Jon Finch
Acting
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Acting Credits
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 unnam...
Known For
Filmography
Toil And Trouble: Making 'Macbeth'
2014
as Self (archive footage)
Kingdom of Heaven
2005
as Patriarch of Jerusalem
Tomb of Terror
2004
as Bennett
The Story of 'Frenzy'
2001
as Self
Bloodlines: Legacy of a Lord
1998
as Derek Jarvis
Darklands
1996
as David Keller
White Men Are Cracking Up
1996
as Detective Margrave
Lurking Fear
1994
as Bennett
The World of Hammer
1994
as Self (archive footage)
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
1994
as Count Sylvius
Beautiful Lies
1992
as George Orwell
Maigret
1992
Love at First Sight
1992
as George
Merlin of the Crystal Cave
1991
as Vortigern
Unexplained Laughter
1989
as Finn
The Voice
1989
as Miller
La più bella del reame
1989
as Jeremy
Streets of Yesterday
1989
South of the Border
1988
as Trevor
The Play on One
1988
as Finn
Make and Break
1987
as Peter Davis
Casualty
1986
as Graham Lester
Pop Pirates
1984
as Coastguard
Much Ado About Nothing
1984
as Don Pedro
The Bill
1984
Sherlock Holmes
1984
as Count Sylvius
The Odd Job Man
1984
as George Griffin
Power Game
1983
Doctor Faustus
1982
as Adrian Leverkühn
Giro City
1982
as O'Mally
Peter and Paul
1981
as Luke
Breaking Glass
1980
as Woods
Gary Cooper, Who Art in Heaven
1980
The Martian Chronicles
1980
as Christ
Hammer House of Horror
1980
as David
Henry IV Part 2
1979
as King Henry IV
Henry IV Part 1
1979
as King Henry IV
La Sabina
1979
as Michael
Death on the Nile
1978
as James Ferguson
Richard II
1978
as Henry Bolingbroke
Death on the Nile: Making of Featurette
1978
as Self / James Ferguson
The BBC Television Shakespeare
1978
as Henry Bolingbroke
The BBC Television Shakespeare
1978
as King Henry the Fourth
The Standard
1977
as Charbinsky
Game of Seduction
1976
as Count Charles de Lapalmmes
El segundo poder
1976
as Juan de Sacramonte
The New Avengers
1976
as Wallace
Curro Jiménez
1976
as McCallaghan
Diagnosis: Murder
1974
as Lomax
The Final Programme
1973
as Jerry Cornelius
The Big Screen
1973
as Self
Frenzy
1972
as Richard Ian "Dick" Blaney
Lady Caroline Lamb
1972
as William Lamb
Polanski Meets Macbeth
1972
as Self
Macbeth
1971
as Macbeth
Sunday Bloody Sunday
1971
as Scotsman
The Horror of Frankenstein
1970
as Lt. Henry Becker
The Vampire Lovers
1970
as Carl Ebhardt
Counterstrike
1969
as Simon King
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
1969
as Steve
Tom Grattan's War
1968
as Charlie
BBC Play of the Month
1965
as Sir Edward Mortimer