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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
August 21, 1927
Died
February 11, 2002
Place of Birth
Beeston, Nottinghamshire, England, UK
Also Known As
- John Barry Foster
Barry Foster
1.8 Popularity
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
5.4
Self
The Story of 'Frenzy'
2001
3.4
Doctor
Rancid Aluminium
2000
🎬
0.0
Joseph Losey: The Man with Four Names
1998
0.0
Pieter Eugene
Roger Roger
1998
7.0
Boatman
The Wind in the Willows
1995
5.0
Gavin
Party Time
1992
🎬
0.0
A Curious Suicide
1990
6.4
Mr. Williams
King of the Wind
1990
7.6
Dean Cornwallis
Maurice
1987
0.0
Mike
Succubus
1987
Credits
The Story of 'Frenzy'
as Self
2001
5.4
Rancid Aluminium
as Doctor
2000
3.4
🎬
Joseph Losey: The Man with Four Names
1998
0.0
Roger Roger
as Pieter Eugene
1998
0.0
The Wind in the Willows
as Boatman
1995
7.0
Party Time
as Gavin
1992
5.0
🎬
A Curious Suicide
1990
0.0
King of the Wind
as Mr. Williams
1990
6.4
Maurice
as Dean Cornwallis
1987
7.6
Succubus
as Mike
1987
0.0
Three Kinds of Heat
as Norris
1987
4.2
After Pilkington
as Derek
1987
6.8
The Whistle Blower
as Charles Grieg
1986
5.8
Hotel du Lac
as David Simmonds
1986
3.0
Screen Two
as Derek
1985
6.8
To Catch a King
as Max Winter
1984
4.0
Dalgliesh
as Maxim Howarth
1983
6.9
Death of an Expert Witness
as Dr. Maxim Howarth
1983
6.5
Heat and Dust
as Major Minnies
1983
6.1
Smiley's People
as Saul Enderby
1982
7.7
A Woman Called Golda
as Major Orde Wingate
1982
7.7
How Many Miles to Babylon?
as Major Glendinning
1982
0.0
Bergerac
as Howard Bailey
1981
6.7
Random Moments in a May Garden
as David
1981
0.0
Beyond the Next Mountain
as Alan Montforce
1981
0.0
Rabbit Pie Day
as The Major
1980
0.0
Danger on Dartmoor
as Mr. Green
1980
5.7
The Wild Geese
as Thomas Balfour
1978
6.8
🎬
The Three Hostages
as Richard Hannay
1977
0.0
Sweeney!
as Elliott McQueen
1977
6.8
Orde Wingate
as Orde Wingate
1976
0.0
Practical Experience
as Bellamy
1976
0.0
Old Times
as Deeley
1975
0.0
The Last Word
as Edward
1975
2.0
A Quiet Day in Belfast
as John Slattery
1974
6.0
Fall of Eagles
as Kaiser Wilhelm II
1974
6.9
Playhouse
as Bellamy
1974
7.0
Playhouse
as David
1974
7.0
Playhouse
as Maj. Glendinning
1974
7.0
Divorce His, Divorce Hers
as Donald Trenton
1973
5.0
Van der Valk
as Commissaris Simon "Piet" Van der Valk
1972
5.8
Frenzy
as Robert "Bob" Rusk
1972
7.1
Adventures of a Brown Man in Search of Civilization
as Narrator (voice)
1972
5.0
Ryan's Daughter
as Tim O'Leary
1970
7.1
Doomwatch
as Dr. Carson
1970
6.0
Battle of Britain
as Sqd. Leader Edwards
1969
6.9
The Guru
as Chris
1969
5.0
Twisted Nerve
as Gerry Henderson
1968
6.8
Inspector Clouseau
as Addison Steele
1968
5.0
Robbery
as Frank
1967
6.5
The Family Way
as Joe Thompson
1966
6.5
The Troubleshooters
as Robert Driscoll
1965
5.0
The Interior Decorator
as Bellamy
1965
0.0
Public Eye
as Gerald Gurney-Stuart
1965
7.8
The Wednesday Play
as Dan Sankey
1964
4.5
The Wednesday Play
as Squadron-Leader Phil Osborne
1964
4.5
King and Country
as Lt. Webb
1964
7.1
Playback
as Dave Hollis
1962
0.0
Where the Difference Begins
as Richard
1961
7.0
Sir Francis Drake
as Tom Brewster
1961
4.5
🎬
Drama 61-67
as Monty Mays
1961
0.0
Maigret
1960
7.2
Surprise Package
as US Marshal
1960
5.8
🎬
Sunday-Night Play
1960
0.0
Worm in the Bud
as Edgar Malone
1959
0.0
Sea of Sand
as Cpl. Matheson
1958
6.5
Sea Fury
as Vincent
1958
6.0
Dunkirk
as Don R
1958
6.8
Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst
as Petty Officer McCarthy
1957
7.2
The Battle of the River Plate
as Bill Roper - Capt. Bell's Messenger, HMS Exeter
1956
6.3
The Baby and the Battleship
as First Sailor at Dance
1956
6.0
Sunday Night Theatre
as Trooper Bates
1950
3.5
Sunday Night Theatre
as Supply Assistant Brooker
1950
3.5