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Jon Finch

Actor

Jon Finch

Born March 2, 1941 in Caterham, Surrey, EnglandDied December 28, 201235 films

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).

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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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Death on the Nile posterFirst watchDeath on the Nile19787.2as James FergusonAs Hercule Poirot enjoys a luxurious cruise down the Nile, a newlywed heiress is found murdered on board and every elegant passenger becomes a prime suspect.View film

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Kingdom of Heaven poster7.1Kingdom of Heaven2005Frenzy poster7.1Frenzy1972Macbeth poster7.1Macbeth1971The Vampire Lovers poster6.4The Vampire Lovers1970Sunday Bloody Sunday poster6.6Sunday Bloody Sunday1971The Horror of Frankenstein poster5.9The Horror of Frankenstein1970Lurking Fear poster4.9Lurking Fear1994

Filmography

35 films as actor
  1. 2005Kingdom of HeavenPatriarch of Jerusalem
  2. 2004Tomb of TerrorBennett
  3. 1998Bloodlines: Legacy of a LordDerek Jarvis
  4. 1996DarklandsDavid Keller
  5. 1996White Men Are Cracking UpDetective Margrave
  6. 1994Lurking FearBennett
  7. 1992Beautiful LiesGeorge Orwell
  8. 1989La più bella del reameJeremy
  9. 1989Streets of Yesterday
  10. 1989The VoiceMiller
  11. 1989Unexplained LaughterFinn
  12. 1987Make and BreakPeter Davis
  13. 1984Much Ado About NothingDon Pedro
  14. 1984Pop PiratesCoastguard
  15. 1983Power Game
  16. 1982Giro CityO'Mally
  17. 1982Doctor FaustusAdrian Leverkühn
  18. 1980Gary Cooper, Who Art in Heaven
  19. 1980Breaking GlassWoods
  20. 1979Henry IV Part 2King Henry IV
  21. 1979Henry IV Part 1King Henry IV
  22. 1979La SabinaMichael
  23. 1978Richard IIHenry Bolingbroke
  24. 1978Death on the NileJames Ferguson
  25. 1977The StandardCharbinsky
  26. 1976Game of SeductionCount Charles de Lapalmmes
  27. 1976El segundo poderJuan de Sacramonte
  28. 1974Diagnosis: MurderLomax
  29. 1973The Final ProgrammeJerry Cornelius
  30. 1972Lady Caroline LambWilliam Lamb
  31. 1972FrenzyRichard Ian "Dick" Blaney
  32. 1971MacbethMacbeth
  33. 1971Sunday Bloody SundayScotsman
  34. 1970The Horror of FrankensteinLt. Henry Becker
  35. 1970The Vampire LoversCarl Ebhardt