Barry Foster
Birthday
1927/08/21
Day of death
2002/02/11 (74 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Beeston, Nottinghamshire, England, UK
Also know as
John Barry Foster
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).
Acting
(1972) Frenzy
as Robert Rusk
(1998) Joseph Losey: The Man with Four Names
as ---
(1958) Sea of Sand
as Cpl. Matheson
(1969) Battle of Britain
as Sqd. Leader Edwards
(1978) The Wild Geese
as Thomas Balfour
(1986) The Whistle Blower
as Charles Grieg
(1987) Maurice
as Dean Cornwallis
(1957) Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst
as Petty Officer McCarthy
(1965) The Interior Decorator
as Bellamy
(1970) Ryan's Daughter
as Tim O'Leary
(1966) The Family Way
as Joe Thompson
(1967) Robbery
as Frank
(1968) Twisted Nerve
as Gerry Henderson
(1977) Sweeney!
as Elliott McQueen
(2000) Rancid Aluminium
as Doctor
(1964) King and Country
as Lt. Webb
(1969) The Guru
as Chris
(1995) The Wind in the Willows
as Boatman
(1959) Worm in the Bud
as Edgar Malone
(1987) After Pilkington
as Derek
(1984) To Catch a King
as Max Winter
(1987) Succubus
as Mike
(1958) Sea Fury
as Vincent
(1990) King of the Wind
as Mr. Williams
(1962) Playback
as ---
(1982) A Woman Called Golda
as Major Orde Wingate
(1981) Random Moments in a May Garden
as David
(1961) Where the Difference Begins
as Richard
(1990) A Curious Suicide
as ---
(1972) Adventures of a Brown Man in Search of Civilization
as Narrator (voice)
(1981) Beyond the Next Mountain
as Alan Montforce
(1983) Heat and Dust
as Major Minnies
(1958) Dunkirk
as Don R
(1980) Danger on Dartmoor
as Mr. Green
(1977) The Three Hostages
as Richard Hannay
(1975) The Last Word
as Edward
(2001) The Story of 'Frenzy'
as Self
(1986) Hotel du Lac
as David Simmonds
(1987) Three Kinds of Heat
as Norris
(1974) A Quiet Day in Belfast
as John Slattery
(1975) Old Times
as Deeley
(1982) How Many Miles to Babylon?
as Major Glendinning
(1992) Party Time
as Gavin
(1956) The Battle of the River Plate
as Bill Roper - Capt. Bell's Messenger, HMS Exeter
(1976) Orde Wingate
as Orde Wingate
(1980) Rabbit Pie Day
as The Major
(1976) Practical Experience
as Bellamy
(1960) Surprise Package
as US Marshal
(1972) Van der Valk
as Commissaris Simon "Piet" Van der Valk
(1961) Sir Francis Drake
as Tom Brewster
(1974) Fall of Eagles
as Kaiser Wilhelm II
(1965) The Troubleshooters
as Robert Driscoll
(1960) Maigret
as ---
(1974) Playhouse
as Bellamy
(1981) Bergerac
as Howard Bailey
(1982) Smiley's People
as Saul Enderby
(1965) Public Eye
as Gerald Gurney-Stuart
(1983) Dalgliesh
as Maxim Howarth
(1960) Sunday-Night Play
as ---
(1985) Screen Two
as Derek
(1973) Divorce His, Divorce Hers
as Donald Trenton
(1998) Roger Roger
as Pieter Eugene
(1983) Death of an Expert Witness
as Dr. Maxim Howarth