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name: "Peter Finch"
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roles: ["Actor"]
born: "28 September 1916"
died: "14 January 1977"
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updated: "2026-09-16T10:08:50.055564+00:00"
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# Peter Finch

Actor. Born 28 September 1916 in South Kensington, London, England, UK. Died 14 January 1977.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 28 September 1916, South Kensington, London, England, UK
- **Died:** 14 January 1977
- **Also known as:** Frederick George Peter Ingle Finch

## Biography

Peter Finch, also credited as Frederick George Peter Ingle Finch, was an English-Australian actor. He was born on 28 September 1916 in South Kensington, London, and died on 14 January 1977 in Los Angeles.

Finch began his career in Australia in the 1930s before moving to Britain. He appeared in numerous films, including *The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men* (1952), *The Nun's Story* (1959), *Sunday Bloody Sunday* (1971) as Dr Daniel Hirsh, and *Far from the Madding Crowd* (1967).

He is best known for his role as Howard Beale in *Network* (1976). Finch won five BAFTA awards for Best Actor and received a posthumous Academy Award for Best Actor for *Network*, the first actor to win an Oscar posthumously in an acting category.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, britannica.com, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Network* (1976), Fi1m 86, as Howard Beale — [page](https://film.one/film/network.md)

## Also known for

- *The Flight of the Phoenix* (1965), Captain Harris
- *The Nun's Story* (1959), Dr. Fortunati
- *First Men in the Moon* (1964), Bailiff's Man (uncredited)
- *Sunday Bloody Sunday* (1971), Dr. Daniel Hirsh
- *Far from the Madding Crowd* (1967), William Boldwood
- *The Battle of the River Plate* (1956), Captain Langsdorff, "Admiral Graf Spee"
- *The Red Tent* (1969), Umberto Nobile
- *The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men* (1952), Sheriff of Nottingham

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