The Day of the Jackal
1973
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Eric Richard Porter (8 April 1928 – 15 May 1995) was an English actor of stage, film and television. Early life. Porter was born in Shepherd's Bush, London, to bus conductor Richard John Porter and Phoebe Elizabeth (née Spall).
Eric Porter. Actor: The Day of the Jackal. 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.
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Aug 19, 2017 · Eric Porter is best remembered as tortured Victorian Soames Forsyte. The scene where a hurt and enraged Soames maritally rapes his beautiful, cold, unfaithful wife Irene (played by...
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When television producers were casting demons and po-faced characters in the Sixties and Seventies, Eric Porter seemed to be on all their shortlists, becoming a star as Soames Forsyte in The...
May 15, 1995 · Eric Porter was a classical actor who starred in many Shakespearean plays and TV miniseries, such as The Forsyte Saga. He also appeared in films like The Fall of the Roman Empire, The Day of the Jackal and Hands of the Ripper.
May 17, 1995 · Eric Porter, a reclusive British actor best known for his leading role in the television drama "The Forsyte Saga," died on Monday at a hospital in north...
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May 22, 1995 · Eric Porter, who played Soames Forsyte in the hit drama "The Forsyte Saga", passed away in 1995 from colon cancer. He was a reclusive and perfectionist actor who preferred classical theater to film and TV.
