Peter Finch photo

Peter Finch

Acting

  • Born
  • September 28, 1916
  • Died
  • January 14, 1977
  • Place of birth
  • South Kensington, London, England, UK

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.

As actor 65

Film '72
1971
The Dick Cavett Show poster
The Dick Cavett Show
1968
Network poster
Network
1976
The Battle of the River Plate poster
The Battle of the River Plate
1956
Breakdown: 1975 poster
Breakdown: 1975
2025
The Nun's Story poster
The Nun's Story
1959
The Flight of the Phoenix poster
The Flight of the Phoenix
1965
The Red Tent poster
The Red Tent
1969
Lost Horizon poster
Lost Horizon
1973
Far from the Madding Crowd poster
Far from the Madding Crowd
1967
First Men in the Moon poster
First Men in the Moon
1964
Murderers' Row poster
Murderers' Row
1966
The Trials of Oscar Wilde poster
The Trials of Oscar Wilde
1960
Elephant Walk poster
Elephant Walk
1954
The Dark Avenger poster
The Dark Avenger
1955
The Pumpkin Eater poster
The Pumpkin Eater
1964
Indonesia Calling poster
Indonesia Calling
1946
Sunday Bloody Sunday poster
Sunday Bloody Sunday
1971
The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men poster
The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men
1952
Raid on Entebbe poster
Raid on Entebbe
1976
Lionpower from MGM poster
Lionpower from MGM
1967
Kidnapped poster
Kidnapped
1960
Train of Events poster
Train of Events
1949
The Legend of Lylah Clare poster
The Legend of Lylah Clare
1968
The Wooden Horse poster
The Wooden Horse
1950
A Town Like Alice poster
A Town Like Alice
1956
10:30 P.M. Summer poster
10:30 P.M. Summer
1966
The Shiralee poster
The Shiralee
1957
Windom's Way poster
Windom's Way
1957
Operation Amsterdam poster
Operation Amsterdam
1959
The Sensational Shocking Wonderful Wacky 70's poster
The Sensational Shocking Wonderful Wacky 70's
1980
Judith poster
Judith
1966
No Love for Johnnie poster
No Love for Johnnie
1961
Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood poster
Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood
2001
England Made Me poster
England Made Me
1973
Passage Home poster
Passage Home
1955
Girl with Green Eyes poster
Girl with Green Eyes
1964
Antony and Cleopatra poster
Antony and Cleopatra
1962
The Miniver Story poster
The Miniver Story
1950
Simon and Laura poster
Simon and Laura
1955
Father Brown poster
Father Brown
1954
Mr. Chedworth Steps Out poster
Mr. Chedworth Steps Out
1939
Robbery Under Arms poster
Robbery Under Arms
1957
Bequest to the Nation poster
Bequest to the Nation
1973
The Sins of Rachel Cade poster
The Sins of Rachel Cade
1961
I Thank a Fool poster
I Thank a Fool
1962
Location: Far from the Madding Crowd
1967
Make Me an Offer! poster
Make Me an Offer!
1954
The Abdication poster
The Abdication
1974
These Stars Are Mine
1943
The Riddle of Robin Hood poster
The Riddle of Robin Hood
1952
The Making of 'Network' poster
The Making of 'Network'
2006
Jungle Patrol poster
Jungle Patrol
1944
Josephine and Men poster
Josephine and Men
1955
In the Cool of the Day poster
In the Cool of the Day
1963
Something to Hide poster
Something to Hide
1973
The Heart of the Matter poster
The Heart of the Matter
1953
A Son Is Born
1946
The Story of Gilbert and Sullivan poster
The Story of Gilbert and Sullivan
1953
The Magic Shoes
1935
The Greatest Mother of 'em All poster
The Greatest Mother of 'em All
1969
The Power and the Glory
1941
Eureka Stockade poster
Eureka Stockade
1949
The Rats of Tobruk poster
The Rats of Tobruk
1944
Dad and Dave Come to Town poster
Dad and Dave Come to Town
1938