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Peter Finch

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

Born: South Kensington, London, England, UK, 1916-09-27

Died: 1977-01-14

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1935	The Magic Shoes	Prince Charming	0
2	1938	Dad and Dave Come to Town	Bill Ryan	53
3	1939	Mr. Chedworth Steps Out	Arthur Jacobs	60
4	1941	The Power and the Glory		0
5	1943	These Stars Are Mine	Reynolds Junior	0
6	1944	The Rats of Tobruk	Peter Linton	57
7	1944	Jungle Patrol	Narrator	0
8	1946	Indonesia Calling		59
9	1946	A Son Is Born	Paul Graham	0
10	1949	Train of Events	Philip Mason	62
11	1949	Eureka Stockade	Humffray	56
12	1950	The Wooden Horse	Australian in Hospital	68
13	1950	The Miniver Story	Polish officer	60
14	1952	The Riddle of Robin Hood	Himself	0
15	1952	The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men	Sheriff of Nottingham	61
16	1953	The Story of Gilbert and Sullivan	Richard D'Oyly Carte	40
17	1953	The Heart of the Matter	Father Rank	66
18	1954	Elephant Walk	John Wiley	58
19	1954	Father Brown	Gustave Flambeau	64
20	1954	Make Me an Offer!	Charlie	67
21	1955	Passage Home	Kapitän John Ryland "Lucky"	56
22	1955	The Dark Avenger	Comte De Ville	60
23	1955	Simon and Laura	Simon Foster	56
24	1955	Josephine and Men	David Hewer	60
25	1956	A Town Like Alice	Joe Harman	63
26	1956	The Battle of the River Plate	Captain Langsdorff, "Admiral Graf Spee"	62
27	1957	Robbery Under Arms	Captain Starlight	54
28	1957	The Shiralee	Macauley	51
29	1957	Windom's Way	Alec Windom	50
30	1959	Operation Amsterdam	Jan Smit	58
31	1959	The Nun's Story	Dr. Fortunati	72
32	1960	Kidnapped	Alan Breck Stewart	64
33	1960	The Trials of Oscar Wilde	Oscar	64
34	1961	No Love for Johnnie	Johnnie Byrne	62
35	1961	The Sins of Rachel Cade	Colonel Henry Derode	55
36	1962	I Thank a Fool	Stephen Dane	55
37	1963	In the Cool of the Day	Murray Logan	54
38	1964	Girl with Green Eyes	Eugene Gaillard	66
39	1964	First Men in the Moon	Bailiff's Man (uncredited)	63
40	1964	The Pumpkin Eater	Jake Armitage	67
41	1965	The Flight of the Phoenix	Capt. Harris	72
42	1966	Judith	Aaron Stein	43
43	1966	10:30 P.M. Summer	Paul	53
44	1966	Murderers' Row	British agent (uncredited)	58
45	1967	Far from the Madding Crowd	William Boldwood	69
46	1967	Location: Far from the Madding Crowd	Himself	0
47	1968	The Legend of Lylah Clare	Lewis Zarken / Louie Flack	59
48	1969	The Red Tent	Umberto Nobile	59
49	1969	The Greatest Mother of 'em All	Sean Howard	0
50	1971	Sunday Bloody Sunday	Dr. Daniel Hirsh	66
51	1972	Something to Hide	Harry Field	52
52	1973	Lost Horizon	Richard Conway	54
53	1973	Bequest to the Nation	Adm. Lord Horatio Nelson	57
54	1973	England Made Me	Erich Krogh	57
55	1974	The Abdication	Azzolino	55
56	1976	Network	Howard Beale	78
57	1976	Raid on Entebbe	Yitzhak Rabin	60
58	1980	The Sensational Shocking Wonderful Wacky 70's	Self (archive footage)	0
59	2001	Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood	Self (archive footage)	72
60	2006	The Making of 'Network'	Self (archive footage)	0

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1968	The Dick Cavett Show	Self - Guest	67