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Eric Cuthbert Christmas (March 19, 1916 — July 22, 2000) was a British
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
-Canadian stage and screen actor
Actor

An actor or actress is a person who acting in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio programming in that capacity....
, 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
Porky's

Porky's is a comedy film about the escapades of teenagers at the fictional Angel Beach high school in Florida in 1954. It was released in the United States in 1982, and spawned two sequels: Porky's II: The Next Day and Porky's Revenge and influenced many writers in the teen film genre....
, the 1983 sequel Porky's II: The Next Day
Porky's II: The Next Day

Porky's II: The Next Day is the 1983 in film sequel to the 1982 in film hit film Porky's. The film is written and directed by Bob Clark....
, and the 1985 sequel Porky's Revenge
Porky's Revenge

Porky's Revenge is the 1985 third and final installment to the Porky's movie trilogy. The movie was directed by James Komack....
.

Christmas was born in London
London

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, UK
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
 and later immigrated to Canada.






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Eric Cuthbert Christmas (March 19, 1916 — July 22, 2000) was a British
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
-Canadian stage and screen actor
Actor

An actor or actress is a person who acting in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio programming in that capacity....
, 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
Porky's

Porky's is a comedy film about the escapades of teenagers at the fictional Angel Beach high school in Florida in 1954. It was released in the United States in 1982, and spawned two sequels: Porky's II: The Next Day and Porky's Revenge and influenced many writers in the teen film genre....
, the 1983 sequel Porky's II: The Next Day
Porky's II: The Next Day

Porky's II: The Next Day is the 1983 in film sequel to the 1982 in film hit film Porky's. The film is written and directed by Bob Clark....
, and the 1985 sequel Porky's Revenge
Porky's Revenge

Porky's Revenge is the 1985 third and final installment to the Porky's movie trilogy. The movie was directed by James Komack....
.

Christmas was born in London
London

London is the capital of both England and the United Kingdom, and the most populous municipality in the European Union. An important settlement for two millennia, History of London goes back to its founding by the Roman Empire....
, UK
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
 and later immigrated to Canada. His role as a priest in the 1971 film Harold and Maude
Harold and Maude

Harold and Maude is a cult classic film directed by Hal Ashby in 1971 in film. The film, featuring slapstick, dark humour, and existentialist drama, revolves around the exploits of a morbid young man – Harold – who drifts away from the life that his detached mother prescribes for him, as he develops a relationship with septua...
 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
The Philadelphia Experiment (film)

The Philadelphia Experiment is a 1984 science fiction film. It was directed by Stewart Raffill and starred Michael Par?, Bobby Di Cicco, Nancy Allen , and Eric Christmas....
 (1984), Bugsy
Bugsy

Bugsy is a 1991 in film film which tells the story of mobster Bugsy Siegel. It stars Warren Beatty, Annette Bening, Harvey Keitel, Ben Kingsley, Elliott Gould, Joe Mantegna, Bebe Neuwirth and Bill Graham ....
 (1991), Almost Dead (1994), Naked Gun 33?: The Final Insult (1994), Air Bud
Air Bud

Air Bud is the 1997 in film film that sparked the franchise centered around the real-life dog, Buddy, a Golden Retriever. The film's title may be wordplay with "Air Jordan", a nickname of basketball superstar Michael Jordan....
 (1997), and his final feature film Mousehunt
Mousehunt

MouseHunt is a 1997 in film slapstick/black comedy film directed by Gore Verbinski, scored by Alan Silvestri and released by DreamWorks.Starring Nathan Lane and Lee Evans , it tells the story of two brothers who, upon inheriting an antique house, must rid it of a troublesome mouse whom comically foils their efforts to exterminate it....
 (1997).

Christmas also made guest appearances in many television shows, including Adventures in Rainbow Country
Adventures in Rainbow Country

Adventures in Rainbow Country was a Canada television series, which aired on CBC Television in 1970 and 1971.A half hour family drama, the show starred Lois Maxwell as Nancy Williams, a widow raising her children Billy and Hannah in rural Northern Ontario....
, ER
ER (TV series)

ER is an Emmy Award-winning Television in the United States medical drama television series created by the late novelist Michael Crichton and airing on NBC....
, Night Court
Night Court

Night Court was an United States television situation comedy that aired on NBC from January 1984 until May 1992. The setting was the graveyard shift of a Manhattan court, presided over by the young, unorthodox Judge Harold T....
, Seinfeld
Seinfeld

Seinfeld is an Emmy Award and Golden Globe Award-winning Television in the United States Situation comedy that originally aired on NBC from July 5, 1989, to May 14, 1998, lasting nine seasons, and is now in Broadcast syndication....
, Cheers
Cheers

Cheers is an American situation comedy television series that ran for eleven seasons from 1982 to 1993. It was produced by Charles/Burrows/Charles Productions in association with Paramount Television for NBC, having been created by the team of James Burrows, Glen Charles, and Les Charles....
, Home Improvement
Home Improvement

Home Improvement is an situation comedy starring Tim Allen, which aired 1991 to 1999. The show was created by Matt Williams , Carmen Finestra and David MacFadzean....
, The X-Files
The X-Files

The X-Files is a Peabody Award, Golden Globe and Emmy Award-winning American cult following science fiction television series, created by Chris Carter , which first aired in 1993 and ended in 2002....
, Booker
Booker (TV series)

Booker is an short-lived United States Police procedural series starring Richard Grieco that aired on the Fox Broadcasting Company from September 24, 1989 to May 6, 1990....
, Matlock
Matlock (TV series)

Matlock is a long-running United States television legal drama, starring Andy Griffith in the title role. The show ran from September 23, 1986 to May 8, 1992 on NBC, where it replaced the long-running series The A-Team to Friday nights, then on November 5, 1992 until May 7, 1995 on American Broadcasting Company....
, Walker Texas Ranger, Roseanne
Roseanne (TV series)

Roseanne is an United States situation comedy broadcast on American Broadcasting Company from 1988 in television to 1997 in television starring stand-up comedian Roseanne Barr....
, Major Dad
Major Dad

Major Dad is an United States television series created by Richard C. Okie and John G. Stephens that originally ran from 1989 to 1993 on NBC, starring Gerald McRaney as Major John D....
 and Ally McBeal
Ally McBeal

Ally McBeal was an United States television series which ran on the Fox Television Network network from 1997 to 2002. The series was created by David E....
. He also acted in and directed productions of San Diego, California
San Diego, California

San Diego is the second largest city in California and the List of United States cities by population, located along the Pacific Ocean on the West Coast of the United States of the Western United States....
's Old Globe Theatre
Old Globe Theatre

The Old Globe Theatre, located in San Diego, California, produces about 15 plays and musicals annually, including Shakespeare, in summer and winter seasons....
's Shakespeare Festivals for many years.

In the 1970s, Christmas was a drama professor at the University of California, San Diego
University of California, San Diego

The University of California, San Diego is a public research university in San Diego, California, California. The school's campus contains 694 buildings and is located in the La Jolla, San Diego, California community....
.

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