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Peter Finch

Acting

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.

Filmography 64

Movies (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
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

Shows (2)

Film '72
1971
Self
The Dick Cavett Show
1968
Self - Guest