Eric Porter
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...
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...
Known For
The Day of the Jackal
as Colonel Rodin
Little Lord Fauntleroy
as Mr. Havisham
The Fall of the Roman Empire
as Julianus
Cast Credits
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
The Crucible
as Deputy Governor Danforth
Churchill and the Generals
as Gen. Sir Alan Brooke
The Thirty Nine Steps
as Chief Superintendent Lomas
The Winslow Boy
as Arthur Winslow
Hennessy
as Tobin
The Statue and the Rose
as Parnell
Callan
as Hunter
The Day of the Jackal
as Colonel Rodin
Hitler: The Last Ten Days
as Generalfeldmarschall Robert Ritter von Greim
The Belstone Fox
as Asher Smith
Antony and Cleopatra
as Enobarbus
Nicholas and Alexandra
as Stolypin
Hands of the Ripper
as Dr. John Pritchard
Macbeth
as Macbeth
Separate Tables
as Major Pollock / John Malcolm
The Lost Continent
as Lansen
The Last Invasion
as Harold
Kaleidoscope
as Harry Dominion
The Heroes of Telemark
as Terboven
The Wars of the Roses
as Henry VII