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Barry Foster

Actor • Born 1927

Barry Foster

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About

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

The Wednesday Play posterThe Wednesday PlaySeries • 1964Screen Two posterScreen TwoSeries • 1985Bergerac posterBergeracSeries • 1981Playhouse posterPlayhouseSeries • 1974Omnibus posterOmnibusSeries • 1967Thirty-Minute Theatre posterThirty-Minute TheatreSeries • 1965Sunday Night Theatre posterSunday Night TheatreSeries • 1950ITV Saturday Night Theatre posterITV Saturday Night TheatreSeries • 1969Maigret posterMaigretSeries • 1960Van der Valk posterVan der ValkSeries • 1972Public Eye posterPublic EyeSeries • 1965Dalgliesh posterDalglieshSeries • 1983Doomwatch posterDoomwatchSeries • 1970The Troubleshooters posterThe TroubleshootersSeries • 1965Sir Francis Drake posterSir Francis DrakeSeries • 1961Espionage posterEspionageSeries • 1963Smiley's People posterSmiley's PeopleSeries • 1982The Wild Geese posterThe Wild GeeseMovie • 1978Maurice posterMauriceMovie • 1987Frenzy posterFrenzyMovie • 1972Battle of Britain posterBattle of BritainMovie • 1969Inspector Clouseau posterInspector ClouseauMovie • 1968Ryan's Daughter posterRyan's DaughterMovie • 1970The Battle of the River Plate posterThe Battle of the River PlateMovie • 1956