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Photograph of English-born Australian actor, Peter Finch (1) — English-born Australian actor, Peter Finch, photograph (1)

Peter Finch

(1916–77)

British actor (died aged 60) | Network (1977), Father Brown (1954), The Wooden Horse (1950)

British leading actor in British and US films. Born in London, he was brought up in France and Australia

Mini Biography

In films in Australia from 1937, Finch made his stage debut in 1939, as a stooge to a comedian, and was on the British stage from 1949. Married three times, he had much-publicised affairs with actresses Kay Kendall, Vivien Leigh and Mai Zetterling, among others. His off-stage and -screen antics, as a hard-drinking womaniser, sometimes obscured his abilities as one of the best film actors of his time.

Latest Peter Finch Pictures

A Town Like Alice DVD from Network and the British Film — A Town Like Alice DVD – Network – The British Film

Alec Guinness (as Father Brown) and Peter Finch (as Flambeau) in a photograph from Father Brown (1954) (18) — Father Brown (1954) photograph (18) | Alec Guinness, Peter Finch

Joan Greenwood (as Lady Warren) and Peter Finch (as Flambeau) in a photograph from Father Brown (1954) (13) — Father Brown (1954) photograph (13) | Joan Greenwood, Peter Finch

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Personal Details

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Died

Died

Peter Finch died in Beverly Hills, CA, USA on 14^th January, 1977, aged 60.
Born

Peter Finch was born in South Kensington, London on 28^th September, 1916.

Watch Peter Finch on British television

- The Wooden Horse (1950)
- During World War II, British prisoners escape from Stalag Luft III by tunnelling under a vaulting horse.
- Monday at 2.50pm on BBC Two HD
- The Battle of the River Plate (1956)
- Semi-documentary account of the 1939 trapping of the German pocket battle ship Graf Spee in Montevideo Harbour, and of her subsequent scuttling.
- 12^th November at 2.35pm on BBC Two HD
- 12^th November at 8pm on BBC Four HD