Barry Foster
Department: Acting
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
1972
Joseph Losey: The Man with Four Names
1998
Sea of Sand
1958
Battle of Britain
1969
The Wild Geese
1978
The Whistle Blower
1986
Maurice
1987
Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst
1957
The Interior Decorator
1965
Ryan's Daughter
1970
The Family Way
1966
Robbery
1967
Twisted Nerve
1968
Sweeney!
1977
Rancid Aluminium
2000
King and Country
1964
The Guru
1969
The Wind in the Willows
1995
Worm in the Bud
1959
After Pilkington
1987
To Catch a King
1984
Succubus
1987
Sea Fury
1958
King of the Wind
1990
Playback
1962
A Woman Called Golda
1982
Random Moments in a May Garden
1981
Where the Difference Begins
1961
A Curious Suicide
1990
Adventures of a Brown Man in Search of Civilization
1972
Beyond the Next Mountain
1981
Heat and Dust
1983
Dunkirk
1958
Danger on Dartmoor
1980
The Three Hostages
1977
The Last Word
1975
The Story of 'Frenzy'
2001
Hotel du Lac
1986
Three Kinds of Heat
1987
A Quiet Day in Belfast
1974
Old Times
1975
How Many Miles to Babylon?
1982
Party Time
1992
The Battle of the River Plate
1956
Orde Wingate
1976
Rabbit Pie Day
1980
Practical Experience
1976
Surprise Package
1960
Inspector Clouseau
1968
The Baby and the Battleship
1956
The Rear Column
1980
Van der Valk
1972
Sir Francis Drake
1961
Fall of Eagles
1974
The Troubleshooters
1965
Maigret
1960
Playhouse
1974
Bergerac
1981
Public Eye
1965
Dalgliesh
1983
Sunday-Night Play
1960
Screen Two
1985
Divorce His, Divorce Hers
1973
Roger Roger
1998
Death of an Expert Witness
1983
The Wednesday Play
1964
Sunday Night Theatre
1950
Sunday Night Theatre
1950
Doomwatch
1970
The Wednesday Play
1964
Playhouse
1974
Playhouse
1974
Drama 61-67
1961
Sunday Night Theatre
1950
Chillers
1990
Smiley's People
1982