Jon Finch
Acting
- Born:
- 1941-03-02
- Died:
- 2012-12-28
- Place of birth:
- Caterham, Surrey, England
Biography
John Nicholas Finch (2 March 1941 – 28 December 2012) was an English actor, noted for his many Shakespearean roles. Perhaps his most notable role was Macbeth in Roman Polanski's film adaptation of Macbeth (1971). Finch was born in Caterham, Surrey. He appeared in films such as the Alfred Hitchcock thriller Frenzy (1972), portraying a man wrongly accused of murder, Death on the Nile (1978), and in one of his last roles, a small part as the Catholic Patriarch of Jerusalem (Heraclius, though unnamed in the film) in the Ridley Scott film Kingdom of Heaven (2005). Decades earlier, Finch was cast as Kane in Ridley Scott's Alien, but had to drop out because of his diabetes. The role was eventually played by John Hurt.
Known For
Filmography
Toil And Trouble: Making 'Macbeth'
Kingdom of Heaven
Tomb of Terror
The Story of 'Frenzy'
Bloodlines: Legacy of a Lord
Darklands
White Men Are Cracking Up
The World of Hammer
Lurking Fear
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
Beautiful Lies
Love at First Sight
Maigret
Merlin of the Crystal Cave
La più bella del reame
Streets of Yesterday
The Voice
Unexplained Laughter
South of the Border
The Play on One
Make and Break
Casualty
Much Ado About Nothing
The Bill
Pop Pirates
Sherlock Holmes
The Odd Job Man
Power Game
Giro City
Doctor Faustus
Peter and Paul
Gary Cooper, Who Art in Heaven
Breaking Glass
Hammer House of Horror
The Martian Chronicles
Henry IV Part 2
Henry IV Part 1
La Sabina
Richard II
The BBC Television Shakespeare
Death on the Nile
Death on the Nile: Making of Featurette
The Standard
Curro Jiménez
The New Avengers
Game of Seduction
El segundo poder
Diagnosis: Murder
The Final Programme
The Big Screen
Lady Caroline Lamb
Frenzy
Polanski Meets Macbeth
Macbeth
Sunday Bloody Sunday
The Horror of Frankenstein
The Vampire Lovers
Counterstrike
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
Tom Grattan's War
BBC Play of the Month