Peter Finch - biography

“If I was going to be broke I decided I might as well be with actors as anyone else.  They were cheerful idiots and seemed to take it better.”

“Hollywood must have been terrific once.”

“Success is a very tough mistress.  For years, while you’re struggling, she wants nothing to do with you.  Then, one day, you find yourself in the room with her and even though the key is on the inside, you can’t leave.  ‘You’ve made your choice,’ she says, ‘I don’t care how exhausted you are - you’re going to stay here for the rest of your life making love to me.’”

Peter Finch has appeared in the following films:
Dad and Dave Come to Town (1938)
Mr. Chedworth Steps Out (1939)
The Power and the Glory (1941)
Red Sky at Morning (1944)
The Rats of Tobruk (1944)
A Son Is Born (1946)
Eureka Stockade (1949)
Train of Events (1949)
The Miniver Story (1950)
The Wooden Horse (1950)
The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men (1952)
The Story of Gilbert and Sullivan (1953)
The Heart of the Matter (1953)
Elephant Walk (1954)
Father Brown (1954)
Make Me an Offer (1954)
The Dark Avenger (1955)
Passage Home (1955)
Josephine and Men (1955)
Simon and Laura (1955)
A Town Like Alice (1956)
The Battle of the River Plate (1956)
The Shiralee (1957)
Robbery Under Arms (1957)
Windom’s Way (1957)
Operation Amsterdam (1959)
The Nun’s Story (1959)
Kidnapped (1960)
The Trials of Oscar Wilde (1960)
The Sins of Rachel Cade (1961)
No Love for Johnnie (1961)
I Thank a Fool (1962)
In the Cool of the Day (1963)
The Pumpkin Eater (1964)
Girl with Green Eyes (1964)
First Men in the Moon (1964)
The Flight of the Phoenix (1965)
Judith (1966)
10:30 P.M. Summer (1966)
Come Spy with Me (1967)
Far from the Madding Crowd (1967)
The Legend of Lylah Clare (1968)
The Greatest Mother of Them All (1969)
Krasnaya palatka (1969)
Sunday Bloody Sunday (1971)
Something to Hide (1972)
Lost Horizon (1973)
Bequest to the Nation (1973)
England Made Me (1973)
The Abdication (1974)
Network (1976)