Peter Finch
Actor, Film actor
1916 – 1977
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Who was Peter Finch?
Frederick George Peter Ingle Finch was a British-born Australian actor. He is best remembered for his role as "crazed" television anchorman Howard Beale in the film Network, which earned him a posthumous Academy Award for Best Actor, his fifth Best Actor award from the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, 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 Heath Ledger, also Australian.
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- Born
- Sep 28, 1916
South Kensington - Also known as
- William Mitchell
- Frederick George Peter Ingle Finch
- Finchie
- Frederick George Peter Ingle-Finch
- Parents
- Siblings
- Spouses
- Eletha Finch
(1973/11/09 - 1977/01/14) - Tamara Tchinarova Finch
(1943/04/21 - 1959/06/17) - Yolande Turner
(1959/07/04 - 1965/11/11)
- Eletha Finch
- Children
- Nationality
- Australia
- England
- Profession
- Lived in
- South Kensington
- Sydney
- Died
- Jan 14, 1977
Beverly Hills
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on July 23, 2013
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