Peter Finch

Actor

Born: September 28, 1916
Died: January 14, 1977 (age 60)
From: South Kensington, London, England, UK

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…

Filmography (62)

The Making of 'Network' (2006)
Self (archive footage)
Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood (2001)
Self (archive footage)
The Sensational Shocking Wonderful Wacky 70's (1980)
Self (archive footage)
Raid on Entebbe (1976)
Yitzhak Rabin
Network (1976)
Howard Beale
The Abdication (1974)
Azzolino
England Made Me (1973)
Erich Krogh
Bequest to the Nation (1973)
Adm. Lord Horatio Nelson
Lost Horizon (1973)
Richard Conway
Something to Hide (1972)
Harry Field
Sunday Bloody Sunday (1971)
Dr. Daniel Hirsh
The Greatest Mother of 'em All (1969)
Sean Howard
The Red Tent (1969)
Umberto Nobile
The Legend of Lylah Clare (1968)
Lewis Zarken / Louie Flack
Location: Far from the Madding Crowd
Location: Far from the Madding Crowd (1967)
Himself
Far from the Madding Crowd (1967)
William Boldwood
Lionpower from MGM (1967)
Self - Lewis Zarken (archive footage) (uncredited)
Murderers' Row (1966)
British agent (uncredited)
10:30 P.M. Summer (1966)
Paul
Judith (1966)
Aaron Stein
The Flight of the Phoenix (1965)
Captain Harris
First Men in the Moon (1964)
Bailiff's Man (uncredited)
The Pumpkin Eater (1964)
Jake Armitage
Girl with Green Eyes (1964)
Eugene Gaillard
In the Cool of the Day (1963)
Murray Logan
I Thank a Fool (1962)
Stephen Dane
Anthony and Cleopatra (1962)
anthony
The Sins of Rachel Cade (1961)
Colonel Henry Derode
No Love for Johnnie (1961)
Johnnie Byrne
The Trials of Oscar Wilde (1960)
Oscar