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Barry Foster

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: Acting

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

Died: 2002-02-11

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1956	The Baby and the Battleship	First Sailor at Dance	60
2	1956	The Battle of the River Plate	Bill Roper - Capt. Bell's Messenger, HMS Exeter	62
3	1957	Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst	Petty Officer McCarthy	72
4	1958	Dunkirk	Don R	68
5	1958	Sea Fury	Vincent	60
6	1958	Sea of Sand	Cpl. Matheson	65
7	1959	Worm in the Bud	Edgar Malone	0
8	1960	Surprise Package	US Marshal	58
9	1961	Where the Difference Begins	Richard	70
10	1962	Playback		0
11	1964	King and Country	Lt. Webb	71
12	1965	The Interior Decorator	Bellamy	0
13	1966	The Family Way	Joe Thompson	67
14	1967	Robbery	Frank	66
15	1968	Inspector Clouseau	Addison Steele	50
16	1968	Twisted Nerve	Gerry Henderson	68
17	1969	The Guru	Chris	50
18	1969	Battle of Britain	Sqd. Leader Edwards	69
19	1970	Ryan's Daughter	Tim O'Leary	71
20	1972	Adventures of a Brown Man in Search of Civilization	Narrator (voice)	50
21	1972	Frenzy	Robert Rusk	71
22	1974	A Quiet Day in Belfast	John Slattery	60
23	1975	The Last Word	Edward	20
24	1975	Old Times	Deeley	0
25	1976	Practical Experience	Bellamy	0
26	1976	Orde Wingate	Orde Wingate	0
27	1977	Sweeney!	Elliott McQueen	68
28	1977	The Three Hostages	Richard Hannay	0
29	1978	The Wild Geese	Thomas Balfour	68
30	1980	Danger on Dartmoor	Mr. Green	57
31	1980	Rabbit Pie Day	The Major	0
32	1981	Beyond the Next Mountain	Alan Montforce	0
33	1981	Random Moments in a May Garden	David	0
34	1982	How Many Miles to Babylon?	Major Glendinning	0
35	1982	A Woman Called Golda	Major Orde Wingate	81
36	1983	Heat and Dust	Major Minnies	61
37	1984	To Catch a King	Max Winter	40
38	1986	Hotel du Lac	David Simmonds	40
39	1986	The Whistle Blower	Charles Grieg	58
40	1987	After Pilkington	Derek	70
41	1987	Three Kinds of Heat	Norris	43
42	1987	Succubus	Mike	0
43	1987	Maurice	Dean Cornwallis	76
44	1990	King of the Wind	Mr. Williams	64
45	1990	A Curious Suicide		0
46	1992	Party Time	Gavin	50
47	1995	The Wind in the Willows	Boatman	70
48	1998	Joseph Losey: The Man with Four Names		0
49	2000	Rancid Aluminium	Doctor	35
50	2001	The Story of 'Frenzy'	Self	50

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1950	Sunday Night Theatre	Trooper Bates	35
2	1950	Sunday Night Theatre	Supply Assistant Brooker	35
3	1960	Sunday-Night Play		0
4	1960	Maigret		69
5	1961	Sir Francis Drake	Tom Brewster	45
6	1964	The Wednesday Play	Dan Sankey	45
7	1964	The Wednesday Play	Squadron-Leader Phil Osborne	45
8	1965	Public Eye	Gerald Gurney-Stuart	78
9	1965	The Troubleshooters	Robert Driscoll	50
10	1970	Doomwatch	Dr. Carson	60
11	1972	Van der Valk	Commissaris Simon "Piet" Van der Valk	58
12	1973	Divorce His, Divorce Hers	Donald Trenton	50
13	1974	Playhouse	Bellamy	70
14	1974	Playhouse	David	70
15	1974	Playhouse	Maj. Glendinning	70
16	1974	Fall of Eagles	Kaiser Wilhelm II	68
17	1981	Bergerac	Howard Bailey	67
18	1982	Smiley's People	Saul Enderby	77
19	1983	Dalgliesh	Maxim Howarth	69
20	1983	Death of an Expert Witness	Dr. Maxim Howarth	60
21	1985	Screen Two	Derek	68
22	1998	Roger Roger	Pieter Eugene	0