Overview
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
27 Sep, 1916 (108 years old)
Death date
14 Jan, 1977
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Peter Finch, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Acting
1976
Raid on Entebbe
1976
Network
1974
The Abdication
1973
Bequest to the Nation
1973
Lost Horizon
1971
Sunday Bloody Sunday
1968
The Legend of Lylah Clare
1967
Far from the Madding Crowd
1966
Murderers' Row
1966
Judith
1965
The Flight of the Phoenix
1964
The Pumpkin Eater
1964
First Men in the Moon
1964
Girl with Green Eyes
1963
In the Cool of the Day
1962
I Thank a Fool
1961
The Sins of Rachel Cade
1961
No Love for Johnnie
1960
The Trials of Oscar Wilde
1960
Kidnapped
1959
The Nun's Story
1959
Operation Amsterdam
1957
Windom's Way
1957
The Shiralee
1957
Robbery Under Arms
1955
The Dark Avenger
1954
Father Brown
1954
Elephant Walk
1953
The Heart of the Matter
1953
The Story of Gilbert and Sullivan
1944
The Rats of Tobruk