Jon Finch
Biography
John Nicholas Finch (2 March 1941 – 28 December 2012) was an English actor, noted for his many Shakespearean roles. Perhaps his most notable role was Macbeth in Roman Polanski's film adaptation of Macbeth (1971).
Finch was born in Caterham, Surrey. He appeared in films such as the Alfred Hitchcock thriller Frenzy (1972), portraying a man wrongly accused of murder, Death on the Nile (1978), and in one of his last roles, a small part as the Catholic Patriarch of Jerusalem (Heraclius, though unnamed in the film) in the Ridley Scott film Kingdom of Heaven (2005). Decades earlier, Finch was cast as Kane in Ridley Scott's Alien, but had to drop out because of his diabetes. The role was eventually played by John Hurt.
Filmography
Toil And Trouble: Making 'Macbeth'
2014
as Self (archive footage)
Kingdom of Heaven
2005
as Patriarch of Jerusalem
Tomb of Terror
2004
as Bennett
The Story of 'Frenzy'
2001
as Self
Bloodlines: Legacy of a Lord
1998
as Derek Jarvis
Darklands
1996
as David Keller
White Men Are Cracking Up
1996
as Detective Margrave
Lurking Fear
1994
as Bennett
Beautiful Lies
1992
as George Orwell
La più bella del reame
1989
as Jeremy
Streets of Yesterday
1989
- No poster
The Voice
1989
as Miller
Unexplained Laughter
1989
as Finn
Make and Break
1987
as Peter Davis
Much Ado About Nothing
1984
as Don Pedro
Pop Pirates
1984
as Coastguard
Power Game
1983
Giro City
1982
as O'Mally
Doctor Faustus
1982
as Adrian Leverkühn
Gary Cooper, Who Art in Heaven
1980
Breaking Glass
1980
as Woods
Henry IV Part 2
1979
as King Henry IV
Henry IV Part 1
1979
as King Henry IV
La Sabina
1979
as Michael