Jon Finch
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Jon Finch (2 March 1941 - 28 December 2012) was an English actor who performed in many Shakespearean plays on stage, and made many films.
Perhaps his most notable role was Macbeth in Roman Polanski's 1971 film adaptation of Macbeth.
Finch was born in Caterham, Surrey. He has appeared in films such as the Alfred Hitchcock thriller Frenzy (1972), portraying a man wrongly accused of murder; Death on the Nile (1978), and most recently, a small role 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
- The Vampire Lovers (1970)
- The Horror of Frankenstein (1970)
- Sunday Bloody Sunday (1971)
- Macbeth (1971)
- Lady Caroline Lamb (1972)
- Frenzy (1972)
- The Final Programme (1973) (U.S. title: The Last Days of Man on Earth)
- Diagnosis: Murder (1975)
- El Segundo poder (1976)
- Une femme fidèle (1976)
- Die Standarte (1977)
- Death on the Nile (1978)
- Richard II (1978)
- La Sabina (1979)
- Henry IV, Part I (1979)
- Henry IV, Part II (1979)
- Witching Time (1980)
- Breaking Glass (1980)
- Gary Cooper, que estás en los cielos (1980)
- Peter and Paul (1981)
- Doktor Faustus (1982)
- Giro City (1982)
- Power Game (1983)
- Pop Pirates (1984)
- The Odd Job Man (1984)
- Much Ado About Nothing (1984)
- Riviera (1987)
- Die Stimme (1988)
- Plaza Real (1988)
- Unexplained Laughter (1988)
- The Rainbow (1988)
- Rehovot Ha'Etmol (1989)
- La Più bella del reame (1989)
- Merlin of the Crystal Cave (1991)
- Lurking Fear (1994)
- Darklands (1996)
- Bloodlines: Legacy of a Lord (1997)
- Anazapta (2001)
- New Tricks (2003)
- Kingdom of Heaven (2005)
