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.
Recent movies
| # | Name | Character | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Breakdown: 1975 (2025) | Self (archive footage- Howard Beale Network) | - |
| 2 | Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood (2001) | Self (archive footage) | - |
| 3 | Network (1976) | Howard Beale | 7.8 |
| 4 | Raid on Entebbe (1976) | Yitzhak Rabin | 5 |
| 5 | England Made Me (1973) | Erich Krogh | 3 |
| 6 | Sunday Bloody Sunday (1971) | Dr. Daniel Hirsh | - |
| 7 | The Red Tent (1969) | Umberto Nobile | - |
| 8 | The Legend of Lylah Clare (1968) | Lewis Zarken / Louie Flack | 3 |
| 9 | Far from the Madding Crowd (1967) | William Boldwood | 5 |
| 10 | The Flight of the Phoenix (1965) | Captain Harris | 7 |
| 11 | The Pumpkin Eater (1964) | Jake Armitage | - |
| 12 | First Men in the Moon (1964) | Bailiff's Man (uncredited) | 6 |
| 13 | The Trials of Oscar Wilde (1960) | Oscar | 8 |
| 14 | The Nun's Story (1959) | Dr. Fortunati | - |
| 15 | The Shiralee (1957) | Macauley | 4 |
| 16 | A Town Like Alice (1956) | Joe Harman | - |
| 17 | Elephant Walk (1954) | John Wiley | - |
| 18 | Father Brown (1954) | Gustave Flambeau | 4 |
| 19 | Eureka Stockade (1949) | Humffray | 5 |
| 20 | Dad and Dave Come to Town (1938) | Bill Ryan | 4 |

