Peter Finch

Peter Finch was an Academy Award-winning English-born Australian actor. He is most notable for his role as "crazed" television anchorman Howard Beale in the film, Network, which earned him the Academy Award for best performance by an actor in a leading role, the only posthumous Academy Award for acting in the history of those Awards, his fifth Best Actor award from the BAFTA, and also a Best Actor award from the Golden Globes.