Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
August 21, 1927
Place of Birth:
Beeston, Nottinghamshire, England, UK
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Barry Foster
Biography
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
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | The Story of 'Frenzy' | Self |
| 2000 | Rancid Aluminium | Doctor |
| 1998 | Joseph Losey: The Man with Four Names | |
| 1995 | The Wind in the Willows | Boatman |
| 1992 | Party Time | Gavin |
| 1990 | King of the Wind | Mr. Williams |
| 1990 | A Curious Suicide | |
| 1987 | Maurice | Dean Cornwallis |
| 1987 | After Pilkington | Derek |
| 1987 | Succubus | Mike |
| 1987 | Three Kinds of Heat | Norris |
| 1986 | The Whistle Blower | Charles Grieg |
| 1986 | Hotel du Lac | David Simmonds |
| 1984 | To Catch a King | Max Winter |
| 1983 | Heat and Dust | Major Minnies |
| 1982 | A Woman Called Golda | Major Orde Wingate |
| 1982 | How Many Miles to Babylon? | Major Glendinning |
| 1981 | Random Moments in a May Garden | David |
| 1981 | Beyond the Next Mountain | Alan Montforce |
| 1980 | Danger on Dartmoor | Mr. Green |
| 1980 | Rabbit Pie Day | The Major |
| 1978 | The Wild Geese | Thomas Balfour |
| 1977 | Sweeney! | Elliott McQueen |
| 1977 | The Three Hostages | Richard Hannay |
| 1976 | Orde Wingate | Orde Wingate |
| 1976 | Practical Experience | Bellamy |
| 1975 | The Last Word | Edward |
| 1975 | Old Times | Deeley |
| 1974 | A Quiet Day in Belfast | John Slattery |
| 1972 | Frenzy | Robert Rusk |
| 1972 | Adventures of a Brown Man in Search of Civilization | Narrator (voice) |
| 1970 | Ryan's Daughter | Tim O'Leary |
| 1969 | Battle of Britain | Sqd. Leader Edwards |
| 1969 | The Guru | Chris |
| 1968 | Twisted Nerve | Gerry Henderson |
| 1968 | Inspector Clouseau | Addison Steele |
| 1967 | Robbery | Frank |
| 1966 | The Family Way | Joe Thompson |
| 1965 | The Interior Decorator | Bellamy |
| 1964 | King and Country | Lt. Webb |
| 1962 | Playback | |
| 1961 | Where the Difference Begins | Richard |
| 1960 | Surprise Package | US Marshal |
| 1959 | Worm in the Bud | Edgar Malone |
| 1958 | Sea of Sand | Cpl. Matheson |
| 1958 | Sea Fury | Vincent |
| 1958 | Dunkirk | Don R |
| 1957 | Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst | Petty Officer McCarthy |
| 1956 | The Battle of the River Plate | Bill Roper - Capt. Bell's Messenger, HMS Exeter |
| 1956 | The Baby and the Battleship | First Sailor at Dance |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Roger Roger | Pieter Eugene |
| 1985 | Screen Two | Derek |
| 1983 | Dalgliesh | Maxim Howarth |
| 1983 | Death of an Expert Witness | Dr. Maxim Howarth |
| 1982 | Smiley's People | Saul Enderby |
| 1981 | Bergerac | Howard Bailey |
| 1974 | Fall of Eagles | Kaiser Wilhelm II |
| 1974 | Playhouse | Bellamy |
| 1973 | Divorce His, Divorce Hers | Donald Trenton |
| 1972 | Van der Valk | Commissaris Simon "Piet" Van der Valk |
| 1970 | Doomwatch | Dr. Carson |
| 1965 | The Troubleshooters | Robert Driscoll |
| 1965 | Public Eye | Gerald Gurney-Stuart |
| 1964 | The Wednesday Play | Dan Sankey |
| 1961 | Sir Francis Drake | Tom Brewster |
| 1960 | Maigret | |
| 1960 | Sunday-Night Play | |
| 1950 | Sunday Night Theatre | Trooper Bates |
| 1950 | Sunday Night Theatre | Supply Assistant Brooker |