Barry Foster
Known For
Acting
Born
1927-08-21 in 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).
Most Known For
Bergerac
as Howard Bailey
Playhouse
as Bellamy
Playhouse
as David
Playhouse
as Maj. Glendinning
The Wednesday Play
as Dan Sankey
The Wednesday Play
as Squadron-Leader Phil Osborne
Sunday Night Theatre
as Trooper Bates
Sunday Night Theatre
as Supply Assistant Brooker
Sunday Night Theatre
as Tim Smith
Screen Two
as Derek
Public Eye
as Gerald Gurney-Stuart
Van der Valk
as Commissaris Simon "Piet" Van der Valk
Maurice
as Dean Cornwallis
Maigret
Sir Francis Drake
as Tom Brewster
Sunday-Night Play
The Troubleshooters
as Robert Driscoll
Dalgliesh
as Maxim Howarth
Doomwatch
as Dr. Carson
Fall of Eagles
as Kaiser Wilhelm II