Eric Porter

Actor

Born: April 8, 1928
Died: May 15, 1995 (age 67)
From: Shepard's Bush, London, UK

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…

Filmography (38)

Morecambe & Wise: Christmas Specials (2007)
The Heroes of Telemark: Location report from Norway (2003)
The Best of Morecambe and Wise (2001)
Self (archive footage)
Message for Posterity (1994)
James Player
Oliver Twist (1985)
Fagin
A Shilling Life (1982)
Petersham
The Sin Bin (1981)
Stanley Wilkinson
Little Lord Fauntleroy (1980)
Mr. Havisham
Hamlet (1980)
Polonius
Why Didn't They Ask Evans? (1980)
Dr. Nicholson
The Crucible
The Crucible (1980)
Deputy Governor Danforth
Churchill and the Generals (1979)
Gen. Sir Alan Brooke
The Thirty Nine Steps (1978)
Chief Superintendent Lomas
The Winslow Boy (1977)
Arthur Winslow
The Shetland Experience (1977)
Narrator (voice)
Hitler’s Germany - A World at War Special Presentation (1976)
Narrator
Hennessy (1975)
Tobin
The Statue and the Rose
The Statue and the Rose (1975)
Parnell
The Two Deaths of Adolf Hitler (1975)
Narrator
The Final Solution (1975)
Narrator
Callan (1974)
Hunter
From War to Peace (1974)
Narrator
Warrior - World at War Special Presentation (1974)
Narrator
The Day of the Jackal (1973)
Colonel Rodin
Hitler: The Last Ten Days (1973)
Generalfeldmarschall Robert Ritter von Greim
The Belstone Fox (1973)
Asher Smith
Antony and Cleopatra (1972)
Enobarbus
Nicholas and Alexandra (1971)
Stolypin
Hands of the Ripper (1971)
Dr. John Pritchard
Macbeth
Macbeth (1970)
Macbeth