Peter Finch

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 fr…

Filmography

The Dick Cavett Show

1968 · TV

as Self - Guest

1976 · Movie

as Howard Beale

The Battle of the River Plate

1956 · Movie

as Captain Langsdorff, "Admiral Graf Spee"

The Flight of the Phoenix

1965 · Movie

as Captain Harris

The Nun's Story

1959 · Movie

as Dr. Fortunati

Breakdown: 1975

2025 · Movie

as (archive footage)

First Men in the Moon

1964 · Movie

as Bailiff's Man (uncredited)

Far from the Madding Crowd

1967 · Movie

as William Boldwood

The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men

1952 · Movie

as Sheriff of Nottingham

Raid on Entebbe

1976 · Movie

as Yitzhak Rabin

Sunday Bloody Sunday

1971 · Movie

as Dr. Daniel Hirsh

1969 · Movie

as Umberto Nobile

The Trials of Oscar Wilde

1960 · Movie

as Oscar

1973 · Movie

as Richard Conway

1966 · Movie

as British agent (uncredited)

The Wooden Horse

1950 · Movie

as Australian in Hospital

The Sins of Rachel Cade

1961 · Movie

as Colonel Henry Derode

A Town Like Alice

1956 · Movie

as Joe Harman

1954 · Movie

as John Wiley

The Pumpkin Eater

1964 · Movie

as Jake Armitage

The Legend of Lylah Clare

1968 · Movie

as Lewis Zarken / Louie Flack

Girl with Green Eyes

1964 · Movie

as Eugene Gaillard

Bequest to the Nation

1973 · Movie

as Adm. Lord Horatio Nelson

1960 · Movie

as Alan Breck Stewart