Eric Porter
Acting
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Acting Credits
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
Filmography
Morecambe & Wise: Christmas Specials
2007
The Heroes of Telemark: Location report from Norway
2003
The Best of Morecambe and Wise
2001
as Self (archive footage)
Message for Posterity
1994
as James Player
The World of Hammer
1994
as Self (archive footage)
Performance
1991
as James Player
The Return of Sherlock Holmes
1986
as Professor Moriarty
Oliver Twist
1985
as Fagin
Oliver Twist
1985
as Fagin
Sherlock Holmes
1984
as Professor Moriarty
The Jewel in the Crown
1984
as Dimitri Bronowsky
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
1984
as Professor Moriarty
A Shilling Life
1982
as Petersham
The Crucible
1981
as Deputy Governor Danforth
The Sin Bin
1981
as Stanley Wilkinson
Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years
1981
as Neville Chamberlain
Why Didn't They Ask Evans?
1980
as Dr. Nicholson
Little Lord Fauntleroy
1980
as Mr. Havisham
Hamlet
1980
as Polonius
Churchill and the Generals
1979
as Gen. Sir Alan Brooke
The Thirty Nine Steps
1978
as Chief Superintendent Lomas
The Shetland Experience
1977
as Narrator (voice)
The Winslow Boy
1977
as Arthur Winslow
Anna Karenina
1977
as Karenin
Hitler’s Germany - A World at War Special Presentation
1976
as Narrator
Hennessy
1975
as Tobin
The Final Solution
1975
as Narrator
The Two Deaths of Adolf Hitler
1975
as Narrator
The Statue and the Rose
1975
as Parnell
Private Affairs
1975
as Charles Stewart Parnell
The Final Solution
1975
as Self - Narrator
Callan
1974
as Hunter
From War to Peace
1974
as Narrator
Warrior - World at War Special Presentation
1974
as Narrator
Playhouse
1974
as Petersham
The Day of the Jackal
1973
as Colonel Rodin
The Belstone Fox
1973
as Asher Smith
Hitler: The Last Ten Days
1973
as Generalfeldmarschall Robert Ritter von Greim
Antony and Cleopatra
1972
as Enobarbus
Hands of the Ripper
1971
as Dr. John Pritchard
Nicholas and Alexandra
1971
as Stolypin
Macbeth
1970
as Macbeth
Separate Tables
1970
as Major Pollock / John Malcolm
Play for Today
1970
as Stanley Wilkinson
Solo
1970
Civilisation
1969
as Macbeth (voice)
Morecambe & Wise: Christmas Specials
1969
as Himself
The Lost Continent
1968
as Lansen
The Forsyte Saga
1967
as Soames Forsyte
Kaleidoscope
1966
as Harry Dominion
The Last Invasion
1966
as Harold
The Heroes of Telemark
1965
as Terboven
The Wars of the Roses
1965
as Henry VII
BBC Play of the Month
1965
as Cyrano de Bergerac
BBC Play of the Month
1965
as Arthur Winslow
BBC Play of the Month
1965
as Councillor Albert Parker
BBC Play of the Month
1965
as Jack Tanner
BBC Play of the Month
1965
as Maj. Pollock / John Malcolm
BBC Play of the Month
1965
as Macbeth
Knock on Any Door
1965
as Johnny Isaacs
The Fall of the Roman Empire
1964
as Julianus
Theatre 625
1964
as 'Newton'
Theatre Night
1957
as Vadim Romanoff
Emma
1948