Read More. "But eventually I had to leave because I was becoming more and more involved in the theatre and the SAS demands most of your weekends and several nights a week. All rights reserved. A few years later, he remarked: "I am over all the trauma of it now and, apart from motor racing, parachuting and a few other things, I can still do what I want. Discover Jon Finch is part of the Silent Generation, which followed after the G.I. "I never wanted to be a big star," Finch once said.

Around the same time he was offered the chance to replace Sean Connery as James Bond in Live and Let Die (1973). He first started acting at school, later gaining experience in amateur theatre groups. The early 1940s were dominated by World War II. He started acting in amateur theatre groups and did his National Service at The Parachute Regiment. Jon Finch, Actor: Frenzy. He preferred real-life derring-do – motor racing and parachuting.But in 1976, Finch discovered that he had diabetes. As young adults during the McCarthy Era, many members of this generation felt it was dangerous to speak out.

In the 1970s, it seemed a sure bet that the actor Jon Finch, who has died aged 70, would become a durable film star of some magnitude. The early 1940s were dominated by World War II. The 40s also brought us the Slinky, Velcro, Jeep, Tupperware and Frisbee. Once more details are available, we will update this section.Jon Finch was a Pisces and was born in the Silent Generation.Jon Finch’s birth sign is Pisces and he had a ruling planet of Neptune.

The 40s also brought us the Slinky, Velcro, Jeep, Tupperware and Frisbee. The fact that Finch turned the part down stupefied many commentators.That Finch never achieved the level of stardom that was anticipated may be attributed to his dislike of the kind of media publicity that goes with it and his self-proclaimed lack of ambition. His first stage role was in elementary school at age 13 playing a Roman noblewoman(!). Actually, leaving aside the great expectations, Finch's career was a reasonably successful one by normal standards.Finch was born in Caterham, Surrey, the son of a merchant banker. After gaining experience in amateur theatre groups and following a short stint with a folk singing group, he suddenly left for military service at age 18, serving in a parachute regiment. His last film role was as the Catholic Patriarch of Jerusalem in Kingdom of Heaven (2005); in which he finally got to work for Ridley Scott. His first stage role was in elementary school at age 13 playing a Roman noblewoman(!). "Finch had started acting professionally with several different repertory companies around the UK before he got a part in Crossroads, the popular daytime soap, during its first run in 1964. He is best remembered for his role as crazed television anchorman Howard Beale in the 1976 film Network, which earned him a posthumous Academy Award for Best Actor, his fifth Best Actor award from the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, and a Best Actor award from the Golden Globes. "I usually do one film a year, so I always have enough money to enjoy myself and keep myself out of the public eye.

Finch and Francesca Annis, as the Macbeths, were impressively youthful, tortured and impassioned.Equally outraged and baffled as a bitter ex-RAF hero down on his luck, Finch subtly avoided the temptation to be sympathetic as "the wrong man" accused of being the "neck-tie strangler" in Frenzy, Hitchcock's first film shot in England for 16 years.He was quietly authoritative as the cuckolded politician Lord Melbourne in Robert Bolt's Lady Caroline Lamb (1973), in a role that had first been offered to Timothy Dalton, a future James Bond.

At the beginning of his film career, he played the title role in Roman Polanski's The Tragedy of Macbeth (1971) and starred in Alfred Hitchcock's Frenzy (1972). They were too young to see action in World War II and too old to participate in the fun of the Summer of Love.Jon’s education details are not available at this time. The cause of his death is unknown at this time but it’s reported that he suffered from diabetes… Dark, broodingly handsome Jon Finch was the son of a merchant banker. However, he had to drop out when he fell ill on the first day of filming of Ridley Scott's Alien (1979) and was replaced by John Hurt.Regarded by Finch as the highlight of his career was his powerful portrayal of Henry Bolingbroke in Richard II (1978), and Henry IV (parts one and two) (1979) in the BBC's Shakespeare History Cycle. Finch was seen in various television series throughout the 90s.

These included Death on the Nile (1978), based on Agatha Christie, in which he played a Marxist who resents the wealth of some of the other suspects. We will continue to update information on Jon Finch’s parents.Like many famous people and celebrities, Jon Finch kept his personal life private.