- Date de naissance
- Date de décès7 décembre 1969 · St Veep, Cornwall, Angleterre, Royaume-Uni (affection cardiaque)
- Nom de naissanceEric Harold Portman
- Eric Portman est né le 13 juillet 1901 à West Yorkshire, Angleterre, Royaume-Uni. Il était acteur. Il est connu pour A Canterbury Tale (1944), Mon cher assassin (1947) et 49ème parallèle (1941). Il est mort le 7 décembre 1969 à Cornouailles, Angleterre, Royaume-Uni.
- In 1942, he was voted one of the top 10 money making film stars in Britain.
- A noted Shakespearean actor, Portman's stage career dated back to 1924.
- Worked for a time as shop assistant in Leeds and in his spare time was a member of the Halifax Opera Society.
- The Portman and Pickles Public House in Halifax, West Yorkshire is named after Portman and another great talent from the town, Wilfred Pickles.
- In 1923 he joined Robert Courtneidge's Shakespeare Company while it was playing at The Grand Theatre, Leeds. His first speaking part was with the company at the Victoria Theatre, Sunderland in 1924.
- Acting is like masturbation--one either does it or one doesn't, but one never talks about it.
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