# Eric House

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{{short description|Canadian actor}}
{{Use Canadian English |date=August 2025}}
{{Infobox person
|birth_date=November 22, 1921
|birth_place=[Toronto, Ontario](/source/Toronto%2C_Ontario), Canada
|death_date={{death_date_and_age |2004|3|21|1921|11|22}}
|death_place=Toronto, Ontario, Canada
|occupation=actor
}}
'''Eric House''' (November 22, 1921 – March 21, 2004) was a [Canadian](/source/Canadians) actor.<ref name=obit>"Eric House, veteran stage actor and director, dies of emphysema at 82". ''[Canadian Press](/source/Canadian_Press)'', April 8, 2004.</ref> Although he appeared in film, television and stage roles throughout his career, he was most famously associated with stage roles at the [Stratford Festival](/source/Stratford_Festival), particularly its productions of musical comedies by [Gilbert and Sullivan](/source/Gilbert_and_Sullivan),<ref name=canenc>[http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/eric-house/ "Eric House"]. ''[The Canadian Encyclopedia](/source/The_Canadian_Encyclopedia)'', August 14, 2013.</ref> and as Dean Drone in ''[Sunshine Sketches](/source/Sunshine_Sketches_(TV_series))'', the first Canadian television drama series.<ref name=canenc/>

House was born and raised in [Toronto](/source/Toronto), [Ontario](/source/Ontario).<ref name=canenc/> After serving in the Canadian military during [World War II](/source/World_War_II), he enrolled as a geography student at the [University of Toronto](/source/University_of_Toronto), and began acting with the [Hart House Theatre](/source/Hart_House_Theatre).<ref name=canenc/> He joined the Canadian Repertory Theatre in 1951, and subsequently acted at Stratford and with the Toronto-based [Crest Theatre](/source/Crest_Theatre_(Toronto)).<ref name=canenc/> He was a founding member of the [Canadian Actors' Equity Association](/source/Canadian_Actors'_Equity_Association).<ref name=canenc/> He also worked in theatre across Canada, both as an actor and a director,<ref name=canenc/> and had a number of roles on [Broadway](/source/Broadway_theatre) in [New York City](/source/New_York_City), appearing in productions of ''[Tamburlaine](/source/Tamburlaine)'', ''[The Makropulos Affair](/source/The_Makropulos_Affair)'', ''[Two Gentlemen of Verona](/source/Two_Gentlemen_of_Verona)'', ''[Soldiers](/source/Soldiers_(play))'' and ''[H.M.S. Pinafore](/source/H.M.S._Pinafore)'',<ref>[https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/eric-house-108114 Eric House]. [Internet Broadway Database](/source/Internet_Broadway_Database).</ref> and at least one role in [London](/source/London)'s [West End](/source/West_End_theatre), in a production of ''[Mrs. Gibbons' Boys](/source/Mrs._Gibbons'_Boys)''.<ref name=obit/> In 1962, he appeared alongside [Corinne Conley](/source/Corinne_Conley), [Dave Broadfoot](/source/Dave_Broadfoot), [Jack Creley](/source/Jack_Creley) and [Eric Christmas](/source/Eric_Christmas) in the musical revue ''Clap Hands'' at London's [Hammersmith Theatre](/source/Lyric_Theatre_(Hammersmith)).<ref>"Clap Hands Finds London Home". ''[The Globe and Mail](/source/The_Globe_and_Mail)'', October 13, 1962.</ref>

His film roles included ''[Anne of Green Gables](/source/Anne_of_Green_Gables_(1956_film))'' (1956), and ''[Oedipus Rex](/source/Oedipus_Rex_(1957_film))'' (1957),<ref name=canenc/> while his television roles included frequent appearances in the [CBC Television](/source/CBC_Television) drama anthology series ''[Playdate](/source/Playdate_(CBC_TV_series))'', ''Folio'' and ''Festival'',<ref name=enough>"'Are you getting enough?'" ''[The Globe and Mail](/source/The_Globe_and_Mail)'', April 15, 2004.</ref> ''[A Gift to Last](/source/A_Gift_to_Last)''<ref name=enough/> and the shortlived comedy series ''[Delilah](/source/Delilah_(Canadian_TV_series))''. He received a [Canadian Film Award](/source/Canadian_Film_Award) nomination for [Best Actor](/source/Canadian_Screen_Award_for_Best_Actor) in 1969 for his performance in "The Night Nothing Happened", an episode of the drama series ''[Quentin Durgens, M.P.](/source/Quentin_Durgens%2C_M.P.)''.<ref>"'Best Damn Fiddler' Wins Film of the Year Award". ''[Ottawa Journal](/source/Ottawa_Journal)'', October 6, 1969.</ref>

In later years he returned to Stratford, appearing in productions of ''[Hamlet](/source/Hamlet)'' and ''[Troilus and Cressida](/source/Troilus_and_Cressida)''.<ref name=obit/> His final television role was a small appearance as a judge in two episodes of ''[Street Legal](/source/Street_Legal_(Canadian_TV_series))''.<ref name=enough/>

He died of [emphysema](/source/emphysema) on March 21, 2004.<ref name=enough/>

==Filmography==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
|1957 || ''[Oedipus Rex](/source/Oedipus_Rex_(1957_film))'' || Shepherd / Old Priest ||
|-
|1961 || ''[Jake and the Kid](/source/Jake_and_the_Kid_(1961_TV_series))'' || Repeat Golightly || 
|-
|1970 || data-sort-value="Act of the Heart, The" | ''[The Act of the Heart](/source/The_Act_of_the_Heart)'' || Choirmaster ||
|-
|1974 || data-sort-value="Star Is Lost!, A" | ''A Star Is Lost!'' || Alfred E. Sydney ||
|-
|1978 || ''[High-Ballin'](/source/High-Ballin')'' || Slater ||
|-
|1982 || ''[Highpoint](/source/Highpoint_(film))'' || Rico ||
|-
|1983 || ''[Strange Brew](/source/Strange_Brew)'' || John Elsinore ||
|-
|1987 || ''[Candy Mountain](/source/Candy_Mountain)'' || Doctor ||
|}

==References==
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==External links==
*{{imdb name|0396654}}

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Category:1921 births
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Category:Canadian male film actors
Category:Canadian male television actors
Category:Canadian male stage actors
Category:Canadian male musical theatre actors
Category:Canadian male Shakespearean actors
Category:Canadian theatre directors
Category:Deaths from emphysema
Category:Male actors from Toronto
Category:20th-century Canadian male actors
Category:20th-century Canadian male singers
Category:Canadian military personnel of World War II
Category:Canadian expatriate male actors in the United States
Category:University of Toronto alumni

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