
Birthday:
09-27-1916
Deathday:
01-14-1977 (60 years)
Birthplace:
South Kensington, London, England, UK
Biography
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.
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10:30 P.M. Summer
Act like Paul
event1966 star_border 5.5
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A female traveling companion seduces a married man and his alcoholic wife.
The Flight of the Phoenix
Act like Capt. Harris
event1965 star_border 7.2
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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 with the idea of ripping off the undamaged wing and using it as the basis for a replacement aircraft they need to build before their food and water run out.
Far from the Madding Crowd
Act like William Boldwood
event1967 star_border 6.9
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Bathsheba Everdine, a willful, flirtatious, young woman, unexpectedly inherits a large farm and becomes romantically involved with three widely divergent men.
Network
Act like Howard Beale
event1976 star_border 7.8
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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 his farewell broadcast. Network executives rethink their decision when his fanatical tirade results in a spike in ratings.
The Red Tent
Act like Umberto Nobile
event1969 star_border 6
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Torn by personal guilt, Italian General Umberto Nobile reminisces about his 1928 failed Arctic expedition aboard the airship Italia.
Raid on Entebbe
Act like Yitzhak Rabin
event1976 star_border 6
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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 landed in Uganda. The terrorists released some passengers, keeping 94 Jews and 12 air crew hostage. The Israeli government would not negotiate. A rescue plan was devised, and less than 100 commandos were flown across Africa to rescue the passengers in surprisingly successful operation.
The Making of 'Network'
Act like Self (archive footage)
event2006
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An engrossing feature-length documentary about the making of Sidney Lumet's classic film "Network."
The Nun's Story
Act like Dr. Fortunati
event1959 star_border 7.2
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After leaving a wealthy Belgian family to become a nun, Sister Luke struggles with her devotion to her vows during crisis, disappointment, and World War II.
The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men
Act like Sheriff of Nottingham
event1952 star_border 6.1
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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 henchmen of Prince John. Robin takes up the life of an outlaw, gathering together his band of merry men with him in Sherwood Forest, to avenge his father's death and to help the people of the land that Prince John are over taxing.
The Sensational Shocking Wonderful Wacky 70's
Act like Self (archive footage)
event1980
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A look back at the people, events, music, and trends of the 1970s.
Kidnapped
Act like Alan Breck Stewart
event1960 star_border 6.4
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Kidnapped and cheated out of his inheritance, young David Balfour falls in with a Jacobite adventurer, Alan Breck Stewart. Falsely accused of murder, they must flee across the Highlands, evading the redcoats.
Elephant Walk
Act like John Wiley
event1954 star_border 5.8
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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 Taylor) and takes her home to Elephant Walk, Ceylon, where the local elephants have a grudge against the plantation. Ruth's delight with the tropical wealth and luxury of her new home is tempered by isolation as the only white woman in the district; her husband's occasional imperious arrogance; a mutual physical attraction with plantation manager Dick Carver (Dana Andrews), and the hovering, ominous menace of the hostile elephants.
Sunday Bloody Sunday
Act like Dr. Daniel Hirsh
event1971 star_border 6.6
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Recently divorced career woman Alex Greville begins a romantic relationship with glamorous mod artist Bob Elkin, fully aware that he's also intimately involved with middle-aged doctor Daniel Hirsh. For both Alex and Daniel, the younger man represents a break with their repressive pasts, and though both know that Bob is seeing both of them, neither is willing to let go of the youth and vitality he brings to their otherwise stable lives.
Operation Amsterdam
Act like Jan Smit
event1959 star_border 5.8
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When Germany invades Holland in 1940, a British intelligence officer and two Dutch diamond merchants go to Amsterdam to persuade the Dutch diamond merchants to evacuate their diamond supplies to England.
Girl with Green Eyes
Act like Eugene Gaillard
event1964 star_border 6.6
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A naive young country girl moves to Dublin and finds herself drawn to a sophisticated author twice her age.
The Battle of the River Plate
Act like Captain Langsdorff, "Admiral Graf Spee"
event1956 star_border 6.2
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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 Isles, facing the great danger posed by the many German warships, such as the Admiral Graf Spee, which are scouring the ocean for cargo ships to sink.
Eureka Stockade
Act like Humffray
event1949 star_border 5.6
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Spectacular account of the infamous Eureka Stockade, and the events leading up to it.
The Rats of Tobruk
Act like Peter Linton
event1944 star_border 5.6
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Three friends enlist in the Australian Army and serve in North Africa, holding the city of Tobruk against Rommel's forces.
The Pumpkin Eater
Act like Jake Armitage
event1964 star_border 6.7
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Jo, the mother of seven children, divorces her second husband in order to marry Jake, a successful but promiscuous screenwriter. Though they are physically and emotionally compatible, they are slowly torn apart.
The Sins of Rachel Cade
Act like Colonel Henry Derode
event1961 star_border 5.5
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A female doctor in the Congo is torn between two loves.
