Acting credits
66
Established
Large and steady acting portfolio.
Actor
Barry Foster
Acting
Career Snapshot
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2.1
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Movies: 48Series: 18
TMDB ID: 8225
IMDb ID: nm0287687
Known for: Acting
Born: August 21, 1927
Died: February 11, 2002
Age: 74
Place of birth: Beeston, Nottinghamshire, England, UK
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1950 - 2001
Years active: 52
Average TMDB rating: 6.67
Wikidata: Q291002
Also known 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).
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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Barry Foster.
5.4
The Story of 'Frenzy'
as Self
2001 Movie
3.4
Rancid Aluminium
as Doctor
2000 Movie
7.0
The Wind in the Willows
as Boatman
1995 Movie
5.0
Party Time
as Gavin
1992 Movie
6.4
King of the Wind
as Mr. Williams
1990 Movie
7.6
Maurice
as Dean Cornwallis
1987 Movie
Succubus
as Mike
1987 Movie
4.2
Three Kinds of Heat
as Norris
1987 Movie
6.8
After Pilkington
as Derek
1987 Movie
5.8
The Whistle Blower
as Charles Grieg
1986 Movie
3.0
Hotel du Lac
as David Simmonds
1986 Movie
4.0
To Catch a King
as Max Winter
1984 Movie
6.0
Heat and Dust
as Major Minnies
1983 Movie
7.7
A Woman Called Golda
as Major Orde Wingate
1982 Movie
How Many Miles to Babylon?
as Major Glendinning
1982 Movie
Random Moments in a May Garden
as David
1981 Movie
Beyond the Next Mountain
as Alan Montforce
1981 Movie
Rabbit Pie Day
as The Major
1980 Movie
The Rear Column
as Barttelot
1980 Movie
5.7
Danger on Dartmoor
as Mr. Green
1980 Movie
6.8
The Wild Geese
as Thomas Balfour
1978 Movie
6.7
Sweeney!
as Elliott McQueen
1977 Movie
Orde Wingate
as Orde Wingate
1976 Movie
Practical Experience
as Bellamy
1976 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Barry Foster.
Roger Roger
as Pieter Eugene • 7 eps
1998 Series
6.2
Chillers
as Roger • 1 eps
1990 Series
6.8
Screen Two
as Derek • 1 eps
1985 Series
6.9
Dalgliesh
as Maxim Howarth • 6 eps
1983 Series
6.5
Death of an Expert Witness
as Dr. Maxim Howarth • 7 eps
1983 Series
7.7
Smiley's People
as Saul Enderby • 2 eps
1982 Series
6.7
Bergerac
as Howard Bailey • 1 eps
1981 Series
6.9
Fall of Eagles
as Kaiser Wilhelm II • 13 eps
1974 Series
7.0
Playhouse
as Bellamy • 1 eps
1974 Series
5.0
Divorce His, Divorce Hers
as Donald Trenton • 2 eps
1973 Series
5.8
Van der Valk
as Commissaris Simon "Piet" Van der Valk • 32 eps
1972 Series
6.0
Doomwatch
as Dr. Carson • 1 eps
1970 Series
5.0
The Troubleshooters
as Robert Driscoll • 4 eps
1965 Series
7.8
Public Eye
as Gerald Gurney-Stuart • 1 eps
1965 Series
4.5
The Wednesday Play
as Dan Sankey • 1 eps
1964 Series
4.5
Sir Francis Drake
as Tom Brewster • 1 eps
1961 Series
7.2
Maigret
1 eps
1960 Series
3.5
Sunday Night Theatre
as Trooper Bates • 1 eps
1950 Series