Biography
John Nicholas Finch (2 March 1941 β 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.
Filmography (61)
Toil And Trouble: Making 'Macbeth'
2014
Kingdom of Heaven
2005
Tomb of Terror
2004
The Story of 'Frenzy'
2001
Bloodlines: Legacy of a Lord
1998
Darklands
1996
White Men Are Cracking Up
1996
Lurking Fear
1994
The World of Hammer
1994
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
1994
Beautiful Lies
1992
Maigret
1992
Love at First Sight
1992
Merlin of the Crystal Cave
1991
Unexplained Laughter
1989
The Voice
1989
La piΓΉ bella del reame
1989
Streets of Yesterday
1989
South of the Border
1988
The Play on One
1988
Make and Break
1987
Casualty
1986
Pop Pirates
1984
Much Ado About Nothing
1984
The Bill
1984
Sherlock Holmes
1984
The Odd Job Man
1984
Power Game
1983
Doctor Faustus
1982
Giro City
1982
Peter and Paul
1981
Breaking Glass
1980
Gary Cooper, Who Art in Heaven
1980
The Martian Chronicles
1980
Hammer House of Horror
1980
Henry IV Part 2
1979
Henry IV Part 1
1979
La Sabina
1979
Death on the Nile
1978
Richard II
1978
Death on the Nile: Making of Featurette
1978
The BBC Television Shakespeare
1978
The Standard
1977
Game of Seduction
1976
El segundo poder
1976
The New Avengers
1976
Curro JimΓ©nez
1976
Diagnosis: Murder
1974
The Final Programme
1973
The Big Screen
1973
Frenzy
1972
Lady Caroline Lamb
1972
Polanski Meets Macbeth
1972
Macbeth
1971
Sunday Bloody Sunday
1971
The Horror of Frankenstein
1970
The Vampire Lovers
1970
Counterstrike
1969
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
1969
Tom Grattan's War
1968
BBC Play of the Month
1965
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