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[[Image:Peter Finch-MP40.jpg|thumb|right|401px|{{PAGENAME}} as Jan Smit holds MP40 submachine gun in ''[[Operation Amsterdam]]'' (1959).]]
[[Image:Peter Finch-portret.jpg|thumb|right|250px|'''Peter Finch''' (1916-1977).]]
[[Image:Judith-017.jpg|thumb|right|350px|Peter Finch with a [[Bren]] machine gun as Aaron Stein in ''[[Judith]]'' (1966).]]


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{{PAGENAME}} was a British-born Australian actor who is well known to film audiences for delivering the "I'm mad as hell!" rant as the crazed news anchorman Walter Beale in the film ''[[Network]]''.  His role in the film would earn Finch a Best Actor Academy Award following his untimely death, giving him the distinction of being the first individual ever to win an Academy Award posthumously in an acting category (until [[Heath Ledger]]'s tragic win for ''[[The Dark Knight]]'').
 
 
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!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="50"|'''Date'''
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| [[MP40]] || Jan Smit ||''[[Operation Amsterdam]]''|| ||1959
| [[MP40]] || rowspan="2"| Jan Smit || rowspan="2"| ''[[Operation Amsterdam]]'' || rowspan="2"| || rowspan="2"| 1959
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| Unidentified revolver
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| [[Flintlock Pistol]] || Alan Breck Stewart || ''[[Kidnapped (1960)|Kidnapped]]'' || || 1960
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| [[Sten Mk II]] || rowspan="3"| Aaron Stein || rowspan="3"| ''[[Judith]]'' || rowspan="3"| || rowspan="3"| 1966
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| [[Lee-Enfield No.4 Mk.I]]
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| [[Bren gun]]
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| [[Reichsrevolver M1883]] || General Umberto Nobile || ''[[The Red Tent]]'' || || 1969
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|-}
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[[Category:Deceased Actor]]

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Peter Finch (1916-1977).
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Peter Finch with a Bren machine gun as Aaron Stein in Judith (1966).

Peter Finch was a British-born Australian actor who is well known to film audiences for delivering the "I'm mad as hell!" rant as the crazed news anchorman Walter Beale in the film Network. His role in the film would earn Finch a Best Actor Academy Award following his untimely death, giving him the distinction of being the first individual ever to win an Academy Award posthumously in an acting category (until Heath Ledger's tragic win for The Dark Knight).


Peter Finch can be seen using the following weapons in the following films:


Film

Gun Character Title Note Date
MP40 Jan Smit Operation Amsterdam 1959
Unidentified revolver
Flintlock Pistol Alan Breck Stewart Kidnapped 1960
Sten Mk II Aaron Stein Judith 1966
Lee-Enfield No.4 Mk.I
Bren gun
Reichsrevolver M1883 General Umberto Nobile The Red Tent 1969
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