Person Details

Birthday: 1916-03-19 23:52:32

Death: 2000-07-22 23:52:32

Aliases: Eric Cuthbert Christmas

Gender: Male

Place of birth: London, England, UK

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Movie Involvements: 18

TV Involvements: 13


Most Famous Work

Biography

Was a British stage and screen actor, with over 40 films and several more television roles to his credit. He was well-known for his role as Mr. Carter, the principal of Angel Beach High School, in the 1982 hit comedy Porky's, the 1983 sequel Porky's II: The Next Day, and the 1985 sequel Porky's Revenge!. He was also well-known for his sporadic role as Reverend Diddymoe in the NBC sitcom, Amen. Christmas was born in London, UK and later immigrated to Canada. His role as a priest in the 1971 film Harold and Maude includes a memorable monologue to an off-camera Harold, in which he discusses, with increasing nausea and disgust, how the thought of Harold's sexual affair with a much older woman "makes [him] want...to vomit." His other film roles include The Philadelphia Experiment (1984), Bugsy (1991), Almost Dead (1994), Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult (1994), Air Bud (1997), and his final feature film MouseHunt (1997). Christmas also made guest appearances in many television shows, including Adventures in Rainbow Country, Due South, ER, Night Court, Wiseguy (as Harry "The Hunch" Shanstra), Seinfeld, Cheers, Home Improvement (as Sir Larry the Magician), Coach, The X-Files, Booker, Matlock, Walker Texas Ranger, Roseanne, Major Dad and Ally McBeal. He also acted in and directed productions of San Diego, California's Old Globe Theatre's Shakespeare Festivals for many years. Through the 1970s and 1980s, Christmas was a drama professor at the University of California, San Diego. Description above from the Wikipedia article Eric Christmas, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Most Famous Work

Columbo
Average
8

Columbo

(1971) Bruno Wexler
The X-Files
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8

The X-Files

(1993) Stan Phillips
Little House on the Prairie
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8
ER
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8

ER

(1994) Mr. Heath
Walker, Texas Ranger
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7

Walker, Texas Ranger

(1993) Dr. Parker
L.A. Law
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7

L.A. Law

(1986) Buzz Carr
Bugsy
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6

Bugsy

(1991) Ronald the Butler
The Changeling
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7

The Changeling

(1980) Albert Harmon

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
1998 Hadley John Sr.
1997 Ernie and Lars' Lawyer
Judge Maynard Snipp
Judge Cranfield
1995 N/A
1994 Albert 'H' Hanrahan
Mr. Heath
Father Ambrose
1993 Ryder
Stan Phillips
Mr. Abner
Dr. Parker
1992 Bernard
Gerald Davenport
The Preacher
N/A
1991 Ronald the Butler
Judge Griffin
Sir Larry Houdini
Milkman
Monsignor Francesca
1990 Joshua Rinehart
Zack
Cecil
N/A
N/A
1989 N/A
Haarwood
1988 Mr. Bob Bickner
N/A
N/A
1987 N/A
N/A
N/A
Martin Hart
1986 Bernie
Buzz Carr
1985 N/A
Mr. Carter
1984 Fred Hoskins
Dr. James Longstreet
Pops Durkin
Mr. Olmeyer
1983 Carter
1982 N/A
N/A
1981 Mr. Carter
1980 Tommy
Albert Harmon
1978 Senator Polk
Morten Kiil
1976 Norman
1975 N/A
Joel Stebbins
1974 N/A
Dewey
Caff Owner
1973 O'Malley
1972 N/A
N/A
1971 Priest
Bruno Wexler
N/A
Corporal Timlon
Shillem
Senator from Vermont
1970 Col. Wilson
N/A
N/A
1968 Alfred Crammidge
1965 Tad Shayon
Tanker
1964 Jacob Marley
1961 Porter
1957 N/A
1951 Shillem
Montilbury
Year Character Movie/Tv

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