Eric Porter

Eric Porter was a British actor (1928–1995). He was born at Shepherd's Bush and died at London.

Also recorded as Eric Richard Porter.

Eric Porter in brief

Born
1928
Died
1995
Known for
actor
Place of birth
Shepherd's Bush
Contents

Catalogued works

24 works under this name are catalogued by Open Library, The Art Institute of Chicago and Wellcome Collection. Their recorded dates run from 1878 to 2020.

Out of the blue. Ages of Volerum. Why of the Beholder. Making Roots Wine. People's History of SFO. Sound Changes. New Orleans Suite. Playing for Keeps. What Is This Thing Called Jazz?: African American Musicians as Artists, Critics, and Activists (Music of the African Diaspora Book 6). Urban water infrastructure. The problem of the future world. What is this thing called jazz? Aspens and Ozier Leaves, Colorado, dated 1951, dye imbibition print, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1980.21. Yellow Leaves and Asters, Sangre de Cristo Mountains, New Mexico, September 20, 1950, dated September 20, 1950, dye imbibition print, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1964.128. The Table, dated 1970, color lithograph on ivory wove paper, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1971.640. Moss, Waterfall, Cinders, Near Mt. Hekla, Iceland, dated June 26, 1972, dye imbibition print, from the portfolio "portfolio ii iceland" (1975), held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 2002.644.3. Stress. 9, Stress and the actor / Roche Products Limited., dated [1970?], held by Wellcome Collection. Alcohol., dated 2003, held by Wellcome Collection. Constructions of the classical body / edited by James I. Porter., dated [1999], held by Wellcome Collection. Human muscle fatigue : physiological mechanisms., dated 1981, held by Wellcome Collection. Balancing act : essays to honour Stephen Lock / [illustrations ... by Paul Cox.]., dated 1991, held by Wellcome Collection. Minot-Robinson, dated 1878-1930, held by Wellcome Collection. A queer anthology of healing / Pilot Press., dated [2020], held by Wellcome Collection. Erotikon : essays on Eros, ancient and modern / edited by Shadi Bartsch & Thomas Bartscherer., dated 2005, held by Wellcome Collection.

In public collections

Work associated with this heading is recorded in 2 named public collections.

The Art Institute of Chicago: 4 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Wellcome Collection: 19 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue.

Literature

5 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

Porter, Eric (Richard), (8 April 1928–15 May 1995), actor, Who Was Who, 2007. Goff, Eric Noel Porter, (24 Dec. 1902–4 April 1981), Who Was Who, 2007. Playing for Keeps: Improvisation in the Aftermath ed. by Daniel Fischlin and Eric Porter, Notes, 2021. Fischlin, Daniel and Eric Porter (eds). 2020. Playing for Keeps: Improvisation in the Aftermath. Durham: Duke University Press., Current Musicology, 2021. Review of Eric Porter. 2002. What Is This Thing Called Jazz?: African American Musicians as Artists, Critics, and Activists. Berkeley: University of California Press, Current Musicology, 2001.

Digitised editions and texts

8 digitised items associated with this heading are catalogued by Internet Archive.

Bimbo: Rabbit Stew (1952) (1952) — Internet Archive. Eric Porter's Color Classics (1952) — Internet Archive. Bimbo (1952-54, Philip L'Oro prints) (1990) — Internet Archive. Bimbo's Auto (1954) — Internet Archive. Willie Wombat: Waste Not, Want Not (1939) (1939) — Internet Archive. Bimbo: Bimbo's Auto (1954) (1954) — Internet Archive. Marco Polo Jr. VHS Family Home Entertainment — Internet Archive. Willie The Wombat (Bimbo) - The Complete Collection (1939-54, Eric Porter Studios) — Internet Archive.

Scholarly footprint

Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 17 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.

Evidence base

This article draws on 6 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 6 means 6 genuinely separate publishers of record. 13 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

Chronology

  1. 1928Eric Porter born at Shepherd's Bush.
  2. 1939Willie Wombat: Waste Not, Want Not (1939) digitised by Internet Archive.
  3. 1952Bimbo: Rabbit Stew (1952) digitised by Internet Archive.
  4. 1952Eric Porter's Color Classics digitised by Internet Archive.
  5. 1954Bimbo's Auto digitised by Internet Archive.
  6. 1954Bimbo: Bimbo's Auto (1954) digitised by Internet Archive.
  7. 1990Bimbo (1952-54, Philip L'Oro prints) digitised by Internet Archive.
  8. 1995Eric Porter died at London.

Sources

Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.

  1. 1.

    “Eric Porter”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

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  2. 2.

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q1351583: Eric Porter

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