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Peter Finch
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British-Australian actor (1916–1977)
Peter Finch was a British-Australian actor who had a long career in film and theater from the mid-20th century until his death in 1977. He is remembered as a significant figure in entertainment during this period, known for his work across both British and Australian productions.
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Film & TV
South Kensington, London, England, UK
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…
Known for
- Breakdown: 1975 — Self (archive footage- Howard Beale Network)2025
- The Making of 'Network' — Self (archive footage)2006
- Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood — Self (archive footage)2001
- The Sensational Shocking Wonderful Wacky 70's — Self (archive footage)1980
- Network — Howard Beale1976
- Raid on Entebbe — Yitzhak Rabin1976
- The Abdication — Azzolino1974
- Lost Horizon — Richard Conway1973
- England Made Me — Erich Krogh1973
- Bequest to the Nation — Adm. Lord Horatio Nelson1973
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Peter
- Family name
- Finch
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Place of birth
- South Kensington
- Place of death
- Beverly Hills
- Occupation
- writer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Image
- Peter Finch in I Thank a Fool trailer.JPG
- Height
- 175
- Work location
- United Kingdom
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- name in native language
- Peter Finch
- Commons category
- Peter Finch
- cause of death
- myocardial infarction
- date of birth
- 1916-09-28
- date of death
- 1977-01-14
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Actor
- place of burial
- Hollywood Forever Cemetery
- manner of death
- natural causes
- Commons gallery
- Peter Finch
- start of work period
- 1934-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
Frederick George Peter Ingle Finch (28 September 1916 – 14 January 1977) was an English and Australian actor.
Born in London, he emigrated to Australia at the age of ten and was raised in Sydney, where he worked in vaudeville and radio before becoming a star of Australian films. Joining the Old Vic Company after World War II, he achieved widespread critical success in Britain for both stage and screen performances. One of British cinema's most celebrated leading men of the time, Finch won five BAFTA Awards for Best Actor, and the Academy Award in the same category for his portrayal of crazed television anchorman Howard Beale in the 1976 film Network. He died only two months before the 49th Academy Awards, making him the first person to win a posthumous Oscar in an acting category.
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