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Peter Finch on stage, screen and radio

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Peter Finch (born 1916) is an Australian actor whose career spanned more than forty years.

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Year	Title	Role	Author	Notes
1936	Khyber		Edmund Barclay	Radio serial. Finch's first radio performance.
1939	The Laughing Lady	Rene Latour	Gordon Daviot
24 May 1939	Send for Paul Temple	Paul Temple		8 episode serial
March 1939	Interference	Philip Bowes	Roland Pertwee & Harry Deardon	The first episode of Australia's version of Lux Theatre of the Air^[22]
2 April 1939	Men in White^[23]			Lux Theatre
July 1939	Soldier of Fortune
Sept 1939	The House of a Thousand Whispers		Edmund Barclay
June 1939	The Daughter of the Dragon^[24]
June 1939	Night Nurse^[25]
Oct 1939	The Mysterious Mr. Lynch	Jeffrey Blackburn	Max Afford	Radio serial
Nov 1939	The Playwithout a Name
Nov 1939	Those Who We Love			Serial
10 March 1940	Alcestis of Euripides			^[26]
March 1940	20,000 Leagues Under the Sea		Jules Verne	serial
17 March 1940	There's Always a Juliet	Dwight Houston	John Van Druten
Apr 1940	The Skin Game	Hornblower	John Galsworthy
13 May 1940	Grey Face	Jeffrey Blackburn	Max Afford	Radio serial
Oct 1940	The Fall of Edward Barnard		Somerset Maugham
1 Nov 1940	The Queer Affair at Kettering	Jeffrey Blackburn	Max Afford	Radio play
Feb 1941	Mutiny on the Bounty^[27]
Feb 1941	Information from the Enemy
11 May 1941	Portrait of a Gentleman		George Farwell	Australian play
18 May 1941	Mr Deeds Comes to Town^[28]	Longfellow Deeds	Robert Riskin
1946	The Laughing Woman			reprise of his performance for which Finch won the 1946 Macquarie Award for Best Male Actor on Australian radio^[29]
1946	Such Men Are Dangerous	Czar Paul I
1946	Crime and Punishment	Raskolnikov
1946	Redemption		Tolstoy	Finch won the 1947 Macquarie Award for Best Male Actor on Australian radio^[30]
1946	When You Come Home^[31]
1946	Big Sister
1946	Crossroads of Life)^[32]
21 February 1947	Inevitable Companion	Dr Wilson
June 1948	Dark Lady of the Sonnets		Frank Clelow	^[33]
1 July 1948	Adam Lindsay Gordon	Adam Lindsay Gordon		^[34]
July 1948	Man of Destiny^[35]
1 August 1948	If I Were King	Lead role	Frances Villion	^[36]
June 1951	The Fire on the Snow	Teddy Wilson	Douglas Stewart	BBC production of Australian radio play directed by Tyrone Guthrie

