Barry Foster

Actor Aug 21 (died age 74) Beeston, Nottinghamshire, England, UK 1950–2001 (51 year career)

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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

Film

Frenzy

Robert "Bob" Rusk

Film

Maurice

Dean Cornwallis

Film

Battle of Britain

Sqd. Leader Edwards

Film

The Wild Geese

Thomas Balfour

Film

Ryan's Daughter

Tim O'Leary

Film

King and Country

Lt. Webb

Film

Dunkirk

Don R

Film

Twisted Nerve

Gerry Henderson

Filmography

Acting (70)

Movies (51)

The Story of 'Frenzy'

as Self

Rancid Aluminium

as Doctor

Joseph Losey: The Man with Four Names

1998

The Wind in the Willows

as Boatman

Party Time

as Gavin

A Curious Suicide

King of the Wind

as Mr. Williams

Succubus

as Mike

Maurice

as Dean Cornwallis

Three Kinds of Heat

as Norris

After Pilkington

as Derek

The Whistle Blower

as Charles Grieg

Hotel du Lac

as David Simmonds

To Catch a King

as Max Winter

Heat and Dust

as Major Minnies

A Woman Called Golda

as Major Orde Wingate

7.7

How Many Miles to Babylon?

1982

as Major Glendinning

Random Moments in a May Garden

1981

as David

Beyond the Next Mountain

1981

as Alan Montforce

Danger on Dartmoor

1980

as Mr. Green

5.7

Rabbit Pie Day

1980

as The Major

The Rear Column

1980

as Barttelot

The Wild Geese

as Thomas Balfour

Sweeney!

as Elliott McQueen

The Three Hostages

as Richard Hannay

Orde Wingate

1976

as Orde Wingate

Practical Experience

1976

as Bellamy

The Last Word

1975

as Edward

2.0

Old Times

1975

as Deeley

A Quiet Day in Belfast

as John Slattery

Frenzy

as Robert "Bob" Rusk

Adventures of a Brown Man in Search of Civilization

as Narrator (voice)

Ryan's Daughter

as Tim O'Leary

Battle of Britain

as Sqd. Leader Edwards

The Guru

as Chris

Twisted Nerve

as Gerry Henderson

Inspector Clouseau

as Addison Steele

Robbery

as Frank

The Family Way

as Joe Thompson

The Interior Decorator

1965

as Bellamy

King and Country

1964

as Lt. Webb

7.1

Playback

1962

as Dave Hollis

Where the Difference Begins

as Richard

Surprise Package

as US Marshal

Worm in the Bud

as Edgar Malone

Sea of Sand

as Cpl. Matheson

Dunkirk

as Don R

Sea Fury

as Vincent

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

1957

as Petty Officer McCarthy

7.2

The Battle of the River Plate

1956

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

6.3

The Baby and the Battleship

1956

as First Sailor at Dance

6.0

Television (19)

Roger Roger

1998

as Pieter Eugene

Screen Two

as Derek

Dalgliesh

as Maxim Howarth

Death of an Expert Witness

as Dr. Maxim Howarth

Smiley's People

as Saul Enderby

Bergerac

as Howard Bailey

Playhouse

as Bellamy

Fall of Eagles

as Kaiser Wilhelm II

Divorce His, Divorce Hers

1973

as Donald Trenton

5.0

Van der Valk

1972

as Commissaris Simon "Piet" Van der Valk

Doomwatch

as Dr. Carson

The Troubleshooters

as Robert Driscoll

Public Eye

as Gerald Gurney-Stuart

The Wednesday Play

as Dan Sankey

Sir Francis Drake

as Tom Brewster

Drama 61-67

as Monty Mays

Sunday-Night Play

Maigret

Sunday Night Theatre

as Trooper Bates