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Frederick George Peter Ingle Finch (28 September 1916 – 14 January 1977) was an English-Australian actor of theatre, film and radio. [1] [2]Born in London, he emigrated to Australia at the age of ten and was raised in Sydney, where he worked in vaudeville and radio before becoming a star of Australian films. [3]
Peter Finch 16-17 July 1946 The Broken Pitcher: Heinrich von Kleist: Adam Conservatorium of Music, Sydney 1947 French Without Tears: Terence Rattigan Killara Hall, Sydney Sydney Radio Theatre, 1947 Peter Finch Finch directed a cast including Leonard Thiele, Tom Lake, Alan White, Adele Brown, Ron Patten [15] 1948 Midsummer Night: Lajos Bíró
The film stars Faye Dunaway, William Holden, Peter Finch (in his final film role), Robert Duvall, Wesley Addy, Ned Beatty, and Beatrice Straight. Produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and released by United Artists on November 27, 1976, Network was a commercial success, earning $23.7 million on a $3.8 million production budget.
It stars an ensemble cast, with James Stewart, Richard Attenborough, Peter Finch, Hardy Kruger, Ernest Borgnine, Ian Bannen, Ronald Fraser, Christian Marquand, Dan Duryea and George Kennedy. Although the film was not a financial success, it was well received by critics, who praised Aldrich's direction and the performances of its cast.
In Network, Beale, the anchorman for the UBS Evening News, struggles to accept the ramifications of the social ailments and depravity existing in the world.His producers exploit him for high ratings and avoid giving him the psychiatric assistance that some, especially news division president and his best friend, Max Schumacher (William Holden), think he needs.
Lost Horizon is a 1973 musical fantasy adventure film directed by Charles Jarrott and starring Peter Finch, Liv Ullmann, Sally Kellerman, George Kennedy, Michael York, Olivia Hussey, Bobby Van, James Shigeta, Charles Boyer and John Gielgud. [3]
The Shiralee is a 1957 British film directed by Leslie Norman and starring Peter Finch. [2] It is in the Australian Western genre, [3] based on the 1955 novel by D'Arcy Niland.It was made by Ealing Studios, and although all exterior scenes were filmed in Sydney, Scone [4] and Binnaway, New South Wales [5] and Australian actors Charles Tingwell, Bill Kerr and Ed Devereaux played in supporting ...
The Nun's Story is a 1959 American drama film directed by Fred Zinnemann and starring Audrey Hepburn, Peter Finch, Edith Evans, Peggy Ashcroft, and Dean Jagger. The screenplay was written by Robert Anderson, based on the 1956 novel of the same name by Kathryn Hulme. The film tells the life of Gabrielle Van Der Mal (Hepburn), a young woman who ...