
Né(e) 2 mars 1941 · 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.

Kingdom of Heaven
2005

Tomb of Terror
2004

Bloodlines: Legacy of a Lord
1998

Darklands
1996

White Men Are Cracking Up
1996

The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
1994

La Peur qui Rode
1994

Maigret
1992

Coup de foudre
1992

Merlin of the Crystal Cave
1991

Unexplained Laughter
1989

Streets of Yesterday
1989

La più bella del reame
1989

The Play on One
1988

South of the Border
1988

Make and Break
1987

Casualty
1986

Sherlock Holmes
1984

The Bill
1984

Much Ado About Nothing
1984

Pop Pirates
1984

Power Game
1983

Giro City
1982

Doktor Faustus
1982

Peter and Paul
1981

Hammer La Maison de tous les Cauchemars
1980

Les Chroniques martiennes
1980

Breaking Glass
1980

Gary Cooper, que estás en los cielos
1980

Henry IV Part 1
1979

Henry IV Part 2
1979

La Sabina
1979

Mort sur le Nil
1978

The BBC Television Shakespeare
1978

Richard II
1978

Die Standarte
1977

Chapeau melon et bottes de cuir
1976

Curro Jiménez
1976

Une femme fidèle
1976

El segundo poder
1976

Les Décimales du futur
1973

Frenzy
1972

Lady Caroline Lamb
1972

Un dimanche comme les autres
1971

Macbeth
1971

The Vampire Lovers
1970

Les horreurs de Frankenstein
1970

ITV Saturday Night Theatre
1969

BBC Play of the Month
1965