Jon Finch
Known for: Acting
Born: March 2, 1941
Died: December 28, 2012
Place of birth: Caterham, Surrey, England
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.
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Filmography
40 movies · 21 TV shows, newest first
5.0
Toil And Trouble: Making 'Macbeth'
2014
7.1
Kingdom of Heaven
2005
3.5
Tomb of Terror
2004
6.0
The Story of 'Frenzy'
2001
6.3
Bloodlines: Legacy of a Lord
1998
4.8
Darklands
1996
5.3
White Men Are Cracking Up
1996
6.8
The World of Hammer
1994
4.9
Lurking Fear
1994
8.7
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
1994
NR
Beautiful Lies
1992
6.5
Love at First Sight
1992
7.6
Maigret
1992
7.0
Merlin of the Crystal Cave
1991
5.0
La più bella del reame
1989
7.5
Streets of Yesterday
19899.0
The Voice
1989
10.0
Unexplained Laughter
1989
10.0
South of the Border
1988
6.0
The Play on One
1988
NR
Make and Break
1987
6.2
Casualty
1986
6.8
Much Ado About Nothing
1984
6.8
The Bill
1984
6.1
Pop Pirates
1984
8.2
Sherlock Holmes
1984NR
The Odd Job Man
1984
9.0
Power Game
1983
5.6
Giro City
1982
4.8
Doctor Faustus
1982
7.2
Peter and Paul
1981
6.1
Gary Cooper, Who Art in Heaven
1980
6.9
Breaking Glass
1980
7.1
Hammer House of Horror
1980
7.1
The Martian Chronicles
1980
8.5
Henry IV Part 2
1979
7.3
Henry IV Part 1
1979
5.8
La Sabina
1979
8.0
Richard II
1978
6.0
The BBC Television Shakespeare
1978
7.2
Death on the Nile
19787.0
Death on the Nile: Making of Featurette
1978
4.2
The Standard
1977
7.3
Curro Jiménez
1976
7.1
The New Avengers
1976
3.2
Game of Seduction
1976
5.8
El segundo poder
1976
6.1
Diagnosis: Murder
1974
5.4
The Final Programme
1973
NR
The Big Screen
1973
5.9
Lady Caroline Lamb
1972
7.1
Frenzy
1972
NR
Polanski Meets Macbeth
1972
7.1
Macbeth
1971
6.5
Sunday Bloody Sunday
1971
5.9
The Horror of Frankenstein
1970
6.4
The Vampire Lovers
1970
7.0
Counterstrike
1969
7.0
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
1969
NR
Tom Grattan's War
1968
5.2
BBC Play of the Month
1965