Barry Foster
Acting
Born: 1927-08-21 in Beeston, Nottinghamshire, England, UK
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).
Known For
Frenzy
Robert "Bob" Rusk
Maurice
Dean Cornwallis
Battle of Britain
Sqd. Leader Edwards
The Wild Geese
Thomas Balfour
Ryan's Daughter
Tim O'Leary
Inspector Clouseau
Addison Steele
Dunkirk
Don R
The Battle of the River Plate
Bill Roper - Capt. Bell's Messenger, HMS Exeter
King and Country
Lt. Webb
Twisted Nerve
Gerry Henderson
Smiley's People
Saul Enderby
Robbery
Frank
The Whistle Blower
Charles Grieg
Heat and Dust
Major Minnies
The Wind in the Willows
Boatman (voice)
The Family Way
Joe Thompson
Sea of Sand
Cpl. Matheson
Sweeney!
Elliott McQueen
Bergerac
Howard Bailey
Rancid Aluminium
Doctor
Maigret
The Siege of Pinchgut
Navy Rating (Uncredited)
Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst
Petty Officer McCarthy
A Woman Called Golda
Major Orde Wingate
Van der Valk
Commissaris Simon "Piet" Van der Valk
The Baby and the Battleship
First Sailor at Dance
Omnibus
John Stanley
Thirty-Minute Theatre
Phil
Sea Fury
Vincent
Sir Francis Drake
Tom Brewster
Dalgliesh
Maxim Howarth
Screen Two
Derek
Screen Two
David Simmonds
King of the Wind
Mr. Williams
The Story of 'Frenzy'
Self
Surprise Package
US Marshal
Public Eye
Gerald Gurney-Stuart
Death of an Expert Witness
Dr. Maxim Howarth
Doomwatch
Dr. Carson
Chillers
Roger