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Eric Porter

Age: 96 years

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Gender: Male

Birthday: April 8, 1928

Place of birth: Shepard's Bush, London, UK

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 o...

Known for: Acting

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The Day of the Jackal
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The Day of the Jacka...

as Colonel Rodin

The Lost Continent
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The Lost Continent

as Lansen

Kaleidoscope
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Kaleidoscope

as Harry Dominion

The Thirty Nine Steps
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The Thirty Nine Step...

as Chief Superintendent Lomas

The Fall of the Roman Empire
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The Fall of the Roma...

as Julianus

Hands of the Ripper
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Hands of the Ripper

as Dr. John Pritchard

Callan
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Callan

as Hunter

Antony and Cleopatra
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Antony and Cleopatra

as Enobarbus

Why Didn't They Ask Evans?
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Why Didn't They Ask ...

as Dr. Nicholson

The Belstone Fox
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The Belstone Fox

as Asher Smith

Message for Posterity
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Message for Posterit...

as James Player

Oliver Twist
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Oliver Twist

as Fagin

Macbeth
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Macbeth

as Macbeth

The Shetland Experience
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The Shetland Experie...

as Narrator (voice)

Little Lord Fauntleroy
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Little Lord Fauntler...

as Mr. Havisham

The Winslow Boy
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The Winslow Boy

as Arthur Winslow

The Best of Morecambe and Wise
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The Best of Morecamb...

as Self (archive footage)

Hitler: The Last Ten Days
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Hitler: The Last Ten...

as Generalfeldmarschall Robert Ritter von Greim

Hennessy
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Hennessy

as Tobin

The Heroes of Telemark
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The Heroes of Telema...

as Terboven

The Crucible
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The Crucible

as Deputy Governor Danforth

Churchill and the Generals
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Churchill and the Ge...

as Gen. Sir Alan Brooke

Hamlet
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Hamlet

as Polonius

The Sin Bin
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The Sin Bin

as Stanley Wilkinson

Separate Tables
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Separate Tables

as Major Pollock / John Malcolm

Nicholas and Alexandra
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Nicholas and Alexand...

as Stolypin

The Wars of the Roses
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The Wars of the Rose...

as Henry VII

The Heroes of Telemark: Location report from Norway
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The Heroes of Telema...

Morecambe & Wise: Christmas Specials
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Morecambe & Wise: Ch...

The Last Invasion
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The Last Invasion

as Harold

Emma
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Emma

A Shilling Life
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A Shilling Life

as Petersham

The Jewel in the Crown
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The Jewel in the Cro...

as Dimitri Bronowsky

Play for Today
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Play for Today

as Stanley Wilkinson

Oliver Twist
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Oliver Twist

as Fagin

BBC Play of the Month
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BBC Play of the Mont...

as Cyrano De Bergerac

Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years
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Winston Churchill: T...

as Neville Chamberlain

Anna Karenina
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Anna Karenina

as Karenin

The BBC Television Shakespeare
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The BBC Television S...

The Forsyte Saga
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The Forsyte Saga

as Soames Forsyte

Civilisation
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Civilisation

as Macbeth (voice)

BBC Play of the Month
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BBC Play of the Mont...

as Macbeth

BBC Play of the Month
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BBC Play of the Mont...

as Councillor Albert Parker

BBC Play of the Month
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BBC Play of the Mont...

as Arthur Winslow

The Perfect Morecambe & Wise
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The Perfect Morecamb...

as Himself

Sherlock Holmes
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Sherlock Holmes

as Professor Moriarty

Morecambe & Wise: Christmas Specials
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Morecambe & Wise: Ch...

as Himself