Eric Porter

Eric Porter

Acting

Born April 8, 1928 · 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 o…

Known for

Play for Today

Play for Today

1970

Playhouse

Playhouse

1974

Sherlock Holmes

Sherlock Holmes

1984

BBC Play of the Month

BBC Play of the Month

1965

BBC Play of the Month

BBC Play of the Month

1965

BBC Play of the Month

BBC Play of the Month

1965

BBC Play of the Month

BBC Play of the Month

1965

BBC Play of the Month

BBC Play of the Month

1965

Acting(58)

2007Morecambe & Wise: Christmas Specials

2003The Heroes of Telemark: Location report from Norway

2001The Best of Morecambe and WiseSelf (archive footage)

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1994Message for PosterityJames Player

1994The World of HammerSelf (archive footage)

1991PerformanceJames Player

1986The Return of Sherlock HolmesProfessor Moriarty

1985Oliver TwistFagin

1985Oliver TwistFagin

1984Sherlock HolmesProfessor Moriarty

1984The Adventures of Sherlock HolmesProfessor Moriarty

1984The Jewel in the CrownDimitri Bronowsky

1982A Shilling LifePetersham

1981Winston Churchill: The Wilderness YearsNeville Chamberlain

1981The Sin BinStanley Wilkinson

1980Little Lord FauntleroyMr. Havisham

1980HamletPolonius

1980Why Didn't They Ask Evans?Dr. Nicholson

1980The CrucibleDeputy Governor Danforth

1979Churchill and the GeneralsGen. Sir Alan Brooke

1978The Thirty Nine StepsChief Superintendent Lomas

1977Anna KareninaKarenin

1977The Winslow BoyArthur Winslow

1977The Shetland ExperienceNarrator (voice)

1976Hitler’s Germany - A World at War Special PresentationNarrator

1975HennessyTobin

1975The Final SolutionSelf - Narrator

1975The Statue and the RoseParnell

1975Private AffairsCharles Stewart Parnell

1975The Two Deaths of Adolf HitlerNarrator

1975The Final SolutionNarrator

1974CallanHunter

1974From War to PeaceNarrator

1974Warrior - World at War Special PresentationNarrator

1974PlayhousePetersham

1973The Day of the JackalColonel Rodin

1973Hitler: The Last Ten DaysGeneralfeldmarschall Robert Ritter von Greim

1973The Belstone FoxAsher Smith

1972Antony and CleopatraEnobarbus

1971Nicholas and AlexandraStolypin

1971Hands of the RipperDr. John Pritchard

1970Play for TodayStanley Wilkinson

1970MacbethMacbeth

1970Separate TablesMajor Pollock / John Malcolm

1969Morecambe & Wise: Christmas SpecialsHimself

1969CivilisationMacbeth (voice)

1968The Lost ContinentLansen

1967The Forsyte SagaSoames Forsyte

1966The Last InvasionHarold

1966KaleidoscopeHarry Dominion

1965The Heroes of TelemarkTerboven

1965BBC Play of the MonthCyrano de Bergerac

1965The Wars of the RosesHenry VII

1964Theatre 625'Newton'

1964The Fall of the Roman EmpireJulianus

1957Theatre NightVadim Romanoff