The Dark Avenger
Act like Comte De Ville
event1955 star_border 6
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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 the inhabitant from the ravages of the French. After defeating the French in battle, the defeated French plot to kill the prince. Failing in this, they kidnap his lady, the lovely Lady Joan Holland. Of course Prince Edward has to ride to the rescue, adopting numerous guises to save his paramour, which ultimately end in him leading his men into one final climactic battle against the French. (Also known as "The Warriors" and "The Black Prince").
The Legend of Lylah Clare
Act like Lewis Zarken / Louie Flack
event1968 star_border 6.1
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A dictatorial film director hires an unknown actress to play the lead role in a planned movie biography of a late, great Hollywood star.
A Town Like Alice
Act like Joe Harman
event1956 star_border 6.3
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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 plan on what to do with the women and children of the British.
Lost Horizon
Act like Richard Conway
event1973 star_border 5.4
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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 Moon, Shangri-La.
Father Brown
Act like Gustave Flambeau
event1954 star_border 6.3
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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.
I Thank a Fool
Act like Stephen Dane
event1962 star_border 5.5
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After mercifully killing her terminally ill lover, Dr. Christine Allison loses her medical license and spends two years in prison. Once she has completed her sentence, the lawyer who prosecuted Christine, Stephen Dane, hires her to care for his emotionally unstable wife, Liane. Christine takes the job, but when Liane's allegedly dead father reappears, Christine sets out to reveal the family's dark secrets.
Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood
Act like Self (archive footage)
event2001 star_border 7.2
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Documentary about the making of 20th Century Fox's 1963 film "Cleopatra," then the most expensive film of all time.
Simon and Laura
Act like Simon Foster
event1955 star_border 5.6
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A couple of bickering, married performers agree to star in a "Mr. and Mrs." TV show.
The Heart of the Matter
Act like Father Rank
event1953 star_border 6.6
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Based on Graham Greene’s novel, a married colonial police chief struggles with his conscience when he has an affair with a younger woman.
In the Cool of the Day
Act like Murray Logan
event1963 star_border 5.4
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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 who is married to a long-suffering and emotionally and physically scarred woman. The couple soon runs off to Greece together to pursue the romance.
No Love for Johnnie
Act like Johnnie Byrne
event1961 star_border 5.7
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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 problems tower up over him. His desires to win the next election are endangered by his constant looking for love and he is faced with the choice of giving up a career in politics or giving up the woman he loves.
Judith
Act like Aaron Stein
event1966 star_border 4.3
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A Jewish woman is recruited to help track down a German commander who was her former husband.
The Trials of Oscar Wilde
Act like Oscar
event1960 star_border 6.4
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England, 1890s. The brutal and embittered Marquis of Queensberry, who believes that his youngest son, Bosie, has an inappropriate relationship with the famous Irish writer Oscar Wilde, maintains an ongoing feud with the latter in order to ruin his reputation and cause his fall from grace.
Josephine and Men
Act like David Hewer
event1955 star_border 6
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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...
The Shiralee
Act like Macauley
event1957 star_border 5.1
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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 and from farm to farm, father and daughter explore new depths of understanding and bonding.
Make Me an Offer!
Act like Charlie
event1954 star_border 6.7
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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 other less desirable items. The trouble is, the owners of the vase are pretty shrewd themselves and are not keen on letting it go for a song - meaning that our hapless chap has to pull out every trick in the book in order to win his prize.
The Miniver Story
Act like Polish officer
event1950 star_border 6
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The Second World War is over, and the Miniver family is trying to keep themselves together in post-War Britain, among continuing shortages and growing tensions within the family.
Passage Home
Act like Kapitän John Ryland "Lucky"
event1955 star_border 5.6
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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 passenger, resulting in disharmony among the superstitious crew members. Virtuous seaman Anthony Steel protects the girl from the lecherous advances of captain Peter Finch.
The Wooden Horse
Act like Australian in Hospital
event1950 star_border 6.8
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True story of three British POWs and their attempt to escape from Nazi Germany
The Story of Gilbert and Sullivan
Act like Richard D'Oyly Carte
event1953 star_border 4
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The career of W. S. Gilbert, a barrister turned comic librettist, and Arthur Sullivan, a composer turned against his will to light music, who together wrote fifteen comic operas between 1871 and 1896, to great public acclaim.
Murderers' Row
Act like British agent (uncredited)
event1966 star_border 5.7
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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 mission: He shall find Dr. Solaris, inventor of the Helium laser beam, powerful enough to destroy a whole continent. It seems Dr. Solaris has been kidnapped by a criminal organization. The trace leads to the Cote D'Azur.
Windom's Way
Act like Alec Windom
event1957 star_border 5
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A doctor's sophisticated wife joins him at his remote Asian practice to try and patch up their marriage. Increasingly violent friction between local rubber plantation workers and the authorities force both parties to make decisions.
