Personal Info

  • Known For

    Acting

  • Known Credits

    60

  • Gender

    Male

  • Birthday

    September 27, 1916 ( 61 years old )

  • Place of Birth

    South Kensington, London, England, UK

  • Also Known As

    Frederick George Peter Ingle Finch

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. ​