Talk:Peter Finch
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[edit] Year of Birth
Websites have stated 1916 for years. But, his grave does say 1912. Are sites just beginning to acknowledge this date or is 1916 actually correct?Hotwine8 02:49, 18 October 2006 (UTC)
- The IMDb now says he was born in 1912. Previously they had it as 1916. I think that they were swayed by the date on the grave -- SteveCrook 13:34, 18 October 2006 (UTC)
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- Well, graves can be wrong. Joan Crawford's stone says she was born in 1908 when it seems 1905 was her birth year. Similarly, Irene Dunne's tombstone says she was born in 1901, but records show 1898 to be the year. Crisso 15:26, 12 April 2007 (UTC)
Peter Finch's year of birth is 1916. (Source: The California Department of Health Services Office of Health Information and Research Vital Statistics Section) (See http://vitals.rootsweb.com/ca/death/search.cgi) (JosephASpadaro 05:28, 24 May 2007 (UTC))
I contacted the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), which maintains a database of information on Academy Award winners and nominees. I contacted AMPAS to inquire about their official position regarding Peter Finch's year of birth in their database records. The response that I received from AMPAS is as follows: "We did some research into Peter Finch's birth date and do not find convincing evidence at this time to warrant a change to 1912. His birth date has been consistently reported as September 28, 1916. Recently (since 2005), the IMDb has changed the birth year to 1912, apparently to match the dates on Finch's grave marker, but no written documentation has been found to support this date. The year is given as 1916 in the California Death Records and in a memorial advertisement in The Hollywood Reporter placed by his widow after his death. Biographies by Trader Faulkner and Elaine Dundy, both published after his death, refer to the circumstances of his birth taking place during World War I. Both authors interviewed Finch's mother, who survived him. Dundy's "Finch, Bloody Finch" (Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1980) cites marriage and birth records, as well as family correspondence, which all support the 1916 date." Although the opinion of AMPAS is not dispositive of this issue, I believe that their reasoning (combined with the records of The California Department of Health Services Office of Health Information and Research Vital Statistics Section) is sound. Thus, I propose that this article on Peter Finch should incorporate a birth year of 1916. (JosephASpadaro 18:00, 24 May 2007 (UTC))
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[edit] Needs expansion
This article is in need of expansion in all areas, but most particularly in the biography section. It's bare bones. Hopefully someone will work on this since it's been tagged for improved references and expansion. Wildhartlivie (talk) 20:05, 12 January 2008 (UTC)
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