Eric Portman

Eric Portman

July 13, 1901 · 125 years old

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…

Known For

14 titles
1
The Invaders

The Invaders

1941 · 2h 3m · Movie

A World War II U-boat crew are stranded in northern Canada. To avoid internment, they must make their way to the border and get into the still-neutral U.S.

7.3
2
A Canterbury Tale

A Canterbury Tale

1944 · 2h 4m · Movie

Three modern-day pilgrims investigate a bizarre crime in a small town while on their way to Canterbury.

7.3
3
Freud

Freud

1962 · 2h 20m · Movie

An examination of Czech-Austrian psychologist Sigmund Freud's career when he began to treat patients diagnosed with hysteria, using the radical technique of hypnosis.

7.2
4
The Colditz Story

The Colditz Story

1955 · 1h 34m · Movie

Allied prisoners - British, Dutch, French and Polish - pool their resources to plan numerous escapes from the "escape-proof" German P.O.W. camp housed in a Medieval castle known as "Colditz".

6.9
5
The Prince and the Pauper

The Prince and the Pauper

1937 · 1h 58m · Movie

A poor boy named Tom Canty and the Prince of Wales exchange identities but events force the pair to experience each other's lives as well.

7.2
6
One of Our Aircraft Is Missing

One of Our Aircraft Is Missing

1942 · 1h 22m · Movie

During a raid on Germany a British bomber crew is forced to bail out after their plane is damaged. They land in Holland and are aided by Dutch civilians.

7.0
7
We Dive at Dawn

We Dive at Dawn

1943 · 1h 38m · Movie

All leave is cancelled so that a British submarine can be sent after a new German warship. They chase it so far that they have no fuel to get home.

6.7
8
The Man Who Finally Died

The Man Who Finally Died

1963 · 1h 38m · Movie

A mysterious call summons Joe Newman to Bavaria in search of the father he believed dead for 20 years.

6.1
9
Maria Marten, or the Murder in the Red Barn

Maria Marten, or the Murder in the Red Barn

1935 · 1h 10m · Movie

In 1820s rural England, a young girl is tricked by a villainous Squire's promises of marriage, and when she becomes pregnant and disappears, a gypsy lad is blamed.

5.8
10
The Deep Blue Sea

The Deep Blue Sea

1955 · 1h 40m · Movie

A woman unhappy in her passionless marriage leaves her husband for a younger and more ardent lover.

6.4
11
West 11

West 11

1963 · 1h 33m · Movie

This Michael Winner directed film looks into life at Notting Hill, London, then a seedy slum. A down on his luck Joe Beckett (Alfred Lynch) is recruited into crime by Richard Dyce (Eric Portman).

6.5
12
The Crimes of Stephen Hawke

The Crimes of Stephen Hawke

1936 · 1h 9m · Movie

A crazed killer known as "The Spinebreaker" is terrorizing London with a series of grisly murders. The police seem powerless to stop him.

5.6
13
The Blind Goddess

The Blind Goddess

1948 · 1h 27m · Movie

Lord Brasted is in charge of a postwar fund for displaced persons. His secretary, Derek Waterhouse, visits the Prime Minister to accuse Brasted of taking money from the fund. This results in a libel case made difficult for Waterho...

6.4
14
The Cardinal

The Cardinal

1936 · 1h 10m · Movie

Set in 1510 in Rome. When the Cardinal's brother, Giuliano is wrongfully accused of murder, the Cardinal is unable to use what has transpired during confession, information that would set his brother free. Faced with a crisis of c...

5.7
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