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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Peter Finch, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Network
as Howard BealeWhen veteran anchorman Howard Beale is forced to retire his 25-year post because of his age, he...
Movie pageThe Flight of the Phoenix
as Capt. HarrisA cargo aircraft crashes in a sandstorm in the Sahara with less than a dozen men on board. One...
Movie pageThe Nun's Story
as Dr. FortunatiAfter leaving a wealthy Belgian family to become a nun, Sister Luke struggles with her devotion...
Movie pageThe Battle of the River Plate
as Captain Langsdorff, "Admiral Graf Spee"In the early years of the World War II, the Royal Navy is fighting a desperate battle to keep...
Movie pageThe Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men
as Sheriff of NottinghamYoung Robin Hood, in love with Maid Marian, enters an archery contest with his father at the...
Movie pageFirst Men in the Moon
as Bailiff's Man (uncredited)The world is delighted when a spacecraft containing a crew made up of the world's astronauts...
Movie pageRaid on Entebbe
as Yitzhak RabinBased on a true Military operation by Israeli commandos. An Air France flight is hijacked by the...
Movie pageFar from the Madding Crowd
as William BoldwoodBathsheba Everdine, a willful, flirtatious, young woman, unexpectedly inherits a large farm and...
Movie pageSunday Bloody Sunday
as Dr. Daniel HirshRecently divorced career woman Alex Greville begins a romantic relationship with glamorous mod...
Movie pageA Town Like Alice
as Joe HarmanIn 1941 Malaysia, the advancing Japanese army captures a lot of British territory very quickly....
Movie pageThe Red Tent
as Umberto NobileTorn by personal guilt, Italian General Umberto Nobile reminisces about his 1928 failed Arctic...
Movie pageThe Pumpkin Eater
as Jake ArmitageJo, the mother of seven children, divorces her second husband in order to marry Jake, a...
Movie pageLost Horizon
as Richard ConwayWhile escaping war-torn China, a group of Europeans crash in the Himalayas, where they are...
Movie pageCleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)Documentary about the making of 20th Century Fox's 1963 film "Cleopatra," then the most...
Movie pageElephant Walk
as John WileyColonial tea planter John Wiley (Peter Finch), visiting England at the end of World War II, wins...
Movie pageKidnapped
as Alan Breck StewartKidnapped and cheated out of his inheritance, young David Balfour falls in with a Jacobite...
Movie pageMurderers' Row
as British agent (uncredited)The handsome top agent Matt dies a tragic death in his bath tub - the women mourn about the...
Movie pageThe Dark Avenger
as Comte De VilleEdward, Prince of Wales, son and heir to his father King Edward III of England, leads an English...
Movie pageThe Legend of Lylah Clare
as Lewis Zarken / Louie FlackA dictatorial film director hires an unknown actress to play the lead role in a planned movie...
Movie pageThe Story of Gilbert and Sullivan
as Richard D'Oyly CarteThe career of W. S. Gilbert, a barrister turned comic librettist, and Arthur Sullivan, a...
Movie pageFather Brown
as Gustave FlambeauWorks of art are disappearing, stolen by a master thief, a master of disguise. Father Brown has...
Movie pageThe Trials of Oscar Wilde
as OscarEngland, 1890s. The brutal and embittered Marquis of Queensberry, who believes that his youngest...
Movie pageI Thank a Fool
as Stephen DaneAfter mercifully killing her terminally ill lover, Dr. Christine Allison loses her medical...
Movie pageSimon and Laura
as Simon FosterA couple of bickering, married performers agree to star in a "Mr. and Mrs." TV show.
Movie pageGirl with Green Eyes
as Eugene GaillardA naive young country girl moves to Dublin and finds herself drawn to a sophisticated author...
Movie pageThe Heart of the Matter
as Father RankBased on Graham Greene’s novel, a married colonial police chief struggles with his conscience...
Movie pageOperation Amsterdam
as Jan SmitWhen Germany invades Holland in 1940, a British intelligence officer and two Dutch diamond...
