Personal Info
Frederick George Peter Ingle Finch
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.
Known For
Filmography
Movies
The Making of 'Network'
as Self (archive footage)
Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)
The Sensational Shocking Wonderful Wacky 70's
as Self (archive footage)
Network
as Howard Beale
Raid on Entebbe
as Yitzhak Rabin
The Abdication
as Azzolino
Lost Horizon
as Richard Conway
Bequest to the Nation
as Adm. Lord Horatio Nelson
England Made Me
as Erich Krogh
Something to Hide
as Harry Field
