Peter 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. ​

  • Popularity : 4.455
  • Known For : Acting
  • Birthday : 1916-09-27
  • Place of Birth : South Kensington, London, England, UK
img

Peter Finch Movies

  • 1966
    imgMovies

    10:30 P.M. Summer

    10:30 P.M. Summer

    5.5 1966 HD

    A female traveling companion seduces a married man and his alcoholic wife.

    img
  • 1965
    imgMovies

    The Flight of the Phoenix

    The Flight of the Phoenix

    7.2 1965 HD

    A cargo aircraft crashes in a sandstorm in the Sahara with less than a dozen men on board. One of the passengers is an airplane designer who comes up...

    img
  • 1967
    imgMovies

    Far from the Madding Crowd

    Far from the Madding Crowd

    6.8 1967 HD

    Bathsheba Everdine, a willful, flirtatious, young woman, unexpectedly inherits a large farm and becomes romantically involved with three widely...

    img
  • 1976
    imgMovies

    Network

    Network

    7.816 1976 HD

    When veteran anchorman Howard Beale is forced to retire his 25-year post because of his age, he announces to viewers that he will kill himself during...

    img
  • 1969
    imgMovies

    The Red Tent

    The Red Tent

    6 1969 HD

    Torn by personal guilt, Italian General Umberto Nobile reminisces about his 1928 failed Arctic expedition aboard the airship Italia.

    img
  • 1976
    imgMovies

    Raid on Entebbe

    Raid on Entebbe

    6 1976 HD

    Based on a true operation by Israeli commandos. An Air France flight is hijacked by the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine. The airplane...

    img
  • 2006
    imgMovies

    The Making of 'Network'

    The Making of 'Network'

    1 2006 HD

    An engrossing feature-length documentary about the making of Sidney Lumet's classic film "Network."

    img
  • 1959
    imgMovies

    The Nun's Story

    The Nun's Story

    7.126 1959 HD

    After leaving a wealthy Belgian family to become a nun, Sister Luke struggles with her devotion to her vows during crisis, disappointment, and World...

    img
  • 1952
    imgMovies

    The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men

    The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men

    6.1 1952 HD

    Young Robin Hood, in love with Maid Marian, enters an archery contest with his father at the King's palace. On the way home his father is murdered by...

    img
  • 1980
    imgMovies

    The Sensational Shocking Wonderful Wacky 70's

    The Sensational Shocking Wonderful Wacky 70's

    1 1980 HD

    A look back at the people, events, music, and trends of the 1970s.

    img
  • 1960
    imgMovies

    Kidnapped

    Kidnapped

    6.5 1960 HD

    Kidnapped and cheated out of his inheritance, young David Balfour falls in with a Jacobite adventurer, Alan Breck Stewart. Falsely accused of murder,...

    img
  • 1954
    imgMovies

    Elephant Walk

    Elephant Walk

    5.8 1954 HD

    Colonial tea planter John Wiley (Peter Finch), visiting England at the end of World War II, wins and weds lovely English rose Ruth (Dame Elizabeth...

    img
  • 1971
    imgMovies

    Sunday Bloody Sunday

    Sunday Bloody Sunday

    6.631 1971 HD

    Recently divorced career woman Alex Greville begins a romantic relationship with glamorous mod artist Bob Elkin, fully aware that he's also...

    img
  • 1959
    imgMovies

    Operation Amsterdam

    Operation Amsterdam

    5.8 1959 HD

    When Germany invades Holland in 1940, a British intelligence officer and two Dutch diamond merchants go to Amsterdam to persuade the Dutch diamond...

    img
  • 1964
    imgMovies

    Girl with Green Eyes

    Girl with Green Eyes

    6.6 1964 HD

    A naive young country girl moves to Dublin and finds herself drawn to a sophisticated author twice her age.

    img
  • 1956
    imgMovies

    The Battle of the River Plate

    The Battle of the River Plate

    6.2 1956 HD

    In the early years of the World War II, the Royal Navy is fighting a desperate battle to keep the Atlantic convoy routes open to supply the British...

    img
  • 1949
    imgMovies

    Eureka Stockade

    Eureka Stockade

    5.6 1949 HD

    Spectacular account of the infamous Eureka Stockade, and the events leading up to it.

    img
  • 1944
    imgMovies

    The Rats of Tobruk

    The Rats of Tobruk

    5.6 1944 HD

    Three friends enlist in the Australian Army and serve in North Africa, holding the city of Tobruk against Rommel's forces.

    img
  • 1964
    imgMovies

    The Pumpkin Eater

    The Pumpkin Eater

    6.7 1964 HD

    Jo, the mother of seven children, divorces her second husband in order to marry Jake, a successful but promiscuous screenwriter. Though they are...

    img
  • 1961
    imgMovies

    The Sins of Rachel Cade

    The Sins of Rachel Cade

    5.5 1961 HD

    A female doctor in the Congo is torn between two loves.

