Eric Porter
Personal Info
Know For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1928-04-08 (67 years old)
Deathday
1995-05-15
Place of Birth
Shepard's Bush, London, UK
Also known As
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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 "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 w...
Acting
1973
as Colonel Rodin
1968
as Lansen
1966
as Harry Dominion
1978
as Chief Superintendent Lomas
1964
as Julianus
1971
as Dr. John Pritchard
1974
as Hunter
1972
as Enobarbus
1980
as Dr. Nicholson
1973
as Asher Smith
1994
as James Player
1985
as Fagin
1970
as Macbeth
1977
as Narrator (voice)
1980
as Mr. Havisham
1977
as Arthur Winslow
2001
as Self (archive footage)
1973
as Generalfeldmarschall Robert Ritter von Greim
1975
as Tobin
1965
as Terboven
1980
as Deputy Governor Danforth
1979
as Gen. Sir Alan Brooke
1980
as Polonius
1981
as Stanley Wilkinson
1970
as Major Pollock / John Malcolm
1971
as Stolypin
1965
as Henry VII
1966
as Harold
1948
1982
as Petersham
1975
as Narrator
1975
as Narrator
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as Narrator
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as Narrator
1976
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