Barry Foster

Born: 1927-08-21, Beeston, Nottinghamshire, England, UK

Died: 2002-02-11

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).

Filmography

• Omnibus (1967)
• Screen Two (1985)
• The Wednesday Play (1964)
• Thirty-Minute Theatre (1965)
• Bergerac (1981)
• ITV Saturday Night Theatre (1969)
• Playhouse (1974)
• Smiley's People (1982)
• Van der Valk (1972)
• Public Eye (1965)
• Espionage (1963)
• Chillers (1990)
• The Wild Geese (1978)
• Maurice (1987)
• Frenzy (1972)
• Battle of Britain (1969)
• The Whistle Blower (1986)
• Inspector Clouseau (1968)
• The Battle of the River Plate (1956)
• Ryan's Daughter (1970)
• Twisted Nerve (1968)
• Roger Roger (1998)
• Heat and Dust (1983)
• Sea of Sand (1958)
• The Family Way (1966)
• King and Country (1964)
• Divorce His - Divorce Hers (1973)
• A Woman Called Golda (1982)
• Der letzte Schrei (1975)
• Sweeney! (1977)