1916 - 1977
Frederick George Peter Ingle Finch (28 September 1916 – 14 January 1977) was an English-Australian actor of theatre, film and radio. 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. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Peter Finch has received more than 2,902,372 page views. His biography is available in 52 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 53 in 2019). Peter Finch is the 678th most popular actor (down from 432nd in 2019), the 841st most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 603rd in 2019) and the 102nd 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 678 out of 9,996. Before him are Jacques Perrin, Benicio del Toro, Mark Ruffalo, Amy Adams, Dwight Schultz, and Alyson Hannigan. After him are Lisa Kudrow, John Forsythe, Erland Josephson, Horst Tappert, Pedro Armendáriz, and Fanny Ardant.
1941 - 2022
HPI: 60.61
Rank: 672
1967 - Present
HPI: 60.60
Rank: 673
1967 - Present
HPI: 60.60
Rank: 674
1974 - Present
HPI: 60.59
Rank: 675
1947 - Present
HPI: 60.58
Rank: 676
1974 - Present
HPI: 60.56
Rank: 677
1916 - 1977
HPI: 60.55
Rank: 678
1963 - Present
HPI: 60.55
Rank: 679
1918 - 2010
HPI: 60.55
Rank: 680
1923 - 2012
HPI: 60.55
Rank: 681
1923 - 2008
HPI: 60.55
Rank: 682
1912 - 1963
HPI: 60.54
Rank: 683
1949 - Present
HPI: 60.54
Rank: 684
Among people born in 1916, Peter Finch ranks 50. Before him are P. W. Botha, Dino Risi, Maria Altmann, Michael Gough, Jacque Fresco, and Ephraim Katzir. After him are Saburō Sakai, Alberto Ginastera, Consuelo Velázquez, Yumjaagiin Tsedenbal, Glenn Ford, and Richard Fleischer. Among people deceased in 1977, Peter Finch ranks 37. Before him are Henri-Georges Clouzot, James Jones, Naum Gabo, Gudrun Ensslin, Sergey Ilyushin, and Archibald Hill. After him are Olave Baden-Powell, Stefania Turkewich, Steve Biko, Stephen Boyd, Abdel Halim Hafez, and John Dickson Carr.
1916 - 2006
HPI: 61.39
Rank: 44
1916 - 2008
HPI: 61.09
Rank: 45
1916 - 2011
HPI: 60.96
Rank: 46
1916 - 2011
HPI: 60.64
Rank: 47
1916 - 2017
HPI: 60.59
Rank: 48
1916 - 2009
HPI: 60.58
Rank: 49
1916 - 1977
HPI: 60.55
Rank: 50
1916 - 2000
HPI: 60.38
Rank: 51
1916 - 1983
HPI: 60.34
Rank: 52
1916 - 2005
HPI: 60.19
Rank: 53
1916 - 1991
HPI: 60.13
Rank: 54
1916 - 2006
HPI: 59.80
Rank: 55
1916 - 2006
HPI: 59.34
Rank: 56
1907 - 1977
HPI: 61.83
Rank: 31
1921 - 1977
HPI: 61.58
Rank: 32
1890 - 1977
HPI: 61.43
Rank: 33
1940 - 1977
HPI: 61.35
Rank: 34
1894 - 1977
HPI: 61.11
Rank: 35
1886 - 1977
HPI: 60.96
Rank: 36
1916 - 1977
HPI: 60.55
Rank: 37
1889 - 1977
HPI: 60.46
Rank: 38
1898 - 1977
HPI: 60.36
Rank: 39
1946 - 1977
HPI: 59.96
Rank: 40
1931 - 1977
HPI: 59.86
Rank: 41
1929 - 1977
HPI: 59.65
Rank: 42
1906 - 1977
HPI: 59.62
Rank: 43
Among people born in United Kingdom, Peter Finch ranks 841 out of 7,765. Before him are Joseph Chamberlain (1836), Malcolm IV of Scotland (1141), John Hanning Speke (1827), William Webb Ellis (1806), Colin Maclaurin (1698), and Owen Tudor (1400). After him are Robert Graves (1895), Richard Hamilton (1922), Anthony James Leggett (1938), Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey (1764), John Cale (1942), and John Cockcroft (1897).
1836 - 1914
HPI: 60.61
Rank: 835
1141 - 1165
HPI: 60.60
Rank: 836
1827 - 1864
HPI: 60.58
Rank: 837
1806 - 1872
HPI: 60.57
Rank: 838
1698 - 1746
HPI: 60.57
Rank: 839
1400 - 1461
HPI: 60.56
Rank: 840
1916 - 1977
HPI: 60.55
Rank: 841
1895 - 1985
HPI: 60.54
Rank: 842
1922 - 2011
HPI: 60.54
Rank: 843
1938 - Present
HPI: 60.53
Rank: 844
1764 - 1845
HPI: 60.52
Rank: 845
1942 - Present
HPI: 60.52
Rank: 846
1897 - 1967
HPI: 60.51
Rank: 847
Among actors born in United Kingdom, Peter Finch ranks 102. Before him are Charles Laughton (1899), Imelda Staunton (1956), John Gielgud (1904), Wentworth Miller (1972), David McCallum (1933), and Rex Harrison (1908). After him are Bernard Hill (1944), Bernard Lee (1908), Graham Chapman (1941), Tom Wilkinson (1948), Terry Jones (1942), and Peter Cushing (1913).
1899 - 1962
HPI: 61.30
Rank: 96
1956 - Present
HPI: 61.16
Rank: 97
1904 - 2000
HPI: 61.15
Rank: 98
1972 - Present
HPI: 60.90
Rank: 99
1933 - 2023
HPI: 60.89
Rank: 100
1908 - 1990
HPI: 60.76
Rank: 101
1916 - 1977
HPI: 60.55
Rank: 102
1944 - Present
HPI: 60.40
Rank: 103
1908 - 1981
HPI: 60.34
Rank: 104
1941 - 1989
HPI: 60.30
Rank: 105
1948 - 2023
HPI: 60.28
Rank: 106
1942 - 2020
HPI: 60.28
Rank: 107
1913 - 1994
HPI: 60.26
Rank: 108