Peter Finch
Filmography

Peter Finch

Section Title: Filmography
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Year	Film	Role	Notes

1935	The Magic Shoes	Prince Charming	A short film, now considered lost, although some stills exist at Australia's National Film and Sound Archive.

1938	Dad and Dave Come to Town	Bill Ryan	Finch only has one scene of note, acting opposite Bert Bailey. A copy of the scene is available at Australian Screen Online.

1939	Mr. Chedworth Steps Out	Arthur Jacobs	A clip of Finch acting opposite Cecil Kellaway is available at Australian Screen Online

1941	While There is Still Time	Jim	A propaganda short film made for the Australian government during the Second World War.

The Power and the Glory	Frank Miller

1942	Another Threshold	A propaganda short film made for the Australian government during the Second World War.

1943	South West Pacific	RAAF pilot	A propaganda short film made for the Australian government during the Second World War.

These Stars Are Mine	Reynolds Jnr	A propaganda short film

1944	The Rats of Tobruk	Peter Linton	A clip of Finch's death scene is available at Australian Screen Online

Jungle Patrol	Narrator	Documentary made for the Australian government during the Second World War.

1945	Sons of the Anzacs	Narrator	Documentary about the Australian army during World War II.

1946	A Son Is Born	Paul Graham

Indonesia Calling	Narration

1948	Red Sky at Morning	Michael	This is considered a lost film.

1949	Eureka Stockade	Humffray	Australian film made before he left for Britain

Train of Events	Philip Mason	(segment The Actor)

Primitive Peoples	Narrator, camera assistant	Three-part documentary about the people of Arnhem Land

1950	The Wooden Horse	Australian in Hospital

The Miniver Story	Polish officer	First Hollywood-financed film

1952	The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men	Sheriff of Nottingham

1953	The Story of Gilbert and Sullivan	Richard D'Oyly Carte

The Heart of the Matter	Father Rank

1954	Elephant Walk	John Wiley	First Hollywood film. He was originally to co-star with Vivien Leigh but she had a nervous breakdown and was replaced by Elizabeth Taylor.

Father Brown	Flambeau

The Queen in Australia	Narrator	Australian documentary

1955	Passage Home	Captain Lucky Ryland

The Dark Avenger	Comte De Ville	He stars opposite fellow Australian Errol Flynn.

Make Me an Offer	Charlie

Josephine and Men	David Hewer

Simon and Laura	Simon Foster

1956	A Town Like Alice	Joe Harman	BAFTA Award for Best British Actor

The Battle of the River Plate	Capt. Langsdorff, Admiral Graf Spee

1957	The Shiralee	Jim Macauley	Clips from the film are available at Australian Screen Online

Robbery Under Arms	Captain Starlight

Windom's Way	Alec Windom	Nominated – BAFTA Award for Best British Actor

1959	Kidnapped	Alan Breck Stewart

Operation Amsterdam	Jan Smit

The Nun's Story	Dr. Fortunati	Nominated – BAFTA Award for Best British Actor

1960	The Day	Co-wrote and directed award-winning short film.

The Trials of Oscar Wilde	Oscar Wilde	BAFTA Award for Best British Actor Moscow International Film Festival Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role

1961	The Sins of Rachel Cade	Colonel Henry Derode

No Love for Johnnie	Johnnie Byrne	BAFTA Award for Best British Actor Silver Bear for Best Actor at the 11th Berlin International Film Festival.

1962	I Thank a Fool	Stephen Dane

1963	In the Cool of the Day	Murray Logan

1964	The Pumpkin Eater	Jake Armitage

Girl with Green Eyes	Eugene Gaillard

First Men in the Moon	Bailiff's man	Finch plays an uncredited cameo in this film. He was visiting the set when the actor who was supposed to play the part failed to show up.

1965	The Flight of the Phoenix	Capt. Harris

1966	Judith	Aaron Stein

10:30 P.M. Summer	Paul

1967	Come Spy with Me	Cameo appearance	Uncredited

Far from the Madding Crowd	William Boldwood	National Board of Review Award for Best Actor

1968	The Legend of Lylah Clare	Lewis Zarken

1969	The Red Tent	General Umberto Nobile

The Greatest Mother of Them All	Sean Howard	Short film (20 mins). Dir. Robert Aldrich

1971	Sunday Bloody Sunday	Dr. Daniel Hirsh	BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actor Nominated – Academy Award for Best Actor Nominated – Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama Nominated – New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor

1972	Something to Hide	Harry Field

1973	Lost Horizon	Richard Conway

Bequest to the Nation	Adm. Lord Horatio Nelson

England Made Me	Erich Krogh

1974	The Abdication	Cardinal Azzolino

1976	Network	Howard Beale	Academy Award for Best Actor BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama

Raid on Entebbe	Yitzhak Rabin	TV film Nominated – Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor – Miniseries or a Movie, (final film role)

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Peter Finch was given two good roles in films as Richard D'Oyly Carte in The Story of Gilbert and Sullivan (1953) and in The Heart of the Matter (1953).

final_sentence: Peter Finch was given two good roles in films as Richard D'Oyly Carte in The Story of Gilbert and Sullivan (1953) and in The Heart of the Matter (1953).