    img
  • 1955
    imgMovies

    The Dark Avenger

    The Dark Avenger

    6 1955 HD

    Edward, Prince of Wales, son and heir to his father King Edward III of England, leads an English army to the French province of Aquitaine to protect...

    img
  • 1968
    imgMovies

    The Legend of Lylah Clare

    The Legend of Lylah Clare

    6.1 1968 HD

    A dictatorial film director hires an unknown actress to play the lead role in a planned movie biography of a late, great Hollywood star.

    img
  • 1956
    imgMovies

    A Town Like Alice

    A Town Like Alice

    6.3 1956 HD

    In 1941 Malaysia, the advancing Japanese army captures a lot of British territory very quickly. The men are sent off to labor camps, but they have no...

    img
  • 1973
    imgMovies

    Lost Horizon

    Lost Horizon

    5.4 1973 HD

    While escaping war-torn China, a group of Europeans crash in the Himalayas, where they are rescued and taken to the mysterious Valley of the Blue...

    img
  • 1954
    imgMovies

    Father Brown

    Father Brown

    6.2 1954 HD

    Works of art are disappearing, stolen by a master thief, a master of disguise. Father Brown has two goals: to catch the thief and to save his soul.

    img
  • 1962
    imgMovies

    I Thank a Fool

    I Thank a Fool

    5.5 1962 HD

    After mercifully killing her terminally ill lover, Dr. Christine Allison loses her medical license and spends two years in prison. Once she has...

    img
  • 2001
    imgMovies

    Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood

    Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood

    7.2 2001 HD

    Documentary about the making of 20th Century Fox's 1963 film "Cleopatra," then the most expensive film of all time.

    img
  • 1955
    imgMovies

    Simon and Laura

    Simon and Laura

    5.5 1955 HD

    A couple of bickering, married performers agree to star in a "Mr. and Mrs." TV show.

    img
  • 1953
    imgMovies

    The Heart of the Matter

    The Heart of the Matter

    6.6 1953 HD

    Based on Graham Greene’s novel, a married colonial police chief struggles with his conscience when he has an affair with a younger woman.

    img
  • 1963
    imgMovies

    In the Cool of the Day

    In the Cool of the Day

    5.4 1963 HD

    After he mends a marital rift between a vacationing young couple, the bored, fragile wife falls hopelessly in love with the husband's ex-colleague...

    img
  • 1961
    imgMovies

    No Love for Johnnie

    No Love for Johnnie

    5.5 1961 HD

    Johnnie Byrne is a member of the British Parliament. In his 40s, he's feeling frustrated with his life and his personal as well as professional...

    img
  • 1966
    imgMovies

    Judith

    Judith

    4.3 1966 HD

    A Jewish woman is recruited to help track down a German commander who was her former husband.

    img
  • 1960
    imgMovies

    The Trials of Oscar Wilde

    The Trials of Oscar Wilde

    6.4 1960 HD

    England, 1890s. The brutal and embittered Marquis of Queensberry, who believes that his youngest son, Bosie, has an inappropriate relationship with...

    img
  • 1955
    imgMovies

    Josephine and Men

    Josephine and Men

    6.3 1955 HD

    The trouble with Josephine is that her ever-loving and over-sympathetic nature leads her to switch from needful men to even more needful men...

    img
  • 1957
    imgMovies

    The Shiralee

    The Shiralee

    5.1 1957 HD

    An Australian "swagman" finds his wife with another man, so he takes the daughter, Buster, with him. On the road together, going from town to town...

    img
  • 1954
    imgMovies

    Make Me an Offer!

    Make Me an Offer!

    6.7 1954 HD

    A struggling antiques dealer (Peter Finch) thinks he has found the answer to his problems when he stumbles across a precious vase amid a range of...

    img
  • 1950
    imgMovies

    The Miniver Story

    The Miniver Story

    6 1950 HD

    The Second World War is over, and the Miniver family is trying to keep themselves together in post-War Britain, among continuing shortages and...

    img
  • 1955
    imgMovies

    Passage Home

    Passage Home

    5.6 1955 HD

    Set in 1931, the film takes place aboard a merchant ship, briefly harboured in South America. A young woman (Diane Cilento) boards the ship as a...

    img
  • 1950
    imgMovies

    The Wooden Horse

    The Wooden Horse

    6.7 1950 HD

    True story of three British POWs and their attempt to escape from Nazi Germany

    img
  • 1953
    imgMovies

    The Story of Gilbert and Sullivan

    The Story of Gilbert and Sullivan

    4 1953 HD

    The career of W. S. Gilbert, a barrister turned comic librettist, and Arthur Sullivan, a composer turned against his will to light music, who...

    img
  • 1966
    imgMovies

    Murderers' Row

    Murderers' Row

    5.7 1966 HD

    The handsome top agent Matt dies a tragic death in his bath tub - the women mourn about the loss. However it's just faked for his latest top-secret...

    img
  • 1957
    imgMovies

    Windom's Way

    Windom's Way

    5 1957 HD

    A doctor's sophisticated wife joins him at his remote Asian practice to try and patch up their marriage. Increasingly violent friction between local...

    img
  • 1957
    imgMovies

    Robbery Under Arms

    Robbery Under Arms

    5.4 1957 HD

    During the mid 1860s, brothers Dick and Jim Marston are drawn into a life of crime by their ex-convict father Ben and his friend, infamous...

    img
  • 1964
    imgMovies

    First Men in the Moon

    First Men in the Moon

    6.3 1964 HD

    The world is delighted when a spacecraft containing a crew made up of the world's astronauts lands on the moon, but are shocked when the astronauts...

    img
  • 1939
    imgMovies

    Mr. Chedworth Steps Out

    Mr. Chedworth Steps Out

    6 1939 HD

    A down-and-out clerk happens upon a bag of money. Unknown to him, the money is all counterfeit, forcing the innocent man to become involved with...

    img
  • 1973
    imgMovies

    England Made Me

    England Made Me

    5.7 1973 HD

    A young, English, ne'er-do-well who goes to stay with his sister and her wealthy fiancé/benefactor in 1930's Germany, just before the rise of...

    img
  • 1973
    imgMovies

    Bequest to the Nation

    Bequest to the Nation

    5 1973 HD

    Set before the Battle of Trafalgar, this is the story of relationship between Admiral Lord Nelson and Lady Hamilton during the Napoleonic Wars.

    img
  • 1935
    imgMovies

    The Magic Shoes

    The Magic Shoes

    1 1935 HD

    Short lost Australian film based on the story of Cinderella

    img
  • 1974
    imgMovies

    The Abdication

    The Abdication

    5.5 1974 HD

    Queen Christina of Sweden abdicates and travels to Rome to embrace the Catholic church.

    img
  • 1972
    imgMovies

    Something to Hide

    Something to Hide

    5.2 1972 HD

    A man having marital problems with his shrewish wife picks up a young, pretty and pregnant hitchhiker. Before he knows it, he's in over his head and...

    img
  • 1941
    imgMovies

    The Power and the Glory

    The Power and the Glory

    1 1941 HD

    The Power and the Glory is a 1941 Australian war film about a Czech scientist who escapes from the Nazis to live in Australia.

    img
  • 1946
    imgMovies

    A Son Is Born

    A Son Is Born

    1 1946 HD

    This family melodrama, a tale of desertion, vengeful seduction, coincidental meeting and catharsis, spans more than two decades from 1920 to World...

    img
  • 1946
    imgMovies

    Indonesia Calling

    Indonesia Calling

    5.9 1946 HD

    Two weeks after the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, in August 1945, Indonesian Independence leaders proclaimed “Indonesia Merdeka!”...

    img
  • 1938
    imgMovies

    Dad and Dave Come to Town

    Dad and Dave Come to Town

    5.3 1938 HD

    Dad and Dave Come to Town is a 1938 Australian comedy film directed by Ken G. Hall, the third in the 'Dad and Dave' comedy series starring Bert...

    img
  • 1944
    imgMovies

    Jungle Patrol

    Jungle Patrol

    1 1944 HD

    This black and white film was made by the Australian government to show Australia's contribution to the New Guinea campaign, for which they thought...

    img
  • 1949
    imgMovies

    Train of Events

    Train of Events

    6.2 1949 HD

    A train disaster is told in four short stories to give character studies of the people involved, how it will affect them and how they deal with it.

    img
  • 1943
    imgMovies

    These Stars Are Mine

    These Stars Are Mine

    1 1943 HD

    George Reynolds, recently discharged from the army, tells his father of his plans to marry and relax. Reynolds Snr tells his son that if Australia is...

    img
  • 1969
    imgMovies

    The Greatest Mother of 'em All

    The Greatest Mother of 'em All

    1 1969 HD

    Stage mother Dolly Murdock (Ann Sothern) uses the attractiveness of her teenage daughter Tricia (Alexandra Hay) for her own economic gains, leading...

    img
  • 1967
    imgMovies

    Location: Far from the Madding Crowd

    Location: Far from the Madding Crowd

    1 1967 HD

    This promotional short film for the feature Far from the Madding Crowd (1967) takes us to the many locations in Dorset County, England, where the...

    img
  • 1952
    imgMovies

    The Riddle of Robin Hood

    The Riddle of Robin Hood

    1 1952 HD

    Promotional film for The Story of Robin Hood, featuring Walt Disney and production personnel; released in 1952.

    img
  • 1968
    imgS12 E100

    The Dick Cavett Show

    The Dick Cavett Show

    6.658 1968 HD

    The Dick Cavett Show has been the title of several talk shows hosted by Dick Cavett on various television networks.

    img