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).

Filmography

• 2000Rancid Aluminium — Doctor
• 1998Joseph Losey: The Man with Four Names
• Roger Roger — Pieter Eugene
• 1995The Wind in the Willows — Boatman (voice)