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.
Acting
Movie
Network
as Howard Beale
1976
Movie
The Flight of the Phoenix
as Captain Harris
1965
Movie
The Nun's Story
as Dr. Fortunati
1959
Movie
First Men in the Moon
as Bailiff's Man (uncredited)
1964
Movie
Sunday Bloody Sunday
as Dr. Daniel Hirsh
1971
Movie
Far from the Madding Crowd
as William Boldwood
1967
Movie
The Battle of the River Plate
as Captain Langsdorff, "Admiral Graf Spee"
1956
Movie
The Red Tent
as Umberto Nobile
1969
Movie
The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men
as Sheriff of Nottingham
1952
Movie
Raid on Entebbe
as Yitzhak Rabin
1976
Movie
The Pumpkin Eater
as Jake Armitage
1964
Movie
Murderers' Row
as British agent (uncredited)
1966
Movie
Elephant Walk
as John Wiley
1954
Movie
Lost Horizon
as Richard Conway
1973
Movie
A Town Like Alice
as Joe Harman
1956
Movie
Girl with Green Eyes
as Eugene Gaillard
1964
Movie
Father Brown
as Gustave Flambeau
1954
Movie
Kidnapped
as Alan Breck Stewart
1960
Movie
The Legend of Lylah Clare
as Lewis Zarken / Louie Flack
1968
Movie
The Trials of Oscar Wilde
as Oscar
1960
Movie
10:30 P.M. Summer
as Paul
1966
Movie
The Wooden Horse
as Australian in Hospital
1950
TV
The Dick Cavett Show
as Self - Guest
1968
Movie
The Shiralee
as Macauley
1957