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Barry Foster

Acting · Born August 21, 1927 · Beeston, Nottinghamshire, England, UK

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).

Barry Foster movies and shows

  • Omnibus1967
  • The Wednesday Play1964
  • Screen Two1985
  • Thirty-Minute Theatre1965
  • Bergerac1981
  • ITV Saturday Night Theatre1969
  • Playhouse1974
  • Sunday Night Theatre1950
  • The Troubleshooters1965
  • Maigret1960
  • Public Eye1965
  • Van der Valk1972
  • The Battle of the River Plate1956
  • Doomwatch1970
  • Dalgliesh1983
  • Espionage1963
  • Sir Francis Drake1961
  • Smiley's People1982
  • Chillers1990
  • Dunkirk1958
  • The Wild Geese1978
  • Frenzy1972
  • Roger Roger1998
  • Battle of Britain1969