Peter Finch

Overview

Known for
Acting
Gender
Other
Birthday
Sep 27, 1916 (108 years old)
Death date
Jan 14, 1977

Peter Finch

Known For

The Making of 'Network'
1h 25m
Movie 2006

The Making of 'Network'

An engrossing feature-length documentary about the making of Sidney Lumet's classic film "Network."

Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood
1h 59m
Movie 2001

Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood

Documentary about the making of 20th Century Fox's 1963 film "Cleopatra," then the most expensive film of all time.

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Peter Finch, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia. ​

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