Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
4/8/1928
Place of Birth
Shepard's Bush, London, UK
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 join...
Known For
The Day of the Jackal
as Colonel Rodin
Hamlet
as Polonius
Callan
as Hunter
The Fall of the Roman Empire
as Julianus
Little Lord Fauntleroy
as Mr. Havisham
Hands of the Ripper
as Dr. John Pritchard
Separate Tables
as Major Pollock / John Malcolm
Hennessy
as Tobin
The Heroes of Telemark
as Terboven
Why Didn't They Ask Evans?
as Dr. Nicholson
Kaleidoscope
as Harry Dominion
The Thirty Nine Steps
as Chief Superintendent Lomas
The Lost Continent
as Lansen
Antony and Cleopatra
as Enobarbus
The Winslow Boy
as Arthur Winslow
Hitler: The Last Ten Days
as Generalfeldmarschall Robert Ritter von Greim
Nicholas and Alexandra
as Stolypin
The Wars of the Roses
as Henry VII
A Shilling Life
as Petersham
Message for Posterity
as James Player
Career Timeline
1981
1980
1977
1975
1973
1970
1965
The Heroes of Telemark
as Terboven
BBC Play of the Month
as Cyrano de Bergerac
BBC Play of the Month
as Arthur Winslow
BBC Play of the Month
as Councillor Albert Parker
BBC Play of the Month
as Jack Tanner
BBC Play of the Month
as Maj. Pollock / John Malcolm
BBC Play of the Month
as Macbeth
The Wars of the Roses
as Henry VII