Eric Porter: movies and TV shows
Eric Porter has 64 credits in the archive: 38 films and 26 TV series, from 1948 to 2007. Highest rated: The Return of Sherlock Holmes (8.8/10).
Career timeline
1948 – 2007 · busiest year: 1965 (9 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Morecambe & Wise: Christmas Specials | Film | — | 79 | |
| 2003 | The Heroes of Telemark: Location report from Norway | Film | — | 75 | |
| 2001 | The Best of Morecambe and Wise | Self (archive footage) | Film | — | 73 |
| 1994 | The World of Hammer | Self (archive footage) | TV | 6.8 | 66 |
| 1994 | Message for Posterity | James Player | Film | 8.0 | 66 |
| 1991 | Performance | James Player | TV | 6.3 | 63 |
| 1986 | The Return of Sherlock Holmes | Professor Moriarty | TV | 8.8 | 58 |
| 1985 | Oliver Twist | Fagin | TV | 5.9 | 57 |
| 1985 | Oliver Twist | Fagin | Film | 5.5 | 57 |
| 1984 | Sherlock Holmes | Professor Moriarty | TV | 8.2 | 56 |
| 1984 | The Jewel in the Crown | Dimitri Bronowsky | TV | 6.5 | 56 |
| 1984 | The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes | Professor Moriarty | TV | 10.0 | 56 |
| 1982 | A Shilling Life | Petersham | Film | — | 54 |
| 1981 | Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years | Neville Chamberlain | TV | 6.3 | 53 |
| 1981 | The Sin Bin | Stanley Wilkinson | Film | — | 53 |
| 1980 | Little Lord Fauntleroy | Mr. Havisham | Film | 7.3 | 52 |
| 1980 | Why Didn't They Ask Evans? | Dr. Nicholson | Film | 6.7 | 52 |
| 1980 | Hamlet | Polonius | Film | 6.2 | 52 |
| 1980 | The Crucible | Deputy Governor Danforth | Film | 3.7 | 52 |
| 1979 | Churchill and the Generals | Gen. Sir Alan Brooke | Film | 9.0 | 51 |
| 1978 | The Thirty Nine Steps | Chief Superintendent Lomas | Film | 6.8 | 50 |
| 1977 | Anna Karenina | Karenin | TV | 7.0 | 49 |
| 1977 | The Shetland Experience | Narrator (voice) | Film | 7.2 | 49 |
| 1977 | The Winslow Boy | Arthur Winslow | Film | 8.0 | 49 |
| 1976 | Hitler’s Germany - A World at War Special Presentation | Narrator | Film | — | 48 |
| 1975 | Private Affairs | Charles Stewart Parnell | TV | — | 47 |
| 1975 | Hennessy | Tobin | Film | 5.1 | 47 |
| 1975 | The Two Deaths of Adolf Hitler | Narrator | Film | 9.0 | 47 |
| 1975 | The Statue and the Rose | Parnell | Film | 9.0 | 47 |
| 1975 | The Final Solution | Narrator | Film | — | 47 |
| 1975 | The Final Solution | Self - Narrator | TV | 9.0 | 47 |
| 1974 | Playhouse | Petersham | TV | 7.0 | 46 |
| 1974 | Callan | Hunter | Film | 6.9 | 46 |
| 1974 | Warrior - World at War Special Presentation | Narrator | Film | 9.0 | 46 |
| 1974 | From War to Peace | Narrator | Film | 7.0 | 46 |
| 1973 | The Day of the Jackal | Colonel Rodin | Film | 7.5 | 45 |
| 1973 | Hitler: The Last Ten Days | Generalfeldmarschall Robert Ritter von Greim | Film | 6.2 | 45 |
| 1973 | The Belstone Fox | Asher Smith | Film | 7.5 | 45 |
| 1972 | Antony and Cleopatra | Enobarbus | Film | 5.7 | 44 |
| 1971 | Nicholas and Alexandra | Stolypin | Film | 7.0 | 43 |
| 1971 | Hands of the Ripper | Dr. John Pritchard | Film | 6.2 | 43 |
| 1970 | Play for Today | Stanley Wilkinson | TV | 6.6 | 42 |
| 1970 | Solo | TV | — | 42 | |
| 1970 | Separate Tables | Major Pollock / John Malcolm | Film | 9.0 | 42 |
| 1970 | Macbeth | Macbeth | Film | — | 42 |
| 1969 | Civilisation | Macbeth (voice) | TV | 8.2 | 41 |
| 1969 | Morecambe & Wise: Christmas Specials | Himself | TV | — | 41 |
| 1968 | The Lost Continent | Lansen | Film | 5.6 | 40 |
| 1967 | The Forsyte Saga | Soames Forsyte | TV | 8.5 | 39 |
| 1966 | Kaleidoscope | Harry Dominion | Film | 5.3 | 38 |
| 1966 | The Last Invasion | Harold | Film | — | 38 |
| 1965 | BBC Play of the Month | Cyrano de Bergerac | TV | 5.3 | 37 |
| 1965 | BBC Play of the Month | Arthur Winslow | TV | 5.3 | 37 |
| 1965 | BBC Play of the Month | Councillor Albert Parker | TV | 5.3 | 37 |
| 1965 | BBC Play of the Month | Jack Tanner | TV | 5.3 | 37 |
| 1965 | BBC Play of the Month | Maj. Pollock / John Malcolm | TV | 5.3 | 37 |
| 1965 | BBC Play of the Month | Macbeth | TV | 5.3 | 37 |
| 1965 | The Heroes of Telemark | Terboven | Film | 6.9 | 37 |
| 1965 | The Wars of the Roses | Henry VII | Film | 8.7 | 37 |
| 1965 | Knock on Any Door | Johnny Isaacs | TV | — | 37 |
| 1964 | Theatre 625 | 'Newton' | TV | 7.2 | 36 |
| 1964 | The Fall of the Roman Empire | Julianus | Film | 6.5 | 36 |
| 1957 | Theatre Night | Vadim Romanoff | TV | — | 29 |
| 1948 | Emma | Film | 7.0 | 20 |