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Finch, Peter (1916-1977)
 

Film & TV credits


Film credits
 
DAD AND DAVE COME TO TOWN / THE RUDD FAMILY GOES TO TOWNAustralia, 1938Bill Ryan
MR CHEDWORTH STEPS OUTAustralia, 1939Arthur Jacobs
ANTS IN HIS PANTSAustralia, 1939cast member
THE POWER AND THE GLORYAustralia, 1941Frank Miller
THE RATS OF TOBRUKAustralia, 1944Peter Linton
JUNGLE PATROLAustralia, 1944narrator
A SON IS BORNAustralia, 1946Paul Graham
INDONESIA CALLINGAustralia, 1946commentator
NATIVE EARTHAustralia, 1946narrator
RED SKY AT MORNINGAustralia, 1948Michael
TRAIN OF EVENTS1949Philip Mason
EUREKA STOCKADE / MASSACRE HILL1949John Humffray / casting (uncredited)
PRIMITIVE PEOPLE: AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINES1950 (3 pts)photography
THE WOODEN HORSE1950Australian in hospital
THE STORY OF ROBIN HOOD AND HIS MERRIE MENUS/UK, 1952Sheriff of Nottingham
ELEPHANT WALKUS, 1953John Wiley
THE HEART OF THE MATTER1953Father Rank
THE STORY OF GILBERT AND SULLIVAN / GILBERT AND SULLIVAN / THE GREAT GILBERT AND SULLIVAN / MISTER GILBERT AND MISTER SULLIVAN1953Richard D'Oyly Carte
THE QUEEN IN AUSTRALIAAustralia, 1954narrator
FATHER BROWN / THE DETECTIVE1954Gustave Flambeau
MAKE ME AN OFFER!1954Charlie
THE DARK AVENGER / THE WARRIORS / THE BLACK PRINCE / THE WARRIOR1955Comte Robert de Ville
JOSEPHINE AND MEN1955David Hewer
PASSAGE HOME1955Captain 'Lucky' Ryland
SIMON AND LAURA1955Simon Foster
MELBOURNE, OLYMPIC CITYAustralia, 1956narrator
ROYAL TOUR OF NEW SOUTH WALESAustralia, 1956narrator
THE BATTLE OF THE RIVER PLATE / PURSUIT OF THE GRAF SPEE1956Captain Langsdorff, Admiral Graf Spee
A TOWN LIKE ALICE / THE RAPE OF MALAYA1956Joe Harman
NO FUN LIKE WORK!1956on-screen participant
ROBBERY UNDER ARMS1957Starlight
THE SHIRALEEUK/US, 1957Macauley
WINDOM'S WAY1957Alec Windom
THE NUN'S STORYUS, 1958Dr. Fortunati
A FAR CRY / CHILDREN OF KOREA1958narrator
OPERATION AMSTERDAM1959Jan Smit
THE DAY / ANTONITO1960director; producer; screenplay
KIDNAPPED / ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON'S KIDNAPPEDUS/UK, 1960Alan Breck Stewart
NO LOVE FOR JOHNNIE1960Johnnie Byrne
THE SINS OF RACHEL CADE / RACHEL CADEUS, 1960Colonel Henri Derode
THE TRIALS OF OSCAR WILDE / THE MAN WITH THE GREEN CARNATION1960Oscar Wilde
I THANK A FOOL1962Stephen Dane
GIRL WITH GREEN EYES / LONELY GIRL1963Eugene
IN THE COOL OF THE DAY1963Murray Logan
FIRST MEN IN THE MOONUK/US, 1964bailiff with summons (uncredited)
JUDITHUS/UK/Israel, 1964Aaron Stein
THE PUMPKIN EATER1964Jake
THE FLIGHT OF THE PHOENIXUS, 1965Captain Harris
10:30 P.M. SUMMERUS/Spain, 1966Paul
FAR FROM THE MADDING CROWDUS/UK, 1967William Boldwood
THE LEGEND OF LYLAH CLAREUS, 1968Lewis Zarkan
LA TENDA ROSSA / THE RED TENT / KRASNAYA PALATKAItaly/USSR, 1969General Nobile
SOMETHING TO HIDE1971Harry Field
SUNDAY BLOODY SUNDAYUK/US, 1971Dr Daniel Hirsh
LOST HORIZONUS, 1972Richard Conway
ENGLAND MADE MEUK/Yugoslavia, 1972Erik Krogh
BEQUEST TO THE NATION / NELSON AFFAIR1973Admiral Lord Nelson
THE ABDICATION1974Cardinal Azzolino
NETWORKUS, 1976Howard Beale
A LOOK AT LIVUS, 1977on-screen participant
 
Television credits
 
CAPTAIN CARVALLOBBC tx 6/3/1951Professor Winke
BRITISH FILM ACADEMY AWARDSITV tx 12/7/1957interviewee
CLOSE-UP ON: Peter FinchITV tx 11/2/1959interviewee
THE UNFORGOTTENBBC tx 1/4/1961commentator
THE HEARTBEAT OF FRANCEITV tx 14/6/1961narrator
THIS WEEK: Prisoners of ConscienceITV tx 24/12/1964reader
GOLDEN DRAMAITV tx 31/1/1965cast member
CORONATION STREETITV tx 18/10/1972script
GOOD AFTERNOON!ITV tx 12/2/1973interviewee
RUSSELL HARTY PLUSITV tx 31/3/1973guest
FILM 73BBC2 tx 11/12/1973interviewee
FILM 74BBC1 tx 12/11/1974interviewee
RAID ON ENTEBBENBC (US) tx 9/1/1977Yitzhak Rabin
FILM 77BBC1 tx 6/2/1977interviewee
THE BRITISH GREATS: Peter FinchBBC1 tx 30/7/1980subject of programme
AFTERNOONS REVISITEDITV tx 31/7/1989on-screen participant
 
Charity film
 
PETER FINCH SPECIAL [Appeal for the Royal National Institute for the Blind]1958on-screen participant