Jon Finch

JON FINCH d2012. English stage and film actor who became well known for his Shakespearean roles. Most notably, he starred in films for directors Roman Polanski (Macbeth 1971) and Alfred Hitchcock (Frenzy 1972). In the early phase of his career, he appeared in episodes of Z-Cars in 1967 and 1968 and was the lead character Simon King in the BBC science fiction series Counterstriike, one of the last BBC drama series made in black and white. He was offered the role of  James Bond in Live and Let Die (1973), but he declined the part and it went to Roger Moore. He also declined a role in The Three Musketeers (1973). In 1977, he was also the original choice for the role of Doyle later taken by Martin Shaw in the British television series The Professionals. He died in Sussex aged 70 on December 28th 2012