Eric House

Eric House (November 22, 1921 – March 21, 2004) was a Canadian actor. Although he appeared in film, television and stage roles throughout his career, he was most famously associated with stage roles at the Stratford Festival, particularly its productions of musical comedies by Gilbert and Sullivan, and as Dean Drone in Sunshine Sketches, the first Canadian television drama series. and at least one role in London's West End, in a production of Mrs. Gibbons' Boys.

His film roles included Anne of Green Gables (1956), and Oedipus Rex (1957), A Gift to Last

In later years he returned to Stratford, appearing in productions of Hamlet and Troilus and Cressida. His final television role was a small appearance as a judge in two episodes of Street Legal.

He died of emphysema on March 21, 2004.

Filmography Year Title Role Notes1957 Oedipus Rex Shepherd / Old Priest 1961 Jake and the Kid Repeat Golightly 1970 The Act of the Heart Choirmaster 1974 A Star Is Lost! Alfred E. Sydney 1978 High-Ballin' Slater 1982 Highpoint Rico 1983 Strange Brew John Elsinore 1987 Candy Mountain Doctor