Peter Finch

Frederick George Peter Ingle Finch (28 September 1916 – 14 January 1977) was an English-Australian actor of theatre, film and radio.[1][2][3]

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Peter Finch
Finch in 1955
Born	Frederick George Peter Ingle Finch (1916-09-28)28 September 1916 South Kensington, London, England
Died	14 January 1977(1977-01-14) (aged 60) Beverly Hills, California, U.S.
Resting place	Hollywood Forever Cemetery
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1934–1977
Spouses	Tamara Tchinarova ​ ​ (m. 1943; div. 1959)​ Yolande Turner ​ ​ (m. 1959; div. 1965)​ Eletha Barrett ​ ​ (m. 1973)​
Children	4; including Charles Finch
Awards	See below
Military career
Allegiance	Australia
Service/branch	Australian Army
Years of service	1941–1945
Rank	Sergeant
Unit	2/1st Field Regiment (Australia)
Battles/wars	World War II Bombing of Darwin

Born in London, he emigrated to Australia as a teenager and was raised in Sydney, where he worked in vaudeville and radio before becoming a star of Australian films. Joining the Old Vic Company after World War II, he achieved widespread critical success in Britain for both stage and screen performances. One of British cinema's most celebrated leading men of the time,[4] Finch won the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role five times, and won a posthumous Academy Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of crazed television anchorman Howard Beale in the 1976 film Network.

According to the British Film Institute, "it is arguable that no other actor ever chalked up such a rewarding CV in British films, and he accumulated the awards to bolster this view".[5] He died only two months before the 49th Academy Awards, making him the first person to win a posthumous Oscar in an acting category. As of 2023, the only other person to have done so was fellow Australian Heath Ledger.