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

Network

as Howard Beale

The Flight of the Phoenix

as Capt. Harris

The Nun's Story

as Dr. Fortunati

First Men in the Moon

as Bailiff's Man (uncredited)

Sunday Bloody Sunday

as Dr. Daniel Hirsh

Far from the Madding Crowd

as William Boldwood

The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men

as Sheriff of Nottingham

The Red Tent

as Umberto Nobile

The Battle of the River Plate

as Captain Langsdorff, "Admiral Graf Spee"

Raid on Entebbe

as Yitzhak Rabin