Person
Barry Foster
Born 21 August 1927 Died 11 February 2002, aged 74 Beeston, Nottinghamshire, England, UK TMDB ↗
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).
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The numbers
29age in their first credit on record (1957)
41years on screen and counting
2credits in 1983, their busiest year
15dated credits on record
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Movie credits
Age: 59 The Whistle Blower
1986as Charles Grieg
Age: 54 A Woman Called Golda
1982as Major Orde Wingate
Age: 50 The Wild Geese
1978as Thomas Balfour
Age: 49 Sweeney!
1977as Elliott McQueen
Age: 44 Frenzy
1972as Robert "Bob" Rusk
Age: 41 Twisted Nerve
1968as Gerry Henderson
Age: 29 Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst
1957as Petty Officer McCarthy
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TV credits
Age: 70 Roger Roger
1998as Pieter Eugene
Age: 55 Dalgliesh
1983as Maxim Howarth
Age: 55 Death of an Expert Witness
1983as Dr. Maxim Howarth
Age: 55 Smiley's People
1982as Saul Enderby
Age: 46 Fall of Eagles
1974as Kaiser Wilhelm II
Age: 45 Divorce His, Divorce Hers
1973as Donald Trenton
Age: 45 Van der Valk
1972as Commissaris Simon "Piet" Van der Valk
Age: 37 The Troubleshooters
1965as Robert Driscoll