Peter Finch - Other, Filmography

Actor, born in London, UK. He worked in Australia in vaudeville, radio, and film during the Depression but later returned to Britain, portraying a wide variety of film roles, as in The Nun's Story (1959), Sunday, Bloody Sunday (1971), and Network (1976), for which he received the first-ever posthumous Oscar.

Peter Finch (28 September 1912 – 14 January 1977) was an English-born actor with strong Australian connections.

Despite his stage experience, Finch suffered from stage fright and turned to films.

Finch's Hollywood debut was in The Miniver Story in 1950, but his first major role was in 1956's A Town Like Alice.

In 1972, his role of the homosexual Jewish doctor in Sunday Bloody Sunday earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor in a Leading Role.

Finch also won five Awards of the British Film Academy.

Peter Finch was married three times.

In 1980, noted author and film/theatre industry insider Elaine Dundy wrote his biography titled Finch, bloody Finch: A biography of Peter Finch.

Other

Jon Finch, an actor with whom Peter Finch is often confused but who was unrelated to Peter, appeared in a minor role in the film Sunday Bloody Sunday.

Filmography

Raid on Entebbe (1977) (TV movie) Network (1976) The Abdication (1974) England Made Me (1973) A Bequest to the Nation (1973) Lost Horizon (1973) Something to Hide (1972) Sunday, Bloody Sunday (1971) The Red Tent (1969) The Legend of Lylah Clare (1968) Far from the Madding Crowd (1967) 10:30 P.M. Summer (1966) Judith (1966) The Flight of the Phoenix (1965) First Men in the Moon (1964) Girl with Green Eyes (1964) The Pumpkin Eater (1964) In the Cool of the Day (1963) I Thank a Fool (1962) No Love for Johnnie (1961) The Sins of Rachel Cade (1961) The Trials of Oscar Wilde (1960) Kidnapped (1960) The Nun's Story (1959) Operation Amsterdam (1959) Windom's Way (1957) Robbery Under Arms (1957) The Shiralee (1957) The Battle of the River Plate (1956) A Town Like Alice (1956) Josephine and Men (1955) Make Me an Offer (1955) Passage Home (1955) Simon and Laura (1955) The Dark Avenger (1955) Father Brown (1954) Elephant Walk (1954) The Heart of the Matter (1953) The Story of Gilbert and Sullivan (1953) The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men (1952) The Miniver Story (1950) The Wooden Horse (1950) Train of Events (1949) Eureka Stockade (1949) A Son Is Born (1946) The Rats of Tobruk (1944) Red Sky at Morning (1944) The Power and the Glory (1941) Mr. Chedworth Steps Out (1939) Dad and Dave Come to Town (1938)

Preceded by: Jack Nicholson for One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

Academy Award for Best Actor 1976 for Network

Succeeded by: Richard Dreyfuss for The Goodbye Girl