Filmography
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Known For
A Canterbury Tale Thomas Colpeper, JP (1944) -
The Whisperers Archie Ross (1967) -
Dear Murderer Lee Warren (1947) -
Known For
49th Parallel Lieutenant Ernst Hirth (1941) -
Actor
Strange Report Elleston (1969) -
Deadfall Moreau (1968) -
Assignment to Kill Notary (1968) -
The Prisoner Number Two (1967) -
The Whisperers Archie Ross (1967)
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ITV Play of the Week Dr. David Sorel (1967) -
The Spy with a Cold Nose British Ambassador (1966) -
The Bedford Incident Commodore Wolfgang Schrepke Deutsche Marine (1965) -
The Man Who Finally Died Inspector Hofmeister (1963) -
West 11 Richard Dyce (1963) -
![Love Story]( "Love Story")
Love Story (1963) -
August for the People Sir Augustus Thwaites (1963)
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![Freud]( "Freud")
Freud Dr. Theodore Meynert (1962) -
![ITV Television Playhouse]( "ITV Television Playhouse")
ITV Television Playhouse Mr. Bell (1955-1961) -
![The Naked Edge]( "The Naked Edge")
The Naked Edge Jeremy Clay (1961) -
![BBC Sunday-Night Play]( "BBC Sunday-Night Play")
BBC Sunday-Night Play Kuprin (1960-1961) -
![Shirley Temple's Storybook]( "Shirley Temple's Storybook")
Shirley Temple's Storybook Van Der Graf (1961) -
![Play of the Week]( "Play of the Week")
Play of the Week Dr. Edward Sarclet (1960) -
![Naked City]( "Naked City")
Naked City Jayson Condon (1960) -
![Alfred Hitchcock Presents]( "Alfred Hitchcock Presents")
Alfred Hitchcock Presents Richard Musgrave (1960) -
![Art Carney Special]( "Art Carney Special")
Art Carney Special (1960) -
![The DuPont Show of the Month]( "The DuPont Show of the Month")
The DuPont Show of the Month Fagin (1958-1959) -
![The Good Companions]( "The Good Companions")
The Good Companions Jess Oakroyd (1957) -
![The Alcoa Hour]( "The Alcoa Hour")
The Alcoa Hour Anthony John (1957) -
![Child in the House]( "Child in the House")
Child in the House Henry Acheson (1956) -
Theatre Royal Dr. Hawley Harvey Crippen (1955-1956)
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![The Deep Blue Sea]( "The Deep Blue Sea")
The Deep Blue Sea Miller (1955) -
![The Colditz Story]( "The Colditz Story")
The Colditz Story Colonel Richmond (1955) -
![BBC Sunday-Night Theatre]( "BBC Sunday-Night Theatre")
BBC Sunday-Night Theatre Stanley Smith (1953-1954) -
![The Golden Mask]( "The Golden Mask")
The Golden Mask Doctor Burnet (1953) -
![His Excellency]( "His Excellency")
His Excellency George Harrison (1952) -
![The Magic Box]( "The Magic Box")
The Magic Box Arthur Collings (1951) -
Check to Song! Narrator (1951)
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![Cairo Road]( "Cairo Road")
Cairo Road Youssef Bey (1950) -
![The Spider and the Fly]( "The Spider and the Fly")
The Spider and the Fly Fernand Maubert (1949) -
![The Blind Goddess]( "The Blind Goddess")
The Blind Goddess Sir John Dearing KC (1948) -
![Daybreak]( "Daybreak")
Daybreak Eddie (1948) -
![Corridor of Mirrors]( "Corridor of Mirrors")
Corridor of Mirrors Paul Mangin (1948) -
![The Mark of Cain]( "The Mark of Cain")
The Mark of Cain Richard Howard (1947) -
![Dear Murderer]( "Dear Murderer")
Dear Murderer Lee Warren (1947) -
![Men of Two Worlds]( "Men of Two Worlds")
Men of Two Worlds District Commissioner Randall (1946) -
![A Voice in the Night]( "A Voice in the Night")
A Voice in the Night Victor James Colebrooke, alias Tom Maren (1946) -
![Great Day]( "Great Day")
Great Day Capt. John Ellis (1945) -
![A Canterbury Tale]( "A Canterbury Tale")
A Canterbury Tale Thomas Colpeper, JP (1944) -
![Escape to Danger]( "Escape to Danger")
Escape to Danger Arthur Lawrence (1943) -
![Millions Like Us]( "Millions Like Us")
Millions Like Us Charlie Forbes (1943) -
![We Dive at Dawn]( "We Dive at Dawn")
We Dive at Dawn On Hydrophones - L / S. Hobson (1943) -
![Squadron Leader X]( "Squadron Leader X")
Squadron Leader X Erich Kohler (1943) -
![Uncensored]( "Uncensored")
Uncensored Andre Delange (1942) -
![One of Our Aircraft Is Missing]( "One of Our Aircraft Is Missing")
One of Our Aircraft Is Missing Tom Earnshaw - Second Pilot in B for Bertie (1942) -
![49th Parallel]( "49th Parallel")
49th Parallel Lieutenant Ernst Hirth (1941) -
The Pelican Charles Cheriton (1939)
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A Night at the Hardcastles Young Marlow (1939)
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She Stoops to Conquer Young Marlow (1939)
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The Gamblers Iharyof (1939)
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The Rivals Captain Absolute (1938)
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A Hundred Years Old Trino (1938)
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The Constant Nymph (1938)
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![The Singing Marine]( "The Singing Marine")
The Singing Marine Derelict Firing Gun in Stage Show (1937) -
![The Prince and the Pauper]( "The Prince and the Pauper")
The Prince and the Pauper First Lord (1937) -
![Moonlight Sonata]( "Moonlight Sonata")
Moonlight Sonata Mario de la Costa (1937) -
Hearts of Humanity Jack Clinton (1936)
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![The Crimes of Stephen Hawke]( "The Crimes of Stephen Hawke")
The Crimes of Stephen Hawke Matthew Trimble (1936) -
![The Cardinal]( "The Cardinal")
The Cardinal Giuliano de Medici (1936) -
![Maria Marten, or The Murder in the Red Barn]( "Maria Marten, or The Murder in the Red Barn")
Maria Marten, or The Murder in the Red Barn Carlos, the gypsy (1935) -
![Hyde Park Corner]( "Hyde Park Corner")
Hyde Park Corner Edward Chester (1935) -
![Abdul the Damned]( "Abdul the Damned")
Abdul the Damned Conspirastor (1935) -
Old Roses Lou (1935)
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Actor
![The Girl from Maxim's]( "The Girl from Maxim's")
The Girl from Maxim's (1933) -
Archive footageThe Prisoner Video Companion (1990)
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![The South Bank Show]( "The South Bank Show")
The South Bank Show (1986)
All Filmography
Did You Know
Trivia
Joined the Old Vic Company in 1927.
Quotes
Acting is like masturbation--one either does it or one doesn't, but one never talks about it.
Star Sign
Cancer
Personal Details
Born
Eric Harold Portman
Halifax, Yorkshire, England, UK
Died
(age 68)
St Veep, Cornwall, England, UK
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