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Barry Foster

Barry Foster

Barry Foster

1927-08-21

Beeston, Nottinghamshire, England, UK

ACTING

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).

Best known for:

Frenzy

Maurice

Battle of Britain

The Wild Geese

Ryan's Daughter

Inspector Clouseau

Dunkirk

The Battle of the River Plate

King and Country

Twisted Nerve

Smiley's People

Robbery

The Whistle Blower

Heat and Dust

The Wind in the Willows

The Family Way

Sweeney!

Bergerac

Sea of Sand

Rancid Aluminium

Maigret

Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst

Van der Valk

Fall of Eagles

A Woman Called Golda

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Filmography:

Sunday Night Theatre (1950)
APPEREAD AS:
Trooper Bates, Supply Assistant Brooker
The Battle of the River Plate (1956)
4.8
APPEREAD AS:
Bill Roper - Capt. Bell's Messenger, HMS Exeter
The Baby and the Battleship (1956)
APPEREAD AS:
First Sailor at Dance
Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst (1957)
APPEREAD AS:
Petty Officer McCarthy
Dunkirk (1958)
5.5
APPEREAD AS:
Don R
Sea of Sand (1958)
APPEREAD AS:
Cpl. Matheson
Sea Fury (1958)
APPEREAD AS:
Vincent
Worm in the Bud (1959)
APPEREAD AS:
Edgar Malone

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Surprise Package (1960)
APPEREAD AS:
US Marshal
Sir Francis Drake (1961)
APPEREAD AS:
Tom Brewster
Where the Difference Begins (1961)
APPEREAD AS:
Richard
Playback (1962)
APPEREAD AS:
Dave Hollis
The Wednesday Play (1964)
APPEREAD AS:
Dan Sankey, Squadron-Leader Phil Osborne
King and Country (1964)
5.8
APPEREAD AS:
Lt. Webb
Public Eye (1965)
APPEREAD AS:
Gerald Gurney-Stuart
The Troubleshooters (1965)
APPEREAD AS:
Robert Driscoll

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The Interior Decorator (1965)
APPEREAD AS:
Bellamy
The Family Way (1966)
APPEREAD AS:
Joe Thompson
Robbery (1967)
5.3
APPEREAD AS:
Frank
Inspector Clouseau (1968)
3.5
APPEREAD AS:
Addison Steele
Twisted Nerve (1968)
5.5
APPEREAD AS:
Gerry Henderson
Battle of Britain (1969)
5.5
APPEREAD AS:
Sqd. Leader Edwards
The Guru (1969)
APPEREAD AS:
Chris
Doomwatch (1970)
APPEREAD AS:
Dr. Carson
Ryan's Daughter (1970)
5.8
APPEREAD AS:
Tim O'Leary
Frenzy (1972)
5.8
APPEREAD AS:
Robert Rusk
Van der Valk (1972)
APPEREAD AS:
Commissaris Simon "Piet" Van der Valk
Adventures of a Brown Man in Search of Civilization (1972)
APPEREAD AS:
Narrator (voice)
Divorce His, Divorce Hers (1973)
APPEREAD AS:
Donald Trenton
Fall of Eagles (1974)
APPEREAD AS:
Kaiser Wilhelm II
Playhouse (1974)
APPEREAD AS:
Bellamy, David, Maj. Glendinning
A Quiet Day in Belfast (1974)
APPEREAD AS:
John Slattery
The Last Word (1975)
APPEREAD AS:
Edward
Old Times (1975)
APPEREAD AS:
Deeley
Orde Wingate (1976)
APPEREAD AS:
Orde Wingate
Practical Experience (1976)
APPEREAD AS:
Bellamy
Sweeney! (1977)
APPEREAD AS:
Elliott McQueen
The Wild Geese (1978)
5.5
APPEREAD AS:
Thomas Balfour
Danger on Dartmoor (1980)
APPEREAD AS:
Mr. Green
Rabbit Pie Day (1980)
APPEREAD AS:
The Major
Bergerac (1981)
APPEREAD AS:
Howard Bailey
Beyond the Next Mountain (1981)
APPEREAD AS:
Alan Montforce
Random Moments in a May Garden (1981)
APPEREAD AS:
David
Smiley's People (1982)
6.5
APPEREAD AS:
Saul Enderby
A Woman Called Golda (1982)
APPEREAD AS:
Major Orde Wingate
How Many Miles to Babylon? (1982)
APPEREAD AS:
Major Glendinning
Dalgliesh (1983)
APPEREAD AS:
Maxim Howarth
Heat and Dust (1983)
APPEREAD AS:
Major Minnies
Death of an Expert Witness (1983)
APPEREAD AS:
Dr. Maxim Howarth
To Catch a King (1984)
APPEREAD AS:
Max Winter
Screen Two (1985)
APPEREAD AS:
Derek
The Whistle Blower (1986)
4.4
APPEREAD AS:
Charles Grieg
Hotel du Lac (1986)
APPEREAD AS:
David Simmonds
Maurice (1987)
6.4
APPEREAD AS:
Dean Cornwallis
After Pilkington (1987)
APPEREAD AS:
Derek
Three Kinds of Heat (1987)
APPEREAD AS:
Norris
Succubus (1987)
APPEREAD AS:
Mike
King of the Wind (1990)
APPEREAD AS:
Mr. Williams
Party Time (1992)
APPEREAD AS:
Gavin
The Wind in the Willows (1995)
APPEREAD AS:
Boatman
Roger Roger (1998)
APPEREAD AS:
Pieter Eugene
Rancid Aluminium (2000)
APPEREAD AS:
Doctor