Peter Finch
1916 to 1977
8 documented presences
6 places
Quo Fuit places 8 dated presences for Peter Finch across 6 places, from 1925 to 1954. Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.
Frederick George Peter Ingle Finch (28 September 1916 to 14 January 1977) was an English and Australian actor.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
Where Peter Finch was documented, and when
1925year
Adyar, Chennaiattested
“In 1925 Laura took Peter with her to Adyar, a theosophical community near Madras, India, for a number of months, and the young boy lived for a time in a Buddhist monastery.”
source: Wikipedia: Peter Finch
1925year
Madrasattested
“In 1925 Laura took Peter with her to Adyar, a theosophical community near Madras, India, for a number of months, and the young boy lived for a time in a Buddhist monastery.”
source: Wikipedia: Peter Finch
1926year
Sydneyattested
“And I think a man sitting under a bo tree and becoming enlightened is a beautiful one." In 1926 he was sent to Australia to live with his great-uncle Edward Herbert Finch at Greenwich Point in Sydney.”
source: Wikipedia: Peter Finch
1926year
Greenwich, New South Walesattested
“And I think a man sitting under a bo tree and becoming enlightened is a beautiful one." In 1926 he was sent to Australia to live with his great-uncle Edward Herbert Finch at Greenwich Point in Sydney.”
source: Wikipedia: Peter Finch
1926year
Australiaattested
“And I think a man sitting under a bo tree and becoming enlightened is a beautiful one." In 1926 he was sent to Australia to live with his great-uncle Edward Herbert Finch at Greenwich Point in Sydney.”
source: Wikipedia: Peter Finch
1946year
Sydneyattested
“In 1946, Finch co-founded the Mercury Theatre Company, which put on a number of productions in Sydney over the next few years (initially in the diminutive St James' Hall), as well as running a theatre school.”
source: Wikipedia: Peter Finch
1950year
Londonattested
“Lejeune praised Finch's work in the London Observer, commenting that he "adds good cheekbones to a quick intelligence and is likely to become a cult, I fear." The Scotsman said Finch "should be regarded as one of the most hopeful recruit…”
source: Wikipedia: Peter Finch
1954year
Sydneyattested
“In 1954, the Australian journalist and author George Johnston wrote a well-researched series of biographical articles on Finch, his life, and his work, which appeared in the Sydney Sun-Herald on four consecutive Sundays, which were certa…”
source: Wikipedia: Peter Finch
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Places Peter Finch is documented in
Sydney3 presences · 1926 to 1954Australia1 presence · 1926London1 presence · 1950Madras1 presence · 1925
Adyar, Chennai1 presence · 1925
Greenwich, New South Wales1 presence · 1926
Other places tied to Peter Finch in the record
In each of these, a source puts Peter Finch and the place in the same dated sentence without stating that Peter Finch was there. They are kept apart from the timeline above for exactly that reason: a mention is not a presence, and Quo Fuit does not quietly promote one into the other.
1934year
Savoy Theatrementioned
“In 1934–35 he appeared in a number of productions for Doris Fitton at the Savoy Theatre, some with a young Sumner Locke Elliott.”
source: Wikipedia: Peter Finch
1948year
Australiamentioned
“Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh toured Australia in 1948 with the Old Vic Company.”
source: Wikipedia: Peter Finch
1949year
The Old Vicmentioned
“While making the film, Olivier cast Finch as a Pole in a stage play at The Old Vic, James Bridie's Daphne Laureola (1949) supporting Edith Evans.”
source: Wikipedia: Peter Finch
1952year
St James's Theatrementioned
“In 1952 Finch performed at St James's Theatre, King Street, London, in Sir Laurence Olivier's and Gilbert Miller's The Happy Time a comedy by Samuel Taylor.”
source: Wikipedia: Peter Finch
1954year
Ceylonmentioned
“He then received an offer from Paramount to star in Elephant Walk (1954), shot in Ceylon and Los Angeles.”
source: Wikipedia: Peter Finch
1954year
Englandmentioned
“Back in England, Finch was cast as the villain Flambeau in Father Brown (1954), receiving superb reviews opposite Alec Guinness in the title role.”
source: Wikipedia: Peter Finch
1954year
Australiamentioned
“He narrated a documentary The Queen in Australia and had his first real star part in the Group 3/British Lion comedy, Make Me an Offer (1954), playing an antiques dealer.”
source: Wikipedia: Peter Finch
1956year
Pinewood Studiosmentioned
“The World War II drama, mostly set in Malaya and almost entirely shot at Pinewood Studios, became the third-most-popular film at the British box office in 1956 and won Finch a BAFTA for Best Actor.”
source: Wikipedia: Peter Finch
1957year
Australiamentioned
“Finch returned to Australia to make The Shiralee (1957), made for Ealing Studios and MGM from the novel by D'Arcy Niland, under the direction of Leslie Norman.”
source: Wikipedia: Peter Finch
1957year
Corsicamentioned
“Finch's next two films for Rank were not particularly successful: Windom's Way (1957), where he played a doctor caught up in the Malayan Emergency (the film was shot in Corsica and London); and Operation Amsterdam (1959), a war-time diam…”
source: Wikipedia: Peter Finch
1959 to 1961period
Hollywoodmentioned
“For Disney he played Alan Breck in a version of Kidnapped (1960) then went to Hollywood to make The Sins of Rachel Cade (shot in 1959, released in 1961), an attempt to repeat the success of The Nun's Story, with Angie Dickinson.”
source: Wikipedia: Peter Finch
1959year
Californiamentioned
“They divorced in 1959, after she discovered his affair with actress Vivien Leigh in California.”
source: Wikipedia: Peter Finch
1963year
Londonmentioned
“Finch was originally chosen to play Julius Caesar in Cleopatra (1963) opposite Elizabeth Taylor, and filmed some scenes in London, under the direction of Robert Mamoulian.”
source: Wikipedia: Peter Finch
1964year
Moonmentioned
“He had an uncredited cameo in First Men in the Moon (1964), then had a good role in a tough adventure film for Robert Aldrich, The Flight of the Phoenix (1965).”
source: Wikipedia: Peter Finch
1973year
9 November 1973exact date
Documented at the same place, the same year
Errol FlynnAustralia · 1926Subrahmanyan ChandrasekharUniversity of Madras · 1925Rosalind FranklinKing's College London · 1950Ava GardnerKing's College London · 1950Vaslav NijinskyKing's College London · 1950Yma SumacKing's College London · 1950Renata TebaldiKing's College London · 1950Zulfikar Ali BhuttoKing's College London · 1950Princess Margarita of Greece and DenmarkKing's College London · 1950John HeartfieldKing's College London · 1950Abdul Razak HusseinKing's College London · 1950James Black (pharmacologist)King's College London · 1950
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Sources
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