Eric Porter
Birthday
1928/04/08
Day of death
1995/05/15 (67 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Shepard's Bush, London, UK
Also know as
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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...Read more
Acting
(1973) The Day of the Jackal
as Colonel Rodin
(1968) The Lost Continent
as Lansen
(1966) Kaleidoscope
as Harry Dominion
(1978) The Thirty Nine Steps
as Chief Superintendent Lomas
(1964) The Fall of the Roman Empire
as Julianus
(1971) Hands of the Ripper
as Dr. John Pritchard
(1974) Callan
as Hunter
(1972) Antony and Cleopatra
as Enobarbus
(1980) Why Didn't They Ask Evans?
as Dr. Nicholson
(1973) The Belstone Fox
as Asher Smith
(1994) Message for Posterity
as James Player
(1985) Oliver Twist
as Fagin
(1970) Macbeth
as Macbeth
(1977) The Shetland Experience
as Narrator (voice)
(1980) Little Lord Fauntleroy
as Mr. Havisham
(1977) The Winslow Boy
as Arthur Winslow
(2001) The Best of Morecambe and Wise
as Self (archive footage)
(1973) Hitler: The Last Ten Days
as Generalfeldmarschall Robert Ritter von Greim
(1975) Hennessy
as Tobin
(1965) The Heroes of Telemark
as Terboven
(1980) The Crucible
as Deputy Governor Danforth
(1979) Churchill and the Generals
as Gen. Sir Alan Brooke
(1980) Hamlet
as Polonius
(1981) The Sin Bin
as Stanley Wilkinson
(1970) Separate Tables
as Major Pollock / John Malcolm
(1971) Nicholas and Alexandra
as Stolypin
(1965) The Wars of the Roses
as Henry VII
(2003) The Heroes of Telemark: Location report from Norway
as ---
(2007) Morecambe & Wise: Christmas Specials
as ---
(1966) The Last Invasion
as Harold
(1948) Emma
as ---
(1982) A Shilling Life
as Petersham
(1984) The Jewel in the Crown
as Dimitri Bronowsky
(1970) Play for Today
as Stanley Wilkinson
(1985) Oliver Twist
as Fagin
(1965) BBC Play of the Month
as Cyrano De Bergerac
(1981) Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years
as Neville Chamberlain
(1977) Anna Karenina
as Karenin
(1978) The BBC Television Shakespeare
as ---
(1967) The Forsyte Saga
as Soames Forsyte
(1969) Civilisation
as Macbeth (voice)
(1965) BBC Play of the Month
as Macbeth
(1965) BBC Play of the Month
as Arthur Winslow
(1965) BBC Play of the Month
as Councillor Albert Parker
The Perfect Morecambe & Wise
as Himself
(1984) Sherlock Holmes
as Professor Moriarty
(1969) Morecambe & Wise: Christmas Specials
as Himself