Acting
Eric Porter
- Titles
- 35movies21TV shows
- Career
Active from 1965 to 1994, busiest in 1975 with 4 main titles.
- Leading roles
- 27top three billing
- Average score
67/100
- Highest rated
Sherlock Holmes88/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 19 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Historical8.5average 2.6
- Politics6.1average 2.6
- Warfare3.8average 1.2
- Class & Capitalism5.6average 3.3
- Nostalgia5.7average 3.6
- Social Commentary6.6average 4.9
- Wit & Wordplay5.0average 3.7
- Pathos6.3average 5.2
Rarely in their work
- Contemporary Realism1.1, average 5.2
- Pop Culture0.8, average 2.2
- Cringe Humor1.2, average 2.2
- Absurdist Humor1.1, average 2.0
Main genres
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Recurring tags
- Historical Drama 6
- Political Intrigue 5
- World War II 3
- Classic Adaptation 2
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
Michael DarlowDirectorThe Final Solution, Warrior - World at War Special Presentation, From War to Peace, Hitler’s Germany - A World at War Special Presentation
Don SharpDirectorThe Thirty Nine Steps, Hennessy, Callan- JJohn GorrieDirectorSherlock Holmes, The Sin Bin, Macbeth
- EEric Boyd-PerkinsEditorThe Thirty Nine Steps, Antony and Cleopatra, Hennessy
Ronald PickupActorThe Thirty Nine Steps, Message for Posterity
Geraldine McEwanActorSeparate Tables, The Statue and the Rose
Alec GuinnessActorHitler: The Last Ten Days, Little Lord Fauntleroy
Robert SwannActorAnna Karenina, Hamlet
Sophie ThompsonActorThe Crucible, Message for Posterity
Peter EganActorHennessy, Callan
Edward WoodwardActorWinston Churchill: The Wilderness Years, Callan
Connie BoothActorLittle Lord Fauntleroy, Why Didn't They Ask Evans?
Movies and TV shows
141980s
3 titles · average score 86
85
The Return of Sherlock Holmes (1986)
TV show · as Professor Moriarty
88
Sherlock Holmes (1984)
TV show · as Professor Moriarty
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1984)
TV show · as Professor Moriarty
1970s
6 titles · average score 82
Churchill and the Generals (1979)
as Gen. Sir Alan Brooke
The Two Deaths of Adolf Hitler (1975)
as Narrator
The Statue and the Rose (1975)
as Parnell
82
The Day of the Jackal (1973)
as Colonel Rodin
Separate Tables (1970)
as Major Pollock / John Malcolm
1960s
4 titles · average score 84
84
Civilisation (1969)
TV show · as Macbeth (voice)
85
The Forsyte Saga (1967)
TV show · as Soames Forsyte
Knock on Any Door (1965)
TV show · as Johnny Isaacs
The Wars of the Roses (1965)
as Henry VII
1950s
1 title
Theatre Night (1957)
TV show · as Vadim Romanoff