Movie pageThe Sensational Shocking Wonderful Wacky 70's
as Self (archive footage)A look back at the people, events, music, and trends of the 1970s.
Movie pageIndonesia Calling
as uncreditedTwo weeks after the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, in August 1945, Indonesian Independence...
Movie pageThe Wooden Horse
as Australian in HospitalTrue story of three British POWs and their attempt to escape from Nazi Germany
Movie pageThe Shiralee
as MacauleyAn Australian "swagman" finds his wife with another man, so he takes the daughter, Buster, with...
Movie pageThe Abdication
as AzzolinoQueen Christina of Sweden abdicates and travels to Rome to embrace the Catholic church.
Movie page10:30 P.M. Summer
as PaulA female traveling companion seduces a married man and his alcoholic wife.
Movie pageJosephine and Men
as David HewerThe trouble with Josephine is that her ever-loving and over-sympathetic nature leads her to...
Movie pageMake Me an Offer!
as CharlieA struggling antiques dealer (Peter Finch) thinks he has found the answer to his problems when...
Movie pageNo Love for Johnnie
as Johnnie ByrneJohnnie Byrne is a member of the British Parliament. In his 40s, he's feeling frustrated with...
Movie pageThe Greatest Mother of 'em All
as Sean HowardStage mother Dolly Murdock (Ann Sothern) uses the attractiveness of her teenage daughter Tricia...
Movie pageIn the Cool of the Day
as Murray LoganAfter he mends a marital rift between a vacationing young couple, the bored, fragile wife falls...
Movie pageEureka Stockade
as HumffraySpectacular account of the infamous Eureka Stockade, and the events leading up to it.
Movie pageThe Sins of Rachel Cade
as Colonel Henry DerodeA female doctor in the Congo is torn between two loves.
Movie pageWindom's Way
as Alec WindomA doctor's sophisticated wife joins him at his remote Asian practice to try and patch up their...
Movie pageSomething to Hide
as Harry FieldA man having marital problems with his shrewish wife picks up a young, pretty and pregnant...
Movie pageThe Miniver Story
as Polish officerThe Second World War is over, and the Miniver family is trying to keep themselves together in...
Movie pageTrain of Events
as Philip MasonA train disaster is told in four short stories to give character studies of the people involved,...
Movie pageBequest to the Nation
as Adm. Lord Horatio NelsonSet before the Battle of Trafalgar, this is the story of relationship between Admiral Lord...
Movie pageJudith
as Aaron SteinA Jewish woman is recruited to help track down a German commander who was her former husband.
Movie pageThe Rats of Tobruk
as Peter LintonThree friends enlist in the Australian Army and serve in North Africa, holding the city of...
Movie pageMr. Chedworth Steps Out
as Arthur JacobsA down-and-out clerk happens upon a bag of money. Unknown to him, the money is all counterfeit,...
Movie pagePassage Home
as Kapitän John Ryland "Lucky"Set in 1931, the film takes place aboard a merchant ship, briefly harboured in South America. A...
Movie pageRobbery Under Arms
as Captain StarlightDuring the mid 1860s, brothers Dick and Jim Marston are drawn into a life of crime by their...
Movie pageThe Making of 'Network'
as Self (archive footage)An engrossing feature-length documentary about the making of Sidney Lumet's classic film "Network."
Movie pageEngland Made Me
as Erich KroghA young, English, ne'er-do-well who goes to stay with his sister and her wealthy...
Movie pageDad and Dave Come to Town
as Bill RyanDad and Dave Come to Town is a 1938 Australian comedy film directed by Ken G. Hall, the third in...
Movie pageJungle Patrol
as NarratorThis black and white film was made by the Australian government to show Australia's contribution...
Movie pageThe Riddle of Robin Hood
as HimselfPromotional film for The Story of Robin Hood, featuring Walt Disney and production personnel;...
Movie pageThe Dick Cavett Show
as Self - GuestThe Dick Cavett Show has been the title of several talk shows hosted by Dick Cavett on various...
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