Porter, Brett 1956–

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PORTER, Brett 1956–

PERSONAL

Born December 31, 1956, in Guelph, Ontario, Canada; married Elizabeth Keifer (an actress), May 10, 1986 (divorced, 1988).


Career: Actor.


CREDITS

Film Appearances:

Possessed albino, Catacombs (also known as Curse IV: The Ultimate Sacrifice and Catacombs: la prigione del diavolo), Eden Distributing, 1988.

First police officer, Scenes from the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills, Cinecom International, 1989.

General Stex, Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country, Paramount, 1991.

Ivan Tibor, Firehead, Pyramid Distribution, 1991.

Wayne, Arena, TransWorld Entertainment, 1991.

Second bartender, Aspen Extreme, Buena Vista, 1993.

Television Appearances; Series:

Brett Hamilton III, Search for Tomorrow, NBC, 1984–85.

Tug Watley, Loving, ABC, 1985–86.


Television Appearances; Miniseries:

Lieutenant Howard Ady, War and Remembrance, ABC, 1988.

Sergeant Frost, The Judge (also known as Steve Martini's "The Judge"), NBC, 2001.


Television Appearances; Movies:

Duncan Mathewson, Dreams of Gold: The Mel Fisher Story, CBS, 1986.

Bechdel, White Mile, HBO, 1994.

Hutchings, Free Fall (also known as Angst ueber den Wolken), Fox Family Channel, 1999.

Owen Parker, Enslavement: The True Story of Fanny Kemble, Showtime, 2000.

Rolf, Stiletto Dance, HBO, 2001.


Television Appearances; Episodic:

Matt, "Death Machine," Hunter, NBC, 1986.

Winston Hardwick III, "Vacation," The Golden Girls, NBC, 1986.

Eric Delinsky, "Goldilocks and the Three Barristers," L.A. Law, NBC, 1987.

"Elegy for a Tramp," Mike Hammer (also known as Mickey Spillane's "Mike Hammer"), CBS, 1987.

Mark Tannen, "The Fugitive," Matlock, NBC, 1989.

Eric Gaston, "The Secret: Parts 1 & 2," Matlock, NBC, 1990.

"Just a Country Boy," In the Heat of the Night, NBC, 1991.

"See No Evil," Paradise, CBS, 1991.

"Unfinished Business," In the Heat of the Night, NBC, 1991.

Jack Bonner, "Ocean Park," Sweating Bullets, CBS, 1992.

Second Donovan brother, "Johnny's Golden Shaft," Johnny Bago, CBS, 1993.

Eric, Daddy Dearest, Fox, 1993.

Lance, "Roadkill," Murder, She Wrote, CBS, 1994.

Jack, "Fame," Tracey Takes On ... , HBO, 1996.

Derek, "Flashback," F/X: The Series, CTV and syndicated, 1997.

"Speed Demons," Blue Murder, CanWest Global Television, 2003.


Appeared as Elijah Good, Earth: Final Conflict (also known as EFC, Gene Roddenberry's "Battleground Earth," Gene Roddenberry's "Earth: Final Conflict," Invasion planete Terre, and Mission Erde: Sie sind unter uns), syndicated.

Stage Appearances:

Norwegian captain, Hamlet, New York Shakespeare Festival, Public Theatre, Anspacher Theatre, New York City, 1982–83.

Lenox, Macbeth, Ark Theatre Company, 1983.

Earl of Warwick, Henry VI, Shakespeare Theatre, Washington, DC, 1996.

Captain Adam Brant, Mourning Becomes Electra, Shakespeare Theatre, 1997.

Duke Frederick, As You Like It, Shakespeare Theatre, 1997.


Appeared as Claudius, Hamlet, Virginia Stage Company, Norfolk, VA.

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