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Barry Foster

Acting Born Aug 21, 1927 Beeston, Nottinghamshire, England, UK 24 credits

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).

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Known for

Bergerac

as Howard Bailey

Screen Two

as Derek

Screen Two

as David Simmonds

Playhouse

as Bellamy

Playhouse

as David

Playhouse

as Maj. Glendinning
Film

Exam

as Phil

Smiley's People

as Saul Enderby

Full filmography

  • Bergerac (1981) as Howard Bailey
  • Screen Two (1985) as Derek
  • Screen Two (1985) as David Simmonds
  • Playhouse (1974) as Bellamy
  • Playhouse (1974) as David
  • Playhouse (1974) as Maj. Glendinning
  • Maigret (1960)
  • The Wednesday Play (1964) as Dan Sankey
  • The Wednesday Play (1964) as Squadron-Leader Phil Osborne
  • The Wednesday Play (1964) as Bellamy
  • Thirty-Minute Theatre (1965) as Phil
  • Sunday Night Theatre (1950) as Trooper Bates
  • Sunday Night Theatre (1950) as Supply Assistant Brooker
  • Sunday Night Theatre (1950) as Tim Smith
  • Sunday-Night Play (1960)
  • Van der Valk (1972) as Commissaris Simon "Piet" Van der Valk
  • ITV Saturday Night Theatre (1969) as John Dixon
  • Public Eye (1965) as Gerald Gurney-Stuart
  • Doomwatch (1970) as Dr. Carson
  • Espionage (1963) as Gerry Paynter
  • Smiley's People (1982) as Saul Enderby
  • Dalgliesh (1983) as Maxim Howarth
  • Fall of Eagles (1974) as Kaiser Wilhelm II
  • Sir Francis Drake (1961) as Tom Brewster