Peter Finch
Acting
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.
Born: September 27, 1916
Place of Birth: South Kensington, London, England, UK
Known For
Network
When veteran anchorman Howard Beale is forced to retire his 25-year post because of his age, he announces to viewers that he will kill himself during his farewell broadcast. Network executives rethink their decision when his fanatical tirade results in a spike in ratings.
The Flight of the Phoenix
A cargo aircraft crashes in a sandstorm in the Sahara with less than a dozen men on board. One of the passengers is an airplane designer who comes up with the idea of ripping off the undamaged wing and using it as the basis for a replacement aircraft they need to build before their food and water run out.
The Nun's Story
After leaving a wealthy Belgian family to become a nun, Sister Luke struggles with her devotion to her vows during crisis, disappointment, and World War II.
Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood
Documentary about the making of 20th Century Fox's 1963 film "Cleopatra," then the most expensive film of all time.
Far from the Madding Crowd
Bathsheba Everdine, a willful, flirtatious, young woman, unexpectedly inherits a large farm and becomes romantically involved with three widely divergent men.
The Dick Cavett Show
The Dick Cavett Show has been the title of several talk shows hosted by Dick Cavett on various television networks.
The Wooden Horse
True story of three British POWs and their attempt to escape from Nazi Germany
Make Me an Offer!
A struggling antiques dealer (Peter Finch) thinks he has found the answer to his problems when he stumbles across a precious vase amid a range of other less desirable items. The trouble is, the owners of the vase are pretty shrewd themselves and are not keen on letting it go for a song - meaning that our hapless chap has to pull out every trick in the book in order to win his prize.
Girl with Green Eyes
A naive young country girl moves to Dublin and finds herself drawn to a sophisticated author twice her age.
The Pumpkin Eater
Jo, the mother of seven children, divorces her second husband in order to marry Jake, a successful but promiscuous screenwriter. Though they are physically and emotionally compatible, they are slowly torn apart.
Filmography
as Self (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage)
as Yitzhak Rabin
as Howard Beale
as Azzolino
as Erich Krogh
as Adm. Lord Horatio Nelson
as Richard Conway
as Harry Field
as Dr. Daniel Hirsh
as Sean Howard
as Umberto Nobile
as Lewis Zarken / Louie Flack
as Self - Guest
as William Boldwood
as Self - Lewis Zarken (archive footage) (uncredited)
as British agent (uncredited)
as Paul
as Aaron Stein
as Captain Harris
as Bailiff's Man (uncredited)
as Jake Armitage
as Eugene Gaillard
as Murray Logan
as Stephen Dane
as Colonel Henry Derode
as Johnnie Byrne
as Oscar
as Alan Breck Stewart
as Dr. Fortunati
as Jan Smit
as Alec Windom
as Macauley
as Captain Starlight
as Captain Langsdorff, "Admiral Graf Spee"
as Joe Harman
as David Hewer
as Simon Foster
as Comte De Ville
as Kapitän John Ryland "Lucky"
as Charlie
as Gustave Flambeau
as John Wiley
as Father Rank
as Richard D'Oyly Carte
as Sheriff of Nottingham
as Himself
as Polish officer
as Australian in Hospital
as Humffray
as Philip Mason
as Self - Narrator (voice)
as Narrator
as Peter Linton
as Arthur Jacobs
as Bill Ryan