Robbery Under Arms
Act like Captain Starlight
event1957 star_border 5.4
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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 cattlethief Captain Starlight. Making their way to Melbourne with the proceeds of a recent raid, the brothers meet and romance the Morrison sisters, Kate and Jean, whom they eventually marry; but just as they are poised to start a new life in America, Captain Starlight and his gang arrive in town, planning a raid at the local bank.
First Men in the Moon
Act like Bailiff's Man (uncredited)
event1964 star_border 6.3
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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 discover an old British flag and a document declaring that the moon is taken for Queen Victoria proving that the astronauts were not the first men on the moon.
Mr. Chedworth Steps Out
Act like Arthur Jacobs
event1939 star_border 6
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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 gangsters, as well as federal agents.
Bequest to the Nation
Act like Adm. Lord Horatio Nelson
event1973 star_border 5
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Set before the Battle of Trafalgar, this is the story of relationship between Admiral Lord Nelson and Lady Hamilton during the Napoleonic Wars.
England Made Me
Act like Erich Krogh
event1973 star_border 5.7
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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 the Nazi party.
The Magic Shoes
Act like Prince Charming
event1935
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Short lost Australian film based on the story of Cinderella
The Abdication
Act like Azzolino
event1974 star_border 5.5
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Queen Christina of Sweden abdicates and travels to Rome to embrace the Catholic church.
Something to Hide
Act like Harry Field
event1972 star_border 5.2
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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 mixed up in violence and murder.
The Power and the Glory
event1941
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The Power and the Glory is a 1941 Australian war film about a Czech scientist who escapes from the Nazis to live in Australia.
A Son Is Born
Act like Paul Graham
event1946
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This family melodrama, a tale of desertion, vengeful seduction, coincidental meeting and catharsis, spans more than two decades from 1920 to World War II. A woman imprisoned in a loveless marriage finds the courage to leave her husband but is disturbed to find that her son, David, refuses to go with her. She does not give up on him and manages to establish a new life for herself. Her world is turned upside down when David reluctantly moves in with her, determined to ruin their lives. Set against the backdrop of the Second World War, David is about to be sent to New Guinea which may make or break any future relationship he has with the people who love him. A notable aspect of the film is a production design which belies the low budget.
Indonesia Calling
event1946 star_border 5.9
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Two weeks after the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, in August 1945, Indonesian Independence leaders proclaimed “Indonesia Merdeka!” ‘Freedom for Indonesia’ and an end to Dutch colonial rule over the Netherlands East Indies. Internationally renowned Dutch filmmaker Joris Ivens, in Australia as Film Commissioner for the Netherlands East Indies government in exile, resigned his position in protest against Dutch policy, which sought to re-impose its colonial rule. In collaboration with Indonesian activists, Chinese, Indian and Australian trade unionists, and local artists and filmmakers, Ivens made Indonesia Calling, a film documenting the crucial role of Australian trade union support in the establishment of the new Republic of Indonesia. Ivens’ film was an activist documentary; it actively contributed to the events it depicted. All those who worked on it became ‘adversely known’ to the security services.
Dad and Dave Come to Town
Act like Bill Ryan
event1938 star_border 5.3
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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 Bailey. It was the feature film debut of Peter Finch
Jungle Patrol
Act like Narrator
event1944
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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 there had not been sufficient acknowledgement. Jungle Patrol follows the daily experiences of the soldiers, from their initial deployment in Port Moresby, then flying over the Owen Stanley Ranges on board the troop carrier 'Honeymoon Express', to their slog through jungle and steep terrain battling rain, mosquitoes and mud as they march from the Ramu 'Death' Valley up to rejoin their battalion at an outpost on Shaggy Ridge in the Finisterre Range.
Train of Events
Act like Philip Mason
event1949 star_border 6.2
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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.
These Stars Are Mine
Act like Reynolds Junior
event1943
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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 to avoid another postwar Depression, its citizens need to work hard towards a better future.
The Greatest Mother of 'em All
Act like Sean Howard
event1969
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Stage mother Dolly Murdock (Ann Sothern) uses the attractiveness of her teenage daughter Tricia (Alexandra Hay) for her own economic gains, leading Tricia to experience a nightmarish loss of innocence.
Location: Far from the Madding Crowd
Act like Himself
event1967
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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 movie was filmed. It was here that 'Thomas Hardy' lived and was inspired to write the novel upon which the film is based. Only the film's star, Julie Christie, makes comments on the production.
The Riddle of Robin Hood
Act like Himself
event1952
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Promotional film for The Story of Robin Hood, featuring Walt Disney and production personnel; released in 1952.
The Dick Cavett Show
Act like Self - Guest (1 ep.)
event1968 star_border 6.6
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The Dick Cavett Show has been the title of several talk shows hosted by Dick Cavett on various television networks.
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