Peter Finch

from South Kensington, London, England

Artwork for NetworkImage of 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.

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Timeline

2006Aged 90

  • Poster for The Making of 'Network'

    Self (archive footage)

2001Aged 85

  • Poster for Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood

    Self (archive footage)

1980Aged 64

  • Poster for The Sensational Shocking Wonderful Wacky 70's

    Self (archive footage)

1976Aged 60

  • Poster for Network

    Howard Beale

  • Poster for Raid on Entebbe

    Yitzhak Rabin

1974Aged 58

  • Poster for The Abdication

    Azzolino

1973Aged 57

  • Poster for Lost Horizon

    Richard Conway

  • Poster for Bequest to the Nation

    Adm. Lord Horatio Nelson

  • Poster for England Made Me

    Erich Krogh

1972Aged 56

  • Poster for Something to Hide

    Harry Field

1971Aged 55

  • Poster for Sunday Bloody Sunday

    Dr. Daniel Hirsh

1969Aged 53

  • Poster for The Red Tent

    Umberto Nobile

  • Poster for The Greatest Mother of 'em All

    Sean Howard

1968Aged 52

  • Poster for The Legend of Lylah Clare

    Lewis Zarken / Louie Flack

1967Aged 51

1966Aged 50

  • Poster for Judith

    Aaron Stein

  • Poster for 10:30 P.M. Summer

    Paul

  • Poster for Murderers' Row

    British agent (uncredited)

1965Aged 49

  • Poster for The Flight of the Phoenix

    Captain Harris

1964Aged 48

  • Poster for Girl with Green Eyes

    Eugene Gaillard

  • Poster for The Pumpkin Eater

    Jake Armitage

  • Poster for First Men in the Moon

    Bailiff's Man (uncredited)

1963Aged 47

  • Poster for In the Cool of the Day

    Murray Logan

1962Aged 46

  • Poster for Anthony and Cleopatra

    anthony

  • Poster for I Thank a Fool

    Stephen Dane

1961Aged 45

  • Poster for No Love for Johnnie

    Johnnie Byrne

  • Poster for The Sins of Rachel Cade

    Colonel Henry Derode

1960Aged 44

  • Poster for Kidnapped

    Alan Breck Stewart

  • Poster for The Trials of Oscar Wilde

    Oscar

1959Aged 43

  • Poster for Operation Amsterdam

    Jan Smit

  • Poster for The Nun's Story

    Dr. Fortunati

1957Aged 41

  • Poster for Robbery Under Arms

    Captain Starlight

  • Poster for The Shiralee

    Macauley

  • Poster for Windom's Way

    Alec Windom

1956Aged 40

  • Poster for A Town Like Alice

    Joe Harman

  • Poster for The Battle of the River Plate

    Captain Langsdorff, "Admiral Graf Spee"

1955Aged 39

  • Poster for Passage Home

    Kapitän John Ryland "Lucky"

  • Poster for The Dark Avenger

    Comte De Ville

  • Poster for Simon and Laura

    Simon Foster

  • Poster for Josephine and Men

    David Hewer

1954Aged 38

  • Poster for Elephant Walk

    John Wiley

  • Poster for Father Brown

    Gustave Flambeau

  • Poster for Make Me an Offer!

    Charlie

1953Aged 37

  • Poster for The Story of Gilbert and Sullivan

    Richard D'Oyly Carte

  • Poster for The Heart of the Matter

    Father Rank

1952Aged 36

  • Poster for The Riddle of Robin Hood

    Himself

  • Poster for The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men

    Sheriff of Nottingham

1950Aged 34

  • Poster for The Wooden Horse

    Australian in Hospital

  • Poster for The Miniver Story

    Polish officer

1949Aged 33

  • Poster for Train of Events

    Philip Mason

  • Poster for Eureka Stockade

    Humffray

1946Aged 30

1944Aged 28

  • Poster for The Rats of Tobruk

    Peter Linton

  • Poster for Jungle Patrol

    Narrator

1943Aged 27

1941Aged 25

1939Aged 23

  • Poster for Mr. Chedworth Steps Out

    Arthur Jacobs

1938Aged 22

  • Poster for Dad and Dave Come to Town

    Bill Ryan

1935Aged 19