Actor
Peter Finch
110 years · South Kensington, London, England, UK · 58 films
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.
Best known for
Network
1976 · Howard Beale
On YouTube Free
The Flight of the Phoenix
1965 · Captain Harris
The Nun's Story
1959 · Dr. Fortunati
On Hoopla
First Men in the Moon
1964 · Bailiff's Man (uncredited)
On YouTube Free
Sunday Bloody Sunday
1971 · Dr. Daniel Hirsh
On Philo
Far from the Madding Crowd
1967 · William Boldwood
On YouTube Free
Filmography 58
Breakdown: 1975
2025 · Self (archive footage- Howard Beale Network)
On Netflix
The Making of 'Network'
2006 · Self (archive footage)
Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood
2001 · Self (archive footage)
The Sensational Shocking Wonderful Wacky 70's
1980 · Self (archive footage)
Raid on Entebbe
1976 · Yitzhak Rabin
Network
1976 · Howard Beale
On YouTube Free
The Abdication
1974 · Azzolino
On Amazon MX Player
England Made Me
1973 · Erich Krogh
Something to Hide
1973 · Harry Field
Bequest to the Nation
1973 · Adm. Lord Horatio Nelson
Lost Horizon
1973 · Richard Conway
On YouTube Free
Sunday Bloody Sunday
1971 · Dr. Daniel Hirsh
On Philo
The Greatest Mother of 'em All
1969 · Sean Howard
The Red Tent
1969 · Umberto Nobile
The Legend of Lylah Clare
1968 · Lewis Zarken / Louie Flack
Far from the Madding Crowd
1967 · William Boldwood
On YouTube Free
Lionpower from MGM
1967 · Self - Lewis Zarken (archive footage) (uncredited)
Murderers' Row
1966 · British agent (uncredited)
On Tubi TV
10:30 P.M. Summer
1966 · Paul
Judith
1966 · Aaron Stein
The Flight of the Phoenix
1965 · Captain Harris
First Men in the Moon
1964 · Bailiff's Man (uncredited)
On YouTube Free
The Pumpkin Eater
1964 · Jake Armitage
Girl with Green Eyes
1964 · Eugene Gaillard
On Criterion Channel