Eric Porter

Country: UK
Total Credits at Criticker: 24 (Actor)
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David Callan, top agent/assassin for the S.I.S., was forced to retired because he had lost his nerve. Now, Callan is called back into service to handle the assassination of Schneider, a German businessman. His former boss promises Callan that he'll be returned to active status if he follows orders, but as always Callan refuses to act until he knows why Schneider has been marked for death. This film is a remake of the same story presented in "A Magnum for Schneider." (imdb)
Action-packed look at the beginnings of the fall of the Roman Empire. Here is the glory, the greed and grandeur that was Rome. Here is the story of personal lust for power, and the shattering effects of that power's loss. Here is the tale of the plight of a people living on the brink of a political abyss.
The year is 1914 and Richard Hannay, Mining Engineer who is visiting Britain for a short time before returning to South Africa, is shocked when one of his neighbours, Colonel Scudder, bursts into his rooms one night and tells him a story that Prussian 'sleeper' agents are planning to pre-start World War I by murdering a visiting foreign minister... (imdb)
Little Lord Fauntleroy (1980) - TV Movie
Ceddie, Earl of Dorincourt's only grandson and heir lives in America with his mother. The Earl, getting old, asks them to come to England. Ceddie, now Lord Fauntleroy, is an adorable little fellow. The Earl, who at first was rather distant, becomes more en more fond of him. Then Minna shows up. She claims she has been married with the Earl's eldest son and that Ben, being their child, is the Earls heir... (imdb)
A fictional account of Hitler's last days, as played by Alec Guinness.
The study of a marriage. Jo has five children and husband number two when she meets writer Jake Armitage. She leaves this husband to marry Jake, and his career takes off. A few years and at least one child later, Jo is deeply depressed, breaking down in the middle of Harrods... (imdb)
An American playboy/card-shark is forced to capture a narcotics smuggler or go to jail. (Leonard Maltin's Movie & Video Guide)
The infant daughter of Jack the Ripper is witness to the brutal murder of her mother by her father. Fifteen years later she is a troubled young woman who is seemingly possessed by the spirit of her father. While in a trance she continues his murderous killing spree but has no recollection of the events afterwards. A sympathetic psychiatrist takes her in and is convinced he can cure her condition. Soon, however, he regrets his decision. (imdb)
Hamlet (1980) - TV Movie
Hamlet comes home from university to find his uncle married to his mother, and his father's ghost haunting the battlements and scaring the watch. Then his father's ghost directs him to seek revenge. (imdb)
This film starts out like the Love Boat on acid, as a cast of varied characters, with various issues, take Captain Eric Portman's leaky cargo ship to escape their troubles. When a violent storm strikes, the ship is swept into the Sargasso Sea and our heroes find themselves trapped on an island of man-eating seaweed, populated by giant monster crabs and some Spanish conquistadors who think the Inquisition is still on. Features songs and music by '60s "cool group", the Peddlers. (imdb)
Set in the Seventies, Hennessy is a Irishman who believes in peace, but who has had connections to the IRA. Hennessy's family is killed, and he plots revenge, setting out to assassinate Queen Elizabeth of England. (imdb)
The Forsyte Saga (1967) - TV Mini-Series
The Forsyte family is shown in Victorian respectability as they gather to meet June's fiance, the architect Philip Bosinney (imdb)
The film stars Charlton Heston and Hildegarde Neil in the title roles, with Eric Porter, John Castle, Fernando Rey, Carmen Sevilla, Freddie Jones and Douglas Wilmer. The film received poor reviews and, as a consequence, a very limited release in the USA. (wikipedia.org)
Churchill and the Generals (1981) - TV Movie
This film is based on Winston Churchill's memoirs of his leadership of England from Dunkirk to D-Day. (allrovi.com)
Based on the novel "The Ballad of the Belstone Fox", this heartwarming film chronicles the life of a fox much smarter than the dogs that hunt him. In fact, they never could catch him! (imdb)
Warrior (1975) - TV Movie
This is about killing in war: preparing for it, participating in it, the results of battles and what is does to your fellow warrior, and coming to terms with one's actions afterwards. The voices heard in this film are of the men fighting in war. The stories and films presented have not been edited. (imdb)
Why Didn't They Ask Evans? (1980) - TV Movie
While golfing on the Welsh coast, Bobby Jones apparently hits a stranger who falls off the the sea cliff. His enigmatic last words are "Why didn't they ask Evans?" (imdb)
The Final Solution (1979) - TV Mini-Series
Documentary on the Jewish Holocaust, companion piece to BBC's documentary miniseries The World At War.
From War to Peace (1974) - Direct-to-Video
It was simple to live in the world in 1945 after the defeats of Germany and Japan. Did nearly 60 million people die for naught? (imdb)
The Winslow Boy (1977) - TV Movie
In pre-WW1 England, a youngster is expelled from a naval academy over a petty theft, but his parents raise a political furor by demanding a trial.
Oliver Twist (1985) - TV Mini-Series
An orphan named Oliver Twist meets a pickpocket on the streets of London. From there, he joins a household of boys who are trained to steal for their master.
Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years (1981) - TV Mini-Series
The story of Winston Churchill's life between 1929, when he lost his cabinet position, and 1939, when he joined Great Britain's War Cabinet - a period he described as the most difficult in his life. (imdb)
Anna Karenina (1977) - TV Mini-Series
Anna Karenina is the young wife of an older husband. She has an affair with the handsome Count Vronsky. By following her desires, Anna complicates her life. (imdb)