Barry Foster

Aug 21, 1927 - Feb 11, 2002 (74 years old) in Beeston, Nottinghamshire, England, UK

Barry Foster was an English actor who had an extensive career in film, radio, stage and television over almost 50 years. He was best known for playing Kaiser Wilhelm II in Fall of Eagles (1974), Order Wingate (1976), the title character in the British crime series Van der Valk (1972–1992) and Bob Rusk in Alfred Hitchcock's Frenzy (1972).

Known For

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Sunday-Night Play

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The Wednesday Play

Dan Sankey

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Bergerac

Howard Bailey

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The Troubleshooters

Robert Driscoll

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Screen Two

Derek

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Public Eye

Gerald Gurney-Stuart

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Van der Valk

Commissaris Simon "Piet" Van der Valk

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Sunday Night Theatre

Trooper Bates

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Doomwatch

Dr. Carson

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Dalgliesh

Maxim Howarth

Credits

The Story of 'Frenzy' 2001

Self

★ 5
Rancid Aluminium 2000

Doctor

★ 3.7
Joseph Losey: The Man with Four Names 1998

★ NR
Roger Roger 1998

Pieter Eugene

★ NR
The Wind in the Willows 1995

Boatman

★ 7
Party Time 1992

Gavin

★ 5
A Curious Suicide 1990

★ NR
King of the Wind 1990

Mr. Williams

★ 6.4
Maurice 1987

Dean Cornwallis

★ 7.6
Succubus 1987

Mike

★ NR
Three Kinds of Heat 1987

Norris

★ 5.3
After Pilkington 1987

Derek

★ 7
The Whistle Blower 1986

Charles Grieg

★ 5.9
Hotel du Lac 1986

David Simmonds

★ 4
Screen Two 1985

Derek

★ 6.8
To Catch a King 1984

Max Winter

★ 4
Dalgliesh 1983

Maxim Howarth

★ 6.9
Death of an Expert Witness 1983

Dr. Maxim Howarth

★ 6
Heat and Dust 1983

Major Minnies

★ 6.1
Smiley's People 1982

Saul Enderby

★ 7.7
A Woman Called Golda 1982

Major Orde Wingate

★ 8.1
How Many Miles to Babylon? 1982

Major Glendinning

★ NR
Bergerac 1981

Howard Bailey

★ 6.6
Random Moments in a May Garden 1981

David

★ NR
Beyond the Next Mountain 1981

Alan Montforce

★ NR
Rabbit Pie Day 1980

The Major

★ NR
Danger on Dartmoor 1980

Mr. Green

★ 5.7
The Wild Geese 1978

Thomas Balfour

★ 6.9
The Three Hostages 1977

Richard Hannay

★ NR
Sweeney! 1977

Elliott McQueen

★ 6.8
Orde Wingate 1976

Orde Wingate

★ NR
Practical Experience 1976

Bellamy

★ NR
Old Times 1975

Deeley

★ NR
The Last Word 1975

Edward

★ 2
A Quiet Day in Belfast 1974

John Slattery

★ 6
Fall of Eagles 1974

Kaiser Wilhelm II

★ 6.8
Playhouse 1974

Bellamy

★ 7
Divorce His, Divorce Hers 1973

Donald Trenton

★ 5
Van der Valk 1972

Commissaris Simon "Piet" Van der Valk

★ 5.8
Frenzy 1972

Robert Rusk

★ 7.1
Adventures of a Brown Man in Search of Civilization 1972

Narrator (voice)

★ 5
Ryan's Daughter 1970

Tim O'Leary

★ 7.1
Doomwatch 1970

Dr. Carson

★ 6
Battle of Britain 1969

Sqd. Leader Edwards

★ 6.9
The Guru 1969

Chris

★ 5
Twisted Nerve 1968

Gerry Henderson

★ 6.8
Inspector Clouseau 1968

Addison Steele

★ 5
Robbery 1967

Frank

★ 6.4
The Family Way 1966

Joe Thompson

★ 6.7
The Troubleshooters 1965

Robert Driscoll

★ 5
The Interior Decorator 1965

Bellamy

★ NR
Public Eye 1965

Gerald Gurney-Stuart

★ 7.8
The Wednesday Play 1964

Dan Sankey

★ 4.5
King and Country 1964

Lt. Webb

★ 7.1
Playback 1962

★ NR
Where the Difference Begins 1961

Richard

★ 7
Sir Francis Drake 1961

Tom Brewster

★ 4.5
Maigret 1960

★ 6.9
Surprise Package 1960

US Marshal

★ 5.8
Sunday-Night Play 1960

★ NR
Worm in the Bud 1959

Edgar Malone

★ NR
Sea of Sand 1958

Cpl. Matheson

★ 6.5
Sea Fury 1958

Vincent

★ 6
Dunkirk 1958

Don R

★ 6.8
Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst 1957

Petty Officer McCarthy

★ 7.2
The Battle of the River Plate 1956

Bill Roper - Capt. Bell's Messenger, HMS Exeter

★ 6.2
The Baby and the Battleship 1956

First Sailor at Dance

★ 6
Sunday Night Theatre 1950

Trooper Bates

★ 3.5

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