Peter Finch
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- September 28, 1916
- Place of birth
- South Kensington, London, England, UK
- Died
- January 14, 1977
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.
Movies with Peter Finch
- Network 1976 · ★ 7.8
- The Flight of the Phoenix 1965 · ★ 7.2
- The Nun's Story 1959 · ★ 7.2
- First Men in the Moon 1964 · ★ 6.3
- Sunday Bloody Sunday 1971 · ★ 6.5
- Far from the Madding Crowd 1967 · ★ 6.9
- The Red Tent 1969 · ★ 6.1
- The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men 1952 · ★ 6.2
- The Battle of the River Plate 1956 · ★ 6.4
- Raid on Entebbe 1976 · ★ 6.0
- The Pumpkin Eater 1964 · ★ 6.6
- Murderers' Row 1966 · ★ 5.7
- Elephant Walk 1954 · ★ 5.9
- Lost Horizon 1973 · ★ 5.4
- A Town Like Alice 1956 · ★ 6.4
- Breakdown: 1975 2025 · ★ 6.9
- Kidnapped 1960 · ★ 6.5
- Girl with Green Eyes 1964 · ★ 6.7
- Father Brown 1954 · ★ 6.5
- The Trials of Oscar Wilde 1960 · ★ 6.4
- The Legend of Lylah Clare 1968 · ★ 6.0
- The Wooden Horse 1950 · ★ 6.8
- 10:30 P.M. Summer 1966 · ★ 5.3
- The Shiralee 1957 · ★ 5.1
- Operation Amsterdam 1959 · ★ 6.1
- Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood 2001 · ★ 7.3
- Simon and Laura 1955 · ★ 5.9
- The Miniver Story 1950 · ★ 6.2
- Eureka Stockade 1949 · ★ 6.0
- The Dark Avenger 1955 · ★ 6.9
- Train of Events 1949 · ★ 6.3
- The Heart of the Matter 1953 · ★ 6.8
- In the Cool of the Day 1963 · ★ 5.8
- The Abdication 1974 · ★ 5.6
- Windom's Way 1957 · ★ 5.3
- Judith 1966 · ★ 4.8
- No Love for Johnnie 1961 · ★ 6.7
- Robbery Under Arms 1957 · ★ 5.2
- Indonesia Calling 1946 · ★ 6.1
- The Sins of Rachel Cade 1961 · ★ 6.4