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.
Filmography
Breakdown: 1975
2025
as Self (archive footage- Howard Beale Network)
The Making of 'Network'
2006
as Self (archive footage)
Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood
2001
as Self (archive footage)
The Sensational Shocking Wonderful Wacky 70's
1980
as Self (archive footage)
Raid on Entebbe
1976
as Yitzhak Rabin
Network
1976
as Howard Beale
The Abdication
1974
as Azzolino
England Made Me
1973
as Erich Krogh
Something to Hide
1973
as Harry Field
Bequest to the Nation
1973
as Adm. Lord Horatio Nelson
Lost Horizon
1973
as Richard Conway
Sunday Bloody Sunday
1971
as Dr. Daniel Hirsh
The Greatest Mother of 'em All
1969
as Sean Howard
The Red Tent
1969
as Umberto Nobile
The Legend of Lylah Clare
1968
as Lewis Zarken / Louie Flack
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Location: Far from the Madding Crowd
1967
as Himself
Far from the Madding Crowd
1967
as William Boldwood
Lionpower from MGM
1967
as Self - Lewis Zarken (archive footage) (uncredited)
Murderers' Row
1966
as British agent (uncredited)
10:30 P.M. Summer
1966
as Paul
Judith
1966
as Aaron Stein
The Flight of the Phoenix
1965
as Captain Harris
First Men in the Moon
1964
as Bailiff's Man (uncredited)
The Pumpkin Eater
1964
as Jake Armitage