Personal Info
Eric Porter
Acting
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
Filmography
Movies
Morecambe & Wise: Christmas Specials
The Heroes of Telemark: Location report from Norway
The Best of Morecambe and Wise
as Self (archive footage)
Message for Posterity
as James Player
Oliver Twist
as Fagin
A Shilling Life
as Petersham
The Sin Bin
as Stanley Wilkinson
Little Lord Fauntleroy
as Mr. Havisham
Hamlet
as Polonius
Why Didn't They Ask Evans?
as Dr. Nicholson
TV Shows
The World of Hammer
as Self (archive footage) · 1 ep.
Performance
as James Player · 1 ep.
Oliver Twist
as Fagin · 12 ep.
Sherlock Holmes
as Professor Moriarty · 3 ep.
The Jewel in the Crown
as Dimitri Bronowsky · 6 ep.
Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years
as Neville Chamberlain · 8 ep.
Anna Karenina
as Karenin · 10 ep.
Playhouse
as Petersham · 1 ep.
Play for Today
as Stanley Wilkinson · 1 ep.
Civilisation
as Macbeth (voice) · 1 ep.
