Eric Porter

Eric Porter (1928 - 1995)
==Film Deaths==
*Hands of the Ripper (1971) [Dr. John Pritchard]: Stabbed in the stomach by Angharad Rees after she goes into a trance; he dies after following her to St Paul's Cathedral and calling for her to come down from The Whispering Gallery (causing her to jump to her death when she obeys him literally).
* Nicholas and Alexandra (1971) [Prime Minster Stolypin]: Shot in the stomach by Unknown Actor 125-A while watching a play. (He's last seen standing wounded but it's a matter of historic record that he died four days after he was shot). 
==TV Deaths==
*Julius Caesar (1959; TV film) [Brutus]: Commits suicide by throwing himself onto his sword.
*Play of the Month: Macbeth (1970) [Macbeth]: Stabbed to death in a swordfight with John Woodvine.
*Hamlet, Prince of Denmark (1980; TV film) [Polonius]: Stabbed through a curtain by Derek Jacobi, who had mistaken him for Patrick Stewart.
*The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: The Final Problem (1985) [James Moriarty]: Falls to his death off the Reichenbach Falls, grabbing Jeremy Brett as he begins to fall. 
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Category:Actors who died in William Shakespeare Movies
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Category:Sherlock Holmes Cast Members