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