Jon Finch
Born: 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.
Filmography
Toil And Trouble: Making 'Macbeth'
Kingdom of Heaven
Tomb of Terror
The Story of 'Frenzy'
Bloodlines: Legacy of a Lord
Darklands
White Men Are Cracking Up
Lurking Fear
Beautiful Lies
La più bella del reame
Streets of Yesterday
No Image
The Voice
Unexplained Laughter
Make and Break
Much Ado About Nothing
Pop Pirates
Power Game
Giro City
Doctor Faustus
Gary Cooper, Who Art in Heaven
Breaking Glass
Henry IV Part 2
Henry IV Part 1
La Sabina
Richard II
Death on the Nile
The Standard
Game of Seduction
El segundo poder
Diagnosis: Murder
The Final Programme
The Big Screen
Lady Caroline Lamb
Frenzy
Polanski Meets Macbeth
Macbeth
Sunday Bloody Sunday
The Horror of Frankenstein
The Vampire Lovers