Barry Foster
August 21, 1927 (97 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
Credits
- 2001 · The Story of 'Frenzy' as Self
- 2000 · Rancid Aluminium as Doctor
- 1998 · Joseph Losey: The Man with Four Names as
- 1998 · Roger Roger as Pieter Eugene
- 1995 · The Wind in the Willows as Boatman
- 1992 · Party Time as Gavin
- 1990 · A Curious Suicide as
- 1990 · King of the Wind as Mr. Williams
- 1987 · Maurice as Dean Cornwallis
- 1987 · Succubus as Mike
- 1987 · Three Kinds of Heat as Norris
- 1987 · After Pilkington as Derek
- 1986 · The Whistle Blower as Charles Grieg
- 1986 · Hotel du Lac as David Simmonds
- 1985 · Screen Two as Derek
- 1984 · To Catch a King as Max Winter
- 1983 · Dalgliesh as Maxim Howarth
- 1983 · Death of an Expert Witness as Dr. Maxim Howarth
- 1983 · Heat and Dust as Major Minnies
- 1982 · Smiley's People as Saul Enderby
- 1982 · A Woman Called Golda as Major Orde Wingate
- 1982 · How Many Miles to Babylon? as Major Glendinning
- 1981 · Bergerac as Howard Bailey
- 1981 · Random Moments in a May Garden as David
- 1981 · Beyond the Next Mountain as Alan Montforce
- 1980 · Rabbit Pie Day as The Major
- 1980 · Danger on Dartmoor as Mr. Green
- 1978 · The Wild Geese as Thomas Balfour
- 1977 · The Three Hostages as Richard Hannay
- 1977 · Sweeney! as Elliott McQueen
- 1976 · Orde Wingate as Orde Wingate
- 1976 · Practical Experience as Bellamy
- 1975 · Old Times as Deeley
- 1975 · The Last Word as Edward
- 1974 · A Quiet Day in Belfast as John Slattery
- 1974 · Fall of Eagles as Kaiser Wilhelm II
- 1974 · Playhouse as Bellamy
- 1973 · Divorce His, Divorce Hers as Donald Trenton
- 1972 · Van der Valk as Commissaris Simon "Piet" Van der Valk
- 1972 · Frenzy as Robert Rusk
- 1972 · Adventures of a Brown Man in Search of Civilization as Narrator (voice)
- 1970 · Ryan's Daughter as Tim O'Leary
- 1969 · Battle of Britain as Sqd. Leader Edwards
- 1969 · The Guru as Chris
- 1968 · Twisted Nerve as Gerry Henderson
- 1967 · Robbery as Frank
- 1966 · The Family Way as Joe Thompson
- 1965 · The Troubleshooters as Robert Driscoll
- 1965 · The Interior Decorator as Bellamy
- 1965 · Public Eye as Gerald Gurney-Stuart
- 1964 · King and Country as Lt. Webb
- 1962 · Playback as
- 1961 · Where the Difference Begins as Richard
- 1961 · Sir Francis Drake as Tom Brewster
- 1960 · Maigret as
- 1960 · Surprise Package as US Marshal
- 1960 · Sunday-Night Play as
- 1959 · Worm in the Bud as Edgar Malone
- 1958 · Sea of Sand as Cpl. Matheson
- 1958 · Sea Fury as Vincent
- 1958 · Dunkirk as Don R
- 1957 · Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst as Petty Officer McCarthy
- 1956 · The Battle of the River Plate as Bill Roper - Capt. Bell's Messenger, HMS Exeter