Jon Finch

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

55

Gender

Male

Birthday

1941-03-02

Day of death

2012-12-28 (71 years old)

Place of Birth

Caterham, Surrey, England

Jon Finch

Biography

Jon 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jon Finch, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

  • Casualty

    Casualty

  • Sherlock Holmes

    Sherlock Holmes

  • BBC Play of the Month

    BBC Play of the Month

  • Kingdom of Heaven

    Kingdom of Heaven

  • The Bill

    The Bill

  • Pop Pirates

    Pop Pirates

  • Richard II

    Richard II

  • Darklands

    Darklands

  • Doctor Faustus

    Doctor Faustus

  • Beautiful Lies

    Beautiful Lies

  • Macbeth

    Macbeth

  • Sunday Bloody Sunday

    Sunday Bloody Sunday

  • Unexplained Laughter

    Unexplained Laughter

  • Lady Caroline Lamb

    Lady Caroline Lamb

  • The Vampire Lovers

    The Vampire Lovers

  • The New Avengers

    The New Avengers

  • The Voice

    The Voice

  • Curro Jiménez

    Curro Jiménez

  • Game of Seduction

    Game of Seduction

  • The World of Hammer

    The World of Hammer

  • Hammer House of Horror

    Hammer House of Horror

  • Streets of Yesterday

    Streets of Yesterday

  • Death on the Nile

    Death on the Nile

  • Maigret

    Maigret

  • Giro City

    Giro City

  • The Standard

    The Standard

  • The Play on One

    The Play on One

  • Love at First Sight

    Love at First Sight

  • The Martian Chronicles

    The Martian Chronicles

  • Frenzy

    Frenzy

  • Peter and Paul

    Peter and Paul

  • South Of The Border

    South Of The Border

  • The Final Programme

    The Final Programme

  • The Horror of Frankenstein

    The Horror of Frankenstein

  • Counterstrike

    Counterstrike

  • Breaking Glass

    Breaking Glass

  • Merlin of the Crystal Cave

    Merlin of the Crystal Cave

  • Much Ado About Nothing

    Much Ado About Nothing

  • Diagnosis: Murder

    Diagnosis: Murder

  • Tomb of Terror

    Tomb of Terror

  • Power Game

    Power Game

  • The Big Screen

    The Big Screen

  • Make and Break

    Make and Break

  • Lurking Fear

    Lurking Fear

  • The Story of 'Frenzy'

    The Story of 'Frenzy'

  • Henry IV Part 2

    Henry IV Part 2

  • Gary Cooper, Who Art in Heaven

    Gary Cooper, Who Art in Heaven

  • Polanski Meets Macbeth

    Polanski Meets Macbeth

  • Henry IV Part 1

    Henry IV Part 1

  • La Sabina

    La Sabina

  • El segundo poder

    El segundo poder

  • La più bella del reame

    La più bella del reame

  • Bloodlines: Legacy of a Lord

    Bloodlines: Legacy of a Lord

  • Toil And Trouble: Making 'Macbeth'

    Toil And Trouble: Making 'Macbeth'

  • White Men Are Cracking Up

    White Men Are Cracking Up