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Peter Finch
Actor
Born September 27, 1916Died January 14, 1977 (60 years)
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.
Known For
Filmography
| 2015 | Women He's Undressed · as Cast |
| 2011 | These Amazing Shadows · as Howard Beale |
| 2011 | Mad As Hell: Peter Finch · as Cast |
| 2002 | Edith Head: The Paramount Years · as Cast |
| 2001 | A Profile of 'A Town Like Alice' · as Joe Harman |
| 1978 | Profile: Hardy Krüger · as Captain Harris |
| 1976 | Raid on Entebbe · as Yitzhak Rabin |
| 1976 | Network · as Howard Beale |
| 1974 | The Abdication · as Azzolino |
| 1973 | The Nelson Affair · as Adm. Lord Horatio Nelson |
| 1973 | England Made Me · as Erich Krogh |
| 1973 | Lost Horizon · as Richard Conway |
| 1972 | Something to Hide · as Harry Field |
| 1971 | Sunday Bloody Sunday · as Dr. Daniel Hirsh |
| 1969 | The Red Tent · as Umberto Nobile |
| 1968 | The Legend of Lylah Clare · as Lewis Zarken / Louie Flack |
| 1967 | Far from the Madding Crowd · as William Boldwood |
| 1967 | Come Spy with Me · as Cameo Appearance |
| 1966 | Murderers' Row · as British Agent (uncredited) |
| 1966 | 10:30 P.M. Summer · as Paul |
| 1966 | Judith · as Aaron Stein |
| 1965 | The Flight of the Phoenix · as Captain Harris |
| 1964 | First Men in the Moon · as Bailiff's Man (uncredited) |
| 1964 | The Pumpkin Eater · as Jake Armitage |
| 1964 | Girl with Green Eyes · as Eugene Gaillard |
| 1963 | In the Cool of the Day · as Murray Logan |
| 1962 | I Thank a Fool · as Stephen Dane |
| 1961 | No Love for Johnnie · as Johnnie Byrne |
| 1961 | The Sins of Rachel Cade · as Colonel Henry Derode |
| 1960 | The Trials of Oscar Wilde · as Oscar |
| 1960 | Kidnapped · as Alan Breck Stewart |
| 1959 | The Nun's Story · as Dr. Fortunati |
| 1959 | Operation Amsterdam · as Jan Smit |
| 1957 | Robbery Under Arms · as Captain Starlight |
| 1957 | Windom's Way · as Alec Windom |
| 1957 | The Shiralee · as Macauley |
| 1956 | Pursuit of the Graf Spee · as Captain Langsdorff, "admiral Graf Spee" |
| 1956 | A Town Like Alice · as Joe Harman |
| 1955 | Josephine and Men · as David Hewer |
| 1955 | Simon and Laura · as Simon Foster |
| 1955 | The Warriors · as Comte De Ville |
| 1955 | Make Me an Offer! · as Charlie |
| 1955 | Passage Home · as Kapitän John Ryland "lucky" |
| 1954 | Elephant Walk · as John Wiley |
| 1954 | The Detective · as Gustave Flambeau |
| 1954 | The Queen in Australia · as Narrator |
| 1953 | The Heart of the Matter · as Father Rank |
| 1953 | Gilbert and Sullivan · as Richard D'oyly Carte |
| 1952 | The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men · as Sheriff Of Nottingham |
| 1950 | The Miniver Story · as Polish Officer |
| 1950 | The Wooden Horse · as Australian In Hospital |
| 1949 | Train of Events · as Philip Mason |
| 1949 | Eureka Stockade · as Humffray |
| 1946 | A Son Is Born · as Paul Graham |
| 1944 | The Rats of Tobruk · as Peter Linton |
| 1941 | The Power and the Glory · as Frank Miller |
| 1938 | The Farmer Goes to Town · as Bill Ryan |