Jon Finch
Acting

Jon Finch

1941-2012

Known for Frenzy, Kingdom of Heaven, Macbeth.

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Born03/02/1941
Died12/28/2012
AgeDied at 71
BirthplaceCaterham, Surrey, England
DepartmentActing
Also known asДжон Финч, John Nicholas Finch

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.

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