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Jon Finch

Jon Finch

Acting • 1941-03-02 • Caterham, Surrey, England

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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Frenzy7.1

Frenzy

1972

The Bill6.8

The Bill

1984

Macbeth7.1

Macbeth

1971

Death on the Nile7.2

Death on the Nile

1978

Lurking Fear4.8

Lurking Fear

1994

The Final Programme5.4

The Final Programme

1973

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