Known For
Acting
Birthday
September 27, 1916
Place of Birth
South Kensington, London, England, UK
Also Known As
- Frederick George Peter Ingle Finch
Peter 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.
Known For - Movies
Network
as Howard Beale
The Flight of the Phoenix
as Captain Harris
The Red Tent
as Umberto Nobile
The Battle of the River Plate
as Captain Langsdorff, "Admiral Graf Spee"
Far from the Madding Crowd
as William Boldwood
Murderers' Row
as British agent (uncredited)
The Nun's Story
as Dr. Fortunati
First Men in the Moon
as Bailiff's Man (uncredited)
Lost Horizon
as Richard Conway
Raid on Entebbe
as Yitzhak Rabin