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Year	Title	Role	Director	Company	Notes
1935	The Magic Shoes	Prince Charming	Claude Flemming	Pacific Productions	A short film, now considered lost, although some stills exist at Australia's National Film and Sound Archive.^[1]
1938	Dad and Dave Come to Town	Bill Ryan	Ken G. Hall	Cinesound Productions	Finch's first feature. He 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	Ken G. Hall	Cinesound Productions	A clip of Finch acting opposite Cecil Kellaway is available at Australian Screen Online
1941	While There is Still Time	Jim	Charles Chauvel		A propaganda short film made for the Australian government during the Second World War.
1941	The Power and the Glory	Frank Miller	Noel Monkman	Argosy Films	Feature film
1942	Another Threshold		Ken G. Hall	Cinesound Productions	A propaganda short film made for the Australian government during the Second World War.
1943	South West Pacific	RAAF pilot	Ken G. Hall	Cinesound Productions	A propaganda short film made for the Australian government during the Second World War.
1943	These Stars Are Mine	Reynolds Jnr	George Malcolm	Commonwealth Film Unit	A propaganda short film
1944	The Rats of Tobruk	Peter Linton	Charles Chauvel	Chamun Productions	Feature. A clip of Finch's death scene is available at Australian Screen Online
1944	Jungle Patrol	Narrator	Tom Gurr	Commonwealth Film Unit	Documentary made for the Australian government during the Second World War.
1945	Sons of the Anzacs	Narrator		Commonwealth Film Unit	Documentary about the Australian army during World War II.^[2]
1946	A Son Is Born	Paul Graham	Eric Porter	Eric Porter Studios	Feature co-starring John McCallum, Ron Randell and Muriel Steinbeck.
1946	Indonesia Calling	Narration	Joris Ivens	Waterside Workers Union	Documentary
1948	Red Sky at Morning	Michael	Hartney Arthur	Austral-American Productions	This is considered a lost film. Shot in 1944.
1949	Eureka Stockade	Humffray	Harry Watt	Ealing Studios	Australian film made before he left for Britain. Finch helped with production.
	Primitive Peoples	Narrator, camera assistant	George Heath		Three-part documentary about the people of Arnhem Land
	Train of Events	Philip Mason	Harry Watt	Ealing Studios	(segment: 'The Actor') Finch's first British movie in Britain.
1950	The Wooden Horse	Australian in Hospital	Jack Lee
1950	The Miniver Story	Polish officer			First Hollywood film
1952	The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men	Sheriff of Nottingham	Ken Annakin	Disney
1953	The Story of Gilbert and Sullivan	Richard D'Oyly Carte	Sidney Gilliat	London Films
1953	The Heart of the Matter	Father Rank	George More O'Ferrall	London Films
1954	Elephant Walk	John Wiley	William Dieterle	Paramount Pictures	Hollywood film
	Father Brown	Flambeau	Robert Hamer	Facet Productions
	The Queen in Australia	Narrator	Stanley Haws	Film Australia	Australian documentary
	Make Me an Offer	Charlie	Cyril Frankel	Group Three Films	First star part in British films
1955	The Dark Avenger	Comte De Ville	Henry Levin	Allied Artists	He stars opposite fellow Australian Errol Flynn.
	Passage Home	Captain Lucky Ryland	Roy Ward Baker	Group Film Production	First film under contract with Rank
	Josephine and Men	David Hewer	Roy Boulting	Charter Film Productions
	Simon and Laura	Simon Foster	Muriel Box	Group Film Productions
1956	A Town Like Alice	Joe Harman	Jack Lee
1956	The Battle of the River Plate	Capt. Hans Langsdorff	Michael Powell	Archers/Rank
1957	The Shiralee	Jim Macauley	Leslie Norman	Ealing	Shot in Australia. Clips from the film are available at Australian Screen Online
	Robbery Under Arms	Captain Starlight	Jack Lee	Rank	Shot in Australia
	Windom's Way	Alec Windom	Ronald Neame	Rank
1959	Operation Amsterdam	Jan Smit	Michael McCarthy	Rank
1959	The Nun's Story	Dr. Fortunati	Fred Zinneman	Warner Bros
1960	Kidnapped	Alan Breck Stewart	Robert Stevenson	Walt Disney Productions	Second film for Disney
	The Day		Peter Finch		Co-wrote and directed award-winning short film.
	The Trials of Oscar Wilde	Oscar Wilde	Ken Hughes	Warwick Films
1961	The Sins of Rachel Cade	Colonel Henry Derode	Gordon Douglas	Warner Bros
1961	No Love for Johnnie	Johnnie Byrne	Ralph Thomas	Five Star/Rank
1962	I Thank a Fool	Stephen Dane	Robert Stevens	MGM
1963	In the Cool of the Day	Murray Logan	Robert Stevens	MGM
1964	The Pumpkin Eater	Jake Armitage	Jack Clayton	Romulus
	Girl with Green Eyes	Eugene Gaillard	Desmond Davis	Woodfall
	First Men in the Moon	Baliff	Nathan Juran		Uncredited cameo
1965	The Flight of the Phoenix	Capt. Harris	Robert Aldrich	Associates and Aldrich Company Production
1966	Judith	Aaron Stein	Daniel Mann	Paramount
1966	10:30 P.M. Summer	Paul	Jules Dassin
1967	Come Spy with Me	Himself			Uncredited cameo
1967	Far from the Madding Crowd	William Boldwood	John Schlesinger	MGM
1968	The Legend of Lylah Clare	Lewis Zarken	Robert Aldrich
1969	The Red Tent	General Umberto Nobile
1969	The Greatest Mother of Them All	Sean Howard	Robert Aldrich		Short film
1971	Sunday Bloody Sunday	Daniel Hirsh	John Schlesinger		Replaced Ian Bannen during filming
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	Sidney Lumet		Won Oscar

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1949	The Forgotten Elite		^[3]
1976	Raid on Entebbe	Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin	Posthumous releaseTelevision film

