Peter Finch
Known for 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
Network
1976
as Howard Beale
The Flight of the Phoenix
1965
as Captain Harris
Sunday Bloody Sunday
1971
as Dr. Daniel Hirsh
The Red Tent
1969
as Umberto Nobile
The Nun's Story
1959
as Dr. Fortunati
Train of Events
1949
as Philip Mason
Lost Horizon
1973
as Richard Conway
The Battle of the River Plate
1956
as Captain Langsdorff, "Admiral Graf Spee"
Raid on Entebbe
1976
as Yitzhak Rabin
Location: Far from the Madding Crowd
1967
as Himself
Far from the Madding Crowd
1967
as William Boldwood
The Sins of Rachel Cade
1961
as Colonel Henry Derode
Bequest to the Nation
1973
as Adm. Lord Horatio Nelson
Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood
2001
as Self (archive footage)
No Love for Johnnie
1961
as Johnnie Byrne
First Men in the Moon
1964
as Bailiff's Man (uncredited)
The Legend of Lylah Clare
1968
as Lewis Zarken / Louie Flack
The Trials of Oscar Wilde
1960
as Oscar
Elephant Walk
1954
as John Wiley
In the Cool of the Day
1963
as Murray Logan