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Jon Finch

Jon Finch

Actor·1941–2012·Caterham, Surrey, England

7 horror credits

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.

Actor7 films

Tomb of Terror

Tomb of Terror

Bennett

2004
Darklands

Darklands

David Keller

1996
Lurking Fear

Lurking Fear

Bennett

1994 2.5
Frenzy

Frenzy

Richard Ian "Dick" Blaney

1972 3.8
Macbeth

Macbeth

Macbeth

1971 3.5
The Horror of Frankenstein

The Horror of Frankenstein

Lt. Henry Becker

1970 3.0
The Vampire Lovers

The Vampire Lovers

Carl Ebhardt

1970 4.0