Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
September 27, 1916
Died
January 14, 1977 (60 years old)
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
Acting
7.2
Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood
2001
6.0
Raid on Entebbe
1976
7.8
Network
1976
5.2
The Abdication
1974
5.4
Lost Horizon
1973
6.6
Sunday Bloody Sunday
1971
6.0
The Red Tent
1969
5.9
The Legend of Lylah Clare
1968
6.8
The Dick Cavett Show
1968
6.8
Far from the Madding Crowd
1967
5.7
Murderers' Row
1966
5.2
10:30 P.M. Summer
1966
7.2
The Flight of the Phoenix
1965
6.3
First Men in the Moon
1964
6.6
The Pumpkin Eater
1964
6.7
Girl with Green Eyes
1964
5.4
In the Cool of the Day
1963
6.2
The Trials of Oscar Wilde
1960
6.6
Kidnapped
1960
7.2
The Nun's Story
1959
5.8
Operation Amsterdam
1959
5.0
The Shiralee
1957
6.3
The Battle of the River Plate
1956
6.3
A Town Like Alice
1956