Peter Finch
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.
Known for
- The Dick Cavett Show (1968)
- Network (1976)
- The Flight of the Phoenix (1965)
- The Nun's Story (1959)
- The Battle of the River Plate (1956)
- Far from the Madding Crowd (1967)
- First Men in the Moon (1964)
- The Legend of Lylah Clare (1968)
- Breakdown: 1975 (2025)
- The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men (1952)
- Raid on Entebbe (1976)
- Sunday Bloody Sunday (1971)
- The Trials of Oscar Wilde (1960)
- The Pumpkin Eater (1964)
- Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood (2001)
- Lost Horizon (1973)
- Girl with Green Eyes (1964)
- A Town Like Alice (1956)
- The Red Tent (1969)
- The Sensational Shocking Wonderful Wacky 70's (1980)