Date	Title	Author	Role	Theatre	Director	Notes
Dec 1933	Caprice	Sil Vara		Repertory Theatre, Sydney		^[4]
Sept 1934	The Ringer	Edgar Wallace	Samuel Hackett	Studio Theatre, Sydney		^[5]
1934	Peter Pan	J. M. Barrie	pirate	Savoy Theatre, Sydney	Doris Fitton^[6]
24 Nov 1934	Counsellor at Law	Elmer Rice	the Boot Black	Savoy Theatre, Sydney	Doris Fitton	Sumner Locke Elliott in cast
1935	Richard of Bordeaux	Gordon Daviot	Page Maudelyn	Savoy Theatre, Sydney	Doris Fitton	Sumner Locke Elliott in cast
1935	Joe Coady's Vaudeville Show			Maccabean Hall, Sydney
1935	Bert le Blanc's comedy show		stooge to le Blanc		Sydney
1935	Jimmy Sharman's Boxing Tent	spruiker		Royal Easter Show,
1935	Interference	Roland Pertwee & Harold Dearden	Douglas Helder	St James' Hall, Sydney	Edward Howell	^[7]
25 May 1935	False Colours	Frank Harvey		Independent Theatre, Sydney	Frank Harvey	^[8]
Sept 1935	So This is Hollywood			Apollo Theatre, Melbourne		^[9]^[10]
1936	Under the Big Top			various Queensland towns	George Sorlie/William McFowan	Herbert Hughes in Laughter of Fools by H. F. Maltby, Smithers in Married by Proxy by Avery Hopwood, Peter in Fair and Warmer by Avery Hopwood, Hunter in Ten Minute Alibi by William Armstrong
29 April 1938	White Cargo	Leon Gordon	Ashley	Theatre Royal, Sydney	Ben Lewin	One off performance^[11]
1938	Personal Appearance	Laurence Riley	Clyde Pelton	Theatre Royal, Sydney and Comedy Theatre, Melbourne	Peter Darling	^[12]
19 June 1944	Night of January 16th	Ayn Rand	DA Flint	Minerva Theatre, Sydney	Frederick J Blackman	^[13]
17 Oct 1944	While the Sun Shines	Terence Rattigan	Earl of Harpenden	Minerva Theatre, Sydney	Frederick J Blackman	later toured this production to army hospitals and bases in 1945^[14]
1945	French Without Tears	Terence Rattigan	(director only)	various army hospitals and bases	Peter Finch	Later played on radio
16-17 July 1946	Diamond Cuts Diamond	Nicolai Gogol	Ikharev	Conservatorium of Music, Sydney	Sydney John Kay
16-17 July 1946	The Pastry Baker	Lope de Vega	(director only)	Conservatorium of Music, Sydney	Peter Finch
16-17 July 1946	The Broken Pitcher	Heinrich von Kleist	Adam	Conservatorium of Music, Sydney
1947	French Without Tears	Terence Rattigan		Killara Hall, Sydney Sydney Radio Theatre, 1947	Peter Finch	Finch directed a cast including Leonard Thiele, Tom Lake, Alan White, Adele Brown, Ron Patten^[15]
1948	Midsummer Night	Lajos Bíró		touring production, Sydney 1948	Peter Finch	directed only
1948	Anatole's Wedding Morning	Arthur Schnitzler		touring production, Sydney	Peter Finch	directed only
18 Aug 1948	The Imaginary Invalid	Molière adapted by Creswick Jenkinson	Argan	O'Brien's Glass Factory	Sydney John Kay	Seen by Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh^[16]
20-22 Sept 1948	The Imaginary Invalid	Molière adapted by Creswick Jenkinson	Argan	Sydney Town Hall	Sydney John Kay	Finch's final performance before leaving for London^[17]^[18]

Date	Title	Author	Role	Theatre	Director	Notes
1949	Daphne Laureola	James Bridie	Ernest Piaste		Wyndham's Theatre, London	Murray MacDonald for Laurence Olivier Productions with Edith Evans and Felix Aylmer
1950	The Damascus Blade	Bridget Boland	Henry Adams	provincial tour	Laurence Olivier	for Laurence Olivier Productions with John Mills and Beatrix Lehmann^[19]
1950	The White Falcon			provincial tour	Peter Finch	starring Basil Radford and Sheila Burrel – Finch worked on this as a director only
1950	Captain Carvallo	Denis Cannan	Professor Winke	St James Theatre, London	Laurence Olivier	for Laurence Olivier Productions with Diana Wynyard and Jill Bennett^[20]
1951	Point of Departure	Jean Anouilh and Kitty Black	Orpheus	Duke of York Theatre, London	Peter Ashmore	for the Company of Four with Mai Zetterling and Stephen Murray (Finch replaced Dirk Bogarde for six weeks on 12 March 1951)
1951	Othello	William Shakespeare	Iago	St James Theatre, London	Orson Welles	For Laurence Olivier Productions with Orson Welles, Gudrun Ure, Maxine Audley and Edward Mulhare^[21]
1952	The Happy Time	Samuel Taylor	Papa	St James Theatre, London	George Devine	Laurence Olivier Productions, with Geneviève Page, Ronald Squire, George Devine, Rachel Kempson
Sept 1952	Romeo and Juliet	William Shakespeare	Mercutio	Old Vic Theatre, London	Hugh Hunt	with Claire Bloom, Alan Badel
Nov 1952	An Italian Straw Hat	Eugène Labiche and Marc Michel adapted by Thomas Walton	Mons Beaujolais	Old Vic Theatre, London	Denis Carey	with Laurence Payne, Paul Rogers
1958-59	Two for the Seesaw	William Gibson	Jerry Ryan	Theatre Royal, Brighton and Theatre Royal Haymarket, London	directed by Arthur Penn	for H. M. Tennent with Gerry Jedd
1964	The Seagull	Anton Chekhov translated by Ann Jellicoe	Trigorin	Queen's Theatre, London	Tony Richardson	with Peggy Ashcroft, Peter McEnery, Vanessa Redgrave, Paul Rogers and George Devine.

Peter_Finch_on_stage,_screen_and_radio

Peter Finch on stage, screen and radio

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Partial radio credits

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