Jon Finch
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- March 2, 1941
- Died
- December 28, 2012 (aged 71)
- Birthplace
- Caterham, 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.
Known For
Filmography
Toil And Trouble: Making 'Macbeth'
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Kingdom of Heaven
Movie · as Patriarch of Jerusalem
Tomb of Terror
Movie · as Bennett
The Story of 'Frenzy'
Movie · as Self
Bloodlines: Legacy of a Lord
Movie · as Derek Jarvis
Darklands
Movie · as David Keller
White Men Are Cracking Up
Movie · as Detective Margrave
Lurking Fear
Movie · as Bennett
The World of Hammer
TV · as Self (archive footage) · 1 ep
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
TV · as Count Sylvius · 1 ep
Beautiful Lies
Movie · as George Orwell
Maigret
TV · 1 ep
Love at First Sight
TV · as George · 1 ep
Merlin of the Crystal Cave
TV · as Vortigern · 3 eps
Unexplained Laughter
Movie · as Finn
The Voice
Movie · as Miller
La più bella del reame
Movie · as Jeremy
Streets of Yesterday
Movie
Plaza Real
Movie · as David
South of the Border
TV · as Trevor · 1 ep
The Play on One
TV · as Finn · 1 ep
Make and Break
Movie · as Peter Davis
Casualty
TV · as Graham Lester · 1 ep
Pop Pirates
Movie · as Coastguard
Much Ado About Nothing
Movie · as Don Pedro
The Bill
TV
Sherlock Holmes
TV · as Count Sylvius · 1 ep
The Odd Job Man
TV · as George Griffin · 3 eps
Power Game
Movie
Doctor Faustus
Movie · as Adrian Leverkühn
Giro City
Movie · as O'Mally
Peter and Paul
TV · as Luke · 2 eps
Breaking Glass
Movie · as Woods
Gary Cooper, Who Art in Heaven
Movie
The Martian Chronicles
TV · as Christ · 1 ep
Hammer House of Horror
TV · as David · 1 ep
Henry IV Part 2
Movie · as King Henry IV
Henry IV Part 1
Movie · as King Henry IV
La Sabina
Movie · as Michael
Death on the Nile
Movie · as James Ferguson
Richard II
Movie · as Henry Bolingbroke
Death on the Nile: Making of Featurette
Movie · as Self / James Ferguson
The BBC Television Shakespeare
TV · as Henry Bolingbroke, King Henry the Fourth · 1 ep
The Standard
Movie · as Charbinsky
Game of Seduction
Movie · as Count Charles de Lapalmmes
El segundo poder
Movie · as Juan de Sacramonte
The New Avengers
TV · as Wallace · 1 ep
Curro Jiménez
TV · as McCallaghan · 1 ep
Diagnosis: Murder
Movie · as Lomax
The Final Programme
Movie · as Jerry Cornelius
The Big Screen
Movie · as Self
Frenzy
Movie · as Richard Ian "Dick" Blaney
Lady Caroline Lamb
Movie · as William Lamb
Polanski Meets Macbeth
Movie · as Self
Macbeth
Movie · as Macbeth
Sunday Bloody Sunday
Movie · as Scotsman
The Horror of Frankenstein
Movie · as Lt. Henry Becker
The Vampire Lovers
Movie · as Carl Ebhardt
Counterstrike
TV · as Simon King · 10 eps
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
TV · as Steve · 1 ep
Tom Grattan's War
TV · as Charlie · 1 ep
BBC Play of the Month
TV · as Sir Edward Mortimer · 1 ep