About
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'2014 · Self (archive footage)
Kingdom of Heaven2005 · Patriarch of Jerusalem
Tomb of Terror2004 · Bennett
The Story of 'Frenzy'2001 · Self
Bloodlines: Legacy of a Lord1998 · Derek Jarvis
Darklands1996 · David Keller
White Men Are Cracking Up1996 · Detective Margrave
Lurking Fear1994 · Bennett
Beautiful Lies1992 · George Orwell
La più bella del reame1989 · Jeremy
Streets of Yesterday1989
The Voice1989 · Miller
Unexplained Laughter1989 · Finn
Make and Break1987 · Peter Davis
Much Ado About Nothing1984 · Don Pedro
Pop Pirates1984 · Coastguard
Power Game1983
Giro City1982 · O'Mally
Doctor Faustus1982 · Adrian Leverkühn
Gary Cooper, Who Art in Heaven1980



















