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- Birth namePeter Mckenzie Porteous
- Peter Porteous trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama which, when he was there in the 1950s, occupied premises in the Royal Albert Hall. He made his London theatre debut in 1960 at the Aldwich Theatre in Brouhaha, playing opposite Peter Sellers, Lionel Jeffries and Leo McKern. He played a pygmy, blacked up and wearing a kilt! He played numerous Shakespearian roles and major roles in plays by Tennessee Williams, Arthur Millar, Albert Camus,Harold Pinter and Tom Murphy. His professional film life started when he worked for the great German film director, Otto Preminger, in the film St Joan with Jean Seburg. Sadly, Peter died on 12th August 2005 at Denville Hall, Northwood, Middlesex, the Retirement /Nursing Home for actors run by the Actors' Benevolent Fund.
- IMDb mini biography by: June Lewis
- SpouseEmma Porteous(1963 - ?) (divorced)
- Had a role in A View To A Kill but it deleted in post production.
- Often had minor roles in films and TV productions his wife worked on as costume designer.
- Considred for the role of The Pathgogist in Lifeforce(1985).
- Originally used the name Kenneth Warren until Kenneth J. Warren arrived on the scene. At that point he went back to using his birth name . It has led to much confusion over his screen credits.
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