Eric Porter

Eric Porter

Acting 1928-04-08 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 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 joining the National Service with the RAF during the war years. Early post-war credits would include touring with Sir Donald Wolfit and Sir Barry Jackson in their prestigious companies. Favorite roles in his repertoire would eventually include "Macbeth", "King Lear" and "Uncle Vanya". He won London's Evening Standard Award for "Rosmersholm" in 1959. Joining the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1960, he became a prime, esteemed resident for decades. Porter made his film debut in mid-career with The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964) at age 36, but it was the BBC that made him an international favorite as the ever-proper but intensely emotional and unhinged "Soames Forsyte". Taboos were broken on that series with a violent rape scene that had people talking for months. Along with the newly acquired fame came leads in lesser films such as The Lost Continent(1968) and Hands of the Ripper (1971), adding class to both those atmospheric horrors. On the plus side, Porter engaged himself frequently in quality TV miniseries fare includingAnna Karenina (1977), The Jewel in the Crown (1984) and Oliver Twist (1985) (as Fagin), while transferring many classics to TV as well, with "Cyrano de Bergerac", "Man and Superman" and "Macbeth" being but a few.

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2001 Self (archive footage)
1994 James Player
1994 Self (archive footage)
1991 James Player
1985 Fagin
1985 Fagin
1984 Professor Moriarty
1984 Dimitri Bronowsky
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1982 Petersham
1981 Stanley Wilkinson
1981 Neville Chamberlain
1980 Dr. Nicholson
1980 Mr. Havisham
1980 Deputy Governor Danforth
1980 Polonius
1979 Gen. Sir Alan Brooke
1978 Chief Superintendent Lomas
1977 Narrator (voice)
1977 Arthur Winslow
1977 Karenin
1975 Tobin
1975 Narrator
1975 Parnell
1974 Hunter
1974 Petersham
1973 Colonel Rodin
1973 Asher Smith
1973 Generalfeldmarschall Robert Ritter von Greim
1972 Enobarbus
1971 Dr. John Pritchard
1971 Stolypin
1970 Macbeth
1970 Major Pollock / John Malcolm
1970 Stanley Wilkinson
1969 Macbeth (voice)
1968 Lansen
1967 Soames Forsyte
1966 Harry Dominion
1966 Harold
1965 Terboven
1965 Henry VII
1965 Cyrano de Bergerac
1965 Councillor Albert Parker
1965 Arthur Winslow
1965 Jack Tanner
1965 Maj. Pollock / John Malcolm
1965 Macbeth
1964 Julianus
1964 'Newton'
1957 Vadim Romanoff
1948
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