- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- April 8, 1928
- Place of Birth
- Shepard's Bush, London, UK
- Died
- May 15, 1995
Eric Porter
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 "Twelfth Night" in February 1945 at the Arts Theatre in Cambridge. He continued in repertory until joining the National Service with the RAF during the war years. Early post-war credits would include touring with Sir Donald Wolfit and Sir Barry Jackson in their prestigious companies. Favorite roles in his repertoire would eventually include "Macbeth", "King Lear" and "Uncle Vanya". He won London's Ev…
Filmography
movieMorecambe & Wise: Christmas Specials
2007
movieThe Heroes of Telemark: Location report from Norway
2003
movieThe Best of Morecambe and Wise
2001 · Self (archive footage)
movieMessage for Posterity
1994 · James Player
tvThe World of Hammer
1994 · Self (archive footage)
tvPerformance
1991 · James Player
tvThe Return of Sherlock Holmes
1986 · Professor Moriarty
tvOliver Twist
1985 · Fagin
movieOliver Twist
1985 · Fagin
tvSherlock Holmes
1984 · Professor Moriarty
tvThe Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
1984 · Professor Moriarty
tvThe Jewel in the Crown
1984 · Dimitri Bronowsky
movieA Shilling Life
1982 · Petersham
tvWinston Churchill: The Wilderness Years
1981 · Neville Chamberlain
movieThe Sin Bin
1981 · Stanley Wilkinson
movieLittle Lord Fauntleroy
1980 · Mr. Havisham
movieHamlet
1980 · Polonius
movieWhy Didn't They Ask Evans?
1980 · Dr. Nicholson
The Crucible
movieThe Crucible
1980 · Deputy Governor Danforth
movieChurchill and the Generals
1979 · Gen. Sir Alan Brooke
movieThe Thirty Nine Steps
1978 · Chief Superintendent Lomas
tvAnna Karenina
1977 · Karenin
movieThe Winslow Boy
1977 · Arthur Winslow
movieThe Shetland Experience
1977 · Narrator (voice)
movieHitler’s Germany - A World at War Special Presentation
1976 · Narrator
movieHennessy
1975 · Tobin
The Statue and the Rose
movieThe Statue and the Rose
1975 · Parnell
Private Affairs
tvPrivate Affairs
1975 · Charles Stewart Parnell
movieThe Two Deaths of Adolf Hitler
1975 · Narrator
movieThe Final Solution
1975 · Narrator
movieCallan
1974 · Hunter
tvPlayhouse
1974 · Petersham
movieThe Day of the Jackal
1973 · Colonel Rodin
movieHitler: The Last Ten Days
1973 · Generalfeldmarschall Robert Ritter von Greim
movieThe Belstone Fox
1973 · Asher Smith
movieAntony and Cleopatra
1972 · Enobarbus
movieNicholas and Alexandra
1971 · Stolypin
movieHands of the Ripper
1971 · Dr. John Pritchard
tvPlay for Today
1970 · Stanley Wilkinson
Macbeth
movieMacbeth
1970 · Macbeth
movieSeparate Tables
1970 · Major Pollock / John Malcolm
Solo
tvSolo
1970
tvMorecambe & Wise: Christmas Specials
1969 · Himself
tvCivilisation
1969 · Macbeth (voice)
movieThe Lost Continent
1968 · Lansen
tvThe Forsyte Saga
1967 · Soames Forsyte
The Last Invasion
movieThe Last Invasion
1966 · Harold
movieKaleidoscope
1966 · Harry Dominion
movieThe Heroes of Telemark
1965 · Terboven
tvBBC Play of the Month
1965 · Cyrano de Bergerac, Arthur Winslow, Councillor Albert Parker, Jack Tanner, Maj. Pollock / John Malcolm, Macbeth
movieThe Wars of the Roses
1965 · Henry VII
tvTheatre 625
1964 · 'Newton'
movieThe Fall of the Roman Empire
1964 · Julianus
tvTheatre Night
1957 · Vadim Romanoff
Emma
movieEmma
1948
movieFrom War to Peace
— · Narrator
movieWarrior - World at War Special Presentation
— · Narrator