Peter Finch
ActorBirthday | Sep 27, 1916 (61 year old) |
Deathday | Jan 14, 1977 |
Place of birth | South Kensington, London, England, UK |
Gender | Male |
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.
Known for
Network
7.8
Howard Beale
Nov 14, 1976
Acting
Participated in 60 movies, 1 TV series