movie
4.0
The Sensational Shocking Wonderful Wacky 70's
as Self (archive footage)
1980 Movie
6.0
Raid on Entebbe
as Yitzhak Rabin
1976 Movie
7.8
Network
as Howard Beale
1976 Movie
5.2
The Abdication
as Azzolino
1974 Movie
5.7
England Made Me
as Erich Krogh
1973 Movie
5.7
Bequest to the Nation
as Adm. Lord Horatio Nelson
1973 Movie
5.4
Lost Horizon
as Richard Conway
1973 Movie
5.2
Something to Hide
as Harry Field
1972 Movie
6.6
Sunday Bloody Sunday
as Dr. Daniel Hirsh
1971 Movie
The Greatest Mother of 'em All
as Sean Howard
1969 Movie
6.0
The Red Tent
as Umberto Nobile
1969 Movie
5.9
The Legend of Lylah Clare
as Lewis Zarken / Louie Flack
1968 Movie
6.8
Far from the Madding Crowd
as William Boldwood
1967 Movie
4.5
Lionpower from MGM
as Self - Lewis Zarken (archive footage) (uncredited)
1967 Movie
5.7
Murderers' Row
as British agent (uncredited)
1966 Movie
5.2
10:30 P.M. Summer
as Paul
1966 Movie
4.3
Judith
as Aaron Stein
1966 Movie
7.2
The Flight of the Phoenix
as Captain Harris
1965 Movie
6.3
First Men in the Moon
as Bailiff's Man (uncredited)
1964 Movie
6.6
The Pumpkin Eater
as Jake Armitage
1964 Movie
6.7
Girl with Green Eyes
as Eugene Gaillard
1964 Movie
5.4
In the Cool of the Day
as Murray Logan
1963 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Peter Finch.
