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Jon Finch

Jon Finch

Acting1941Caterham, 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.

Acting History

2014
Toil And Trouble: Making 'Macbeth'
as Self (archive footage)
2005
Kingdom of Heaven
as Patriarch of Jerusalem
2004
Tomb of Terror
as Bennett
1998
1996
Darklands
as David Keller
White Men Are Cracking Up
as Detective Margrave
1995
Casualty
TVas Graham Lester1 eps
1994
Lurking Fear
as Bennett
The World of Hammer
TVas Self (archive footage)1 eps
Sherlock Holmes
TVas Count Sylvius1 eps
1992
Beautiful Lies
as George Orwell
Love at First Sight
TVas George1 eps
1991
1988
1987
Make and Break
as Peter Davis
1984
Pop Pirates
as Coastguard
1982
Doctor Faustus
as Adrian Leverkühn
Giro City
as O'Mally
1981
1979
Henry IV Part 1
as King Henry IV
Henry IV Part 2
as King Henry IV
La Sabina
as Michael
1978
Death on the Nile
as James Ferguson
Richard II
as Henry Bolingbroke
1977
The Standard
as Charbinsky
Curro Jiménez
TVas McCallaghan1 eps
The New Avengers
TVas Wallace1 eps
1976
Game of Seduction
as Count Charles de Lapalmmes
El segundo poder
as Juan de Sacramonte
1974
1973
The Final Programme
as Jerry Cornelius
1972
Frenzy
as Richard Ian "Dick" Blaney
Lady Caroline Lamb
as William Lamb
1971
Macbeth
as Macbeth
1970
The Horror of Frankenstein
as Lt. Henry Becker
The Vampire Lovers
as Carl Ebhardt
1969
BBC Play of the Month
TVas Sir Edward Mortimer1 eps

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Personal Info

Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
3/2/1941
Day of Death
12/28/2012
Place of Birth
Caterham, Surrey, England