Personal Info
Known Credits
32
Gender
Male
Birthdate
1928-04-08 (97 Y.O)
Place Of Birth
Shepard's Bush, London, UK
Also Known For
Eric Porter
Biography
A highly respected Shakespearean for five decades until his death of colon cancer in 1995, classical actor Eric Porter's claim to international fame would, ironically, be outside of that realm, with one superb portrayal in one superb miniseries, The Forsyte Saga(1967), in which he won the BAFTA award. The son of Richard John Porter and Phoebe Elizabeth Spall, Porter first attended Wimbledon Technical College before stepping onto the stage as a walk-on in a production of William Shakespeare's "Tw ...
Known For
Acting
2007 --
Morecambe & Wise: Christmas Specials
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2003 --
The Heroes of Telemark: Location report from Norway
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2001 --
The Best of Morecambe and Wise
| Self (archive footage)
1994 --
Message for Posterity
| James Player
1985 --
Oliver Twist
| Fagin
1982 --
A Shilling Life
| Petersham
1981 --
The Sin Bin
| Stanley Wilkinson
1980 --
Little Lord Fauntleroy
| Mr. Havisham
1980 --
Hamlet
| Polonius
1980 --
Why Didn't They Ask Evans?
| Dr. Nicholson
1980 --
The Crucible
| Deputy Governor Danforth
1979 --
Churchill and the Generals
| Gen. Sir Alan Brooke
1978 --
The Thirty Nine Steps
| Chief Superintendent Lomas
1977 --
The Winslow Boy
| Arthur Winslow
1977 --
The Shetland Experience
| Narrator (voice)
1975 --
Hennessy
| Tobin
1974 --
Callan
| Hunter
1973 --
The Day of the Jackal
| Colonel Rodin
1973 --
Hitler: The Last Ten Days
| Generalfeldmarschall Robert Ritter von Greim
1973 --
The Belstone Fox
| Asher Smith
1972 --
Antony and Cleopatra
| Enobarbus
1971 --
Nicholas and Alexandra
| Stolypin
1971 --
Hands of the Ripper
| Dr. John Pritchard
1970 --
Macbeth
| Macbeth
1970 --
Separate Tables
| Major Pollock / John Malcolm
1968 --
The Lost Continent
| Lansen
1966 --
The Last Invasion
| Harold
1966 --
Kaleidoscope
| Harry Dominion
1965 --
The Heroes of Telemark
| Terboven
1965 --
The Wars of the Roses
| Henry VII
1964 --
The Fall of the Roman Empire
| Julianus
1948 --
Emma
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