Jon Finch
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.
Known for
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movieToil And Trouble: Making 'Macbeth'
2014
Self (archive footage)
movieKingdom of Heaven
2005
Patriarch of Jerusalem
movieTomb of Terror
2004
Bennett
movieBloodlines: Legacy of a Lord
1998
Derek Jarvis
movieDarklands
1996
David Keller
movieWhite Men Are Cracking Up
1996
Detective Margrave
tvThe World of Hammer
1994
Self (archive footage)
movieLurking Fear
1994
Bennett
tvThe Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
1994
Count Sylvius
movieBeautiful Lies
1992
George Orwell
tvMerlin of the Crystal Cave
1991
Vortigern
movieMake and Break
1987
Peter Davis
tvCasualty
1986
Graham Lester
movieMuch Ado About Nothing
1984
Don Pedro
moviePop Pirates
1984
Coastguard
tvSherlock Holmes
1984
Count Sylvius
The Odd Job Man
1984
George Griffin
movieGiro City
1982
O'Mally
movieDoctor Faustus
1982
Adrian Leverkühn
movieHenry IV Part 2
1979
King Henry IV
movieHenry IV Part 1
1979
King Henry IV
movieLa Sabina
1979
Michael
movieRichard II
1978
Henry Bolingbroke
tvThe BBC Television Shakespeare
1978
Henry Bolingbroke / King Henry the Fourth
movieDeath on the Nile
1978
James Ferguson
Death on the Nile: Making of Featurette
1978
Self / James Ferguson
movieThe Standard
1977
Charbinsky
tvCurro Jiménez
1976
McCallaghan
tvThe New Avengers
1976
Wallace
movieGame of Seduction
1976
Count Charles de Lapalmmes
movieEl segundo poder
1976
Juan de Sacramonte
movieThe Final Programme
1973
Jerry Cornelius
movieLady Caroline Lamb
1972
William Lamb
movieFrenzy
1972
Richard Ian "Dick" Blaney
movieMacbeth
1971
Macbeth
movieSunday Bloody Sunday
1971
Scotsman
movieThe Horror of Frankenstein
1970
Lt. Henry Becker
movieThe Vampire Lovers
1970
Carl Ebhardt
tvBBC Play of the Month
1965
Sir Edward Mortimer