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.
Acted in 53
2000s
- 2005
- 2004
Tomb of Terror
Bennett
1990s
- 1998
Bloodlines: Legacy of a Lord
Derek Jarvis
- 1996
Darklands
David Keller
White Men Are Cracking Up
Detective Margrave
- 1994
- 1992
Beautiful Lies
George Orwell
Love at First Sight
George · 1 episode
- 1991
Merlin of the Crystal Cave
Vortigern · 3 episodes
1980s
- 1989
La più bella del reame
Jeremy
Streets of Yesterday
Movie
Unexplained Laughter
Finn
- 1988
South of the Border
Trevor · 1 episode
- 1987
Make and Break
Peter Davis
- 1986
- 1984
Much Ado About Nothing
Don Pedro
Pop Pirates
Coastguard
- 1983
Power Game
Movie
- 1982
Giro City
O'Mally
Doctor Faustus
Adrian Leverkühn
- 1981
Peter and Paul
Luke · 2 episodes
- 1980
Gary Cooper, Who Art in Heaven
Movie
1970s
- 1979
Henry IV Part 2
King Henry IV
Henry IV Part 1
King Henry IV
La Sabina
Michael
- 1978
Richard II
Henry Bolingbroke
- 1977
The Standard
Charbinsky
- 1976
El segundo poder
Juan de Sacramonte
- 1974
Diagnosis: Murder
Lomax
- 1973
The Final Programme
Jerry Cornelius
- 1972
Lady Caroline Lamb
William Lamb
- 1971
Macbeth
Macbeth
- 1970
The Horror of Frankenstein
Lt. Henry Becker
1960s
- 1969
Counterstrike
Simon King · 10 episodes
- 1968
Tom Grattan's War
Charlie · 1 episode
- 1965
Appearances5
2010s
- 2014
Toil And Trouble: Making 'Macbeth'
Self (archive footage)
2000s
- 2001
The Story of 'Frenzy'
Self
1970s
- 1973
The Big Screen
Self
- 1972
Polanski Meets Macbeth
Self