1916 - 1977
Frederick George Peter Ingle Finch (28 September 1916 – 14 January 1977) was an English-born 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 British Academy of Film and Television Arts, and a Best Actor award from the Golden Globes. Finch was the first person to win a posthumous Academy Award in an acting category. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Peter Finch has received more than 2,270,939 page views. His biography is available in 53 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 52 in 2019). Peter Finch is the 432nd most popular actor (up from 444th in 2019), the 603rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 638th in 2019) and the 67th most popular British Actor.
Peter Finch is most famous for playing the role of Howard Beale in the 1976 film Network.
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Among actors, Peter Finch ranks 432 out of 10,030. Before him are Renée Zellweger, Mel Ferrer, Boris Karloff, Gary Sinise, Lee Strasberg, and Magda Schneider. After him are Ingrid Thulin, Hugh Laurie, Jean Harlow, Loie Fuller, Jerry Stiller, and Robert Knepper.
1969 - Present
HPI: 71.87
Rank: 426
1917 - 2008
HPI: 71.85
Rank: 427
1887 - 1969
HPI: 71.84
Rank: 428
1955 - Present
HPI: 71.82
Rank: 429
1901 - 1982
HPI: 71.78
Rank: 430
1909 - 1996
HPI: 71.77
Rank: 431
1916 - 1977
HPI: 71.75
Rank: 432
1926 - 2004
HPI: 71.74
Rank: 433
1959 - Present
HPI: 71.74
Rank: 434
1911 - 1937
HPI: 71.74
Rank: 435
1862 - 1928
HPI: 71.73
Rank: 436
1927 - 2020
HPI: 71.72
Rank: 437
1959 - Present
HPI: 71.72
Rank: 438
Among people born in 1916, Peter Finch ranks 26. Before him are Maurice Wilkins, Robert McNamara, Tsutomu Yamaguchi, Camilo José Cela, C. Wright Mills, and Alexander Prokhorov. After him are P. W. Botha, Paul Keres, Peter Weiss, Vitaly Ginzburg, Virginia Satir, and Marcel Cerdan. Among people deceased in 1977, Peter Finch ranks 25. Before him are Bing Crosby, Francis Gary Powers, Joan Crawford, Alexander Luria, Clarice Lispector, and Ali Shariati. After him are Andreas Baader, Princess Charlotte, Duchess of Valentinois, Groucho Marx, James Jones, Henri-Georges Clouzot, and Gudrun Ensslin.
1916 - 2004
HPI: 73.50
Rank: 20
1916 - 2009
HPI: 73.37
Rank: 21
1916 - 2010
HPI: 73.25
Rank: 22
1916 - 2002
HPI: 72.83
Rank: 23
1916 - 1962
HPI: 72.25
Rank: 24
1916 - 2002
HPI: 71.89
Rank: 25
1916 - 1977
HPI: 71.75
Rank: 26
1916 - 2006
HPI: 71.51
Rank: 27
1916 - 1975
HPI: 71.51
Rank: 28
1916 - 1982
HPI: 71.46
Rank: 29
1916 - 2009
HPI: 71.37
Rank: 30
1916 - 1988
HPI: 71.17
Rank: 31
1916 - 1949
HPI: 71.12
Rank: 32
1903 - 1977
HPI: 73.78
Rank: 19
1929 - 1977
HPI: 73.19
Rank: 20
1904 - 1977
HPI: 73.09
Rank: 21
1902 - 1977
HPI: 72.26
Rank: 22
1920 - 1977
HPI: 72.02
Rank: 23
1933 - 1977
HPI: 71.92
Rank: 24
1916 - 1977
HPI: 71.75
Rank: 25
1943 - 1977
HPI: 71.68
Rank: 26
1898 - 1977
HPI: 71.68
Rank: 27
1890 - 1977
HPI: 71.64
Rank: 28
1921 - 1977
HPI: 71.22
Rank: 29
1907 - 1977
HPI: 70.83
Rank: 30
1940 - 1977
HPI: 70.43
Rank: 31
Among people born in United Kingdom, Peter Finch ranks 603 out of 6,924. Before him are William Dampier (1651), John Henry Newman (1801), Jane Hawking (1944), Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford (1550), John Harrison (1693), and Henry Fielding (1707). After him are Thomas Tallis (1502), Sir Arthur Harris, 1st Baronet (1892), Hugh Laurie (1959), Eduard Suess (1831), Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809), and Samuel Richardson (1689).
1651 - 1715
HPI: 71.79
Rank: 597
1801 - 1890
HPI: 71.78
Rank: 598
1944 - Present
HPI: 71.78
Rank: 599
1550 - 1604
HPI: 71.78
Rank: 600
1693 - 1776
HPI: 71.77
Rank: 601
1707 - 1754
HPI: 71.75
Rank: 602
1916 - 1977
HPI: 71.75
Rank: 603
1502 - 1585
HPI: 71.74
Rank: 604
1892 - 1984
HPI: 71.74
Rank: 605
1959 - Present
HPI: 71.74
Rank: 606
1831 - 1914
HPI: 71.73
Rank: 607
1809 - 1892
HPI: 71.71
Rank: 608
1689 - 1761
HPI: 71.68
Rank: 609
Among actors born in United Kingdom, Peter Finch ranks 67. Before him are Jean Simmons (1929), Robbie Coltrane (1950), Diana Rigg (1938), Desmond Llewelyn (1914), Joan Collins (1933), and Boris Karloff (1887). After him are Hugh Laurie (1959), Sean Bean (1959), Tim Curry (1946), Leslie Howard (1893), Oliver Reed (1938), and Robert Carlyle (1961).
1929 - 2010
HPI: 72.16
Rank: 61
1950 - Present
HPI: 72.13
Rank: 62
1938 - 2020
HPI: 72.09
Rank: 63
1914 - 1999
HPI: 71.91
Rank: 64
1933 - Present
HPI: 71.90
Rank: 65
1887 - 1969
HPI: 71.84
Rank: 66
1916 - 1977
HPI: 71.75
Rank: 67
1959 - Present
HPI: 71.74
Rank: 68
1959 - Present
HPI: 71.68
Rank: 69
1946 - Present
HPI: 71.58
Rank: 70
1893 - 1943
HPI: 71.53
Rank: 71
1938 - 1999
HPI: 71.38
Rank: 72
1961 - Present
HPI: 71.27
Rank: 73