Eric Portman
Eric Portman (13 July 1901, Akroydon, Halifax, West Riding of Yorkshire - 7 December 1969, St Veep, Cornwall) was a distinguished English stage and film actor. He is probably best remembered for his roles in several films for Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger during the 1940s. Description above from the Wikipedia article Eric Portman , licensed under CC-BY-SA,full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
49th Parallel
as Lieutenant HirthIn the early days of World War II, a German U-boat is sunk in Canada's Hudson Bay. Hoping to...
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The Bedford Incident
as Commodore Wolfgang Schrepke, Deutsche MarineDuring a routine patrol, a reporter is given permission to interview a hardened cold-war warrior...
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A Canterbury Tale
as Thomas Colpeper, JPThree modern day pilgrims investigate a bizarre crime in a small town on the way to Canterbury.
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Freud: The Secret Passion
as Dr. Theodore MeynertAn examination of Austrian psychologist Sigmund Freud's career when he began to treat patients...
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The Prince and the Pauper
as First LordTwo boys – the prince Edward and the pauper Tom – are born on the same day. Years later, when...
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The Colditz Story
as Colonel RichmondAllied prisoners of various nationalities pool their resources to plan numerous escapes from an...
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One of Our Aircraft Is Missing
as Tom Earnshaw, Copilot in B for BertieOn its way back from a raid on the city of Stuttgart, Germany, a British bomber is shot down...
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Deadfall
as MoreauCat burglar Henry Clarke and his accomplices the Moreaus attempt to steal diamonds from the...
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We Dive at Dawn
as L/S HobsonA gripping tale of WWII naval warfare in the Baltics, starring John Mills as Lt. Freddie Taylor,...
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The Whisperers
as Archie RossMargaret Ross is an impoverished old woman who lives alone in a seedy apartment and enjoys a...
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Millions Like Us
as Charlie ForbesWhen Celia Crowson is called up for war service, she hopes for a glamorous job in one of the...
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West 11
as Richard DyceJoe Beckett, seasoned citizen of the bedsitter belt, aged about 22, is the renegade son of...
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The Man Who Finally Died
as Inspector HofmeisterJoe Newman, a naturalised Briton, is telephoned by his German father, whom he believed long...
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Corridor of Mirrors
as Paul ManginA man falls in love with a beautiful young woman and begins to suspect that he may have also...
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The Naked Edge
as Jeremy ClayFive years after George Radcliffe was the chief witness in a high profile murder case, his wife...
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Maria Marten, or The Murder in the Red Barn
as Carlos, the gypsyIn 1820s rural England, a young girl is tricked by tales of marriage from a villainous Squire....
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Assignment to Kill
as NotaryA private eye is hired by an insurance company to investigate a shipping magnate suspected of...
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The Deep Blue Sea
as MillerA woman is unhappy in her marriage to a boring, stiff judge, so she takes up with a wild-living...
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South of Algiers
as Doctor BurnetArchaeologists Van Heflin and Eric Portman undertake an expedition in Tunisia in search of an...
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The Magic Box
as Arthur CollingsNow old, ill, poor, and largely forgotten, William Freise-Greene was once very different. As...
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The Spy with a Cold Nose
as British AmbassadorA dog with a spying device under its skin is sent to the Russian government as a present. When...
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His Excellency
as George HarrisonA trade union official becomes governor of a British island colony
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Cairo Road
as Col. Youssef BeyIn colonial Egypt, a British police officer sets out on a daring hunt for drug smuggling gangs...
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Child in the House
as Henry AchesonA lonely child must stay with her uncaring aunt and uncle after her mother is hospitalized. Her...
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Wanted for Murder
as Victor James ColebrookeThe son of a notorious hangman is gradually becoming insane and he finds himself unable to...
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Dear Murderer
as Lee WarrenWhen a man discovers his wife is having an affair, he commits the perfect crime.
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The Blind Goddess
as Sir John Dearing KCJustice, the poets have it, is a blind goddess. Eric Portman stars as the lawyer defending a...
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The Spider and the Fly
as Fernand Maubert"The Spider and the Fly is set in Paris during the cloud-cuckoo days before WW I. The storyline...
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The Mark of Cain
as Richard HowardAn attractive young French girl instigates rivalry between two brothers when she becomes the...
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Daybreak
as Eddie TribeA mysterious barber hides a secret identity that eventually leads to tragedy.
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The Good Companions
as Jess OakroydThe story revolves around the Dinky Doos, a provincial musical troupe living from hand to mouth.
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The Cardinal
as Giuliano de MediciSet in 15th-century Italy, The Cardinal stars Matheson Lang as one Cardinal de Medici. Bound by...
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Escape to Danger
as Arthur LawrenceDuring the Second World War a British schoolteacher working in Denmark is caught up when the...
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Squadron Leader X
as Erich KohlerEquipped with an RAF uniform, an English accent, a photograph of his "wife" and a packet of...
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Great Day
as Capt. John EllisAn impending V.I.P. visit causes bustle in an English village, while the Ellis family struggles...
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The Last Reunion
as uncreditedWhile holding their annual reunion, the former members of a Royal Air Force bomber crew begin to...
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The Crimes of Stephen Hawke
as Matthew TrimbleThe film begins in a BBC studio with the 100th edition of "In Town Tonight". Flotsam and Jetsom...
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Moonlight Sonata
as Mario de la CostaIn this romantic tale Paderewski, the famed pianist, and two other plane crash survivors are...
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Abdul the Damned
as ConspirastorIn 1908, Sultan Abdul Hamid rules the Turkish Empire, but he is faced with the threat of revolt...
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Hyde Park Corner
as Edward ChesterA dead man's curse on a London party house seems to echo from 1780 to 1936.
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The Girl from Maxim's
as uncreditedA Doctor tries to pass off a singer as his wife in Paris in 1904.
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Uncensored
as Andre DelageDuring the Nazi occupation of Belgium during World War II, a Belgian resistance group revives...
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The Air Plan
as Himself - CommentatorEric Portman narrates this 1945 retrospective account from the RAF Film Production Unit,...
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Men of Two Worlds
as District Commissioner RandallAn African music student returns home and has to defeat the witch doctor who dominates his tribe...
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Naked City
as Jayson CondonNaked City is a police drama series which aired from 1958 to 1963 on the ABC television network....
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The Prisoner
as Number TwoAfter resigning, a secret agent is abducted and taken to what looks like an idyllic village, but...
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Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Richard MusgraveA television anthology series hosted by Alfred Hitchcock featuring dramas, thrillers, and mysteries.
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DuPont Show of the Month
as Dr. ManetteDuPont Show of the Month is an acclaimed 90-minute television anthology series that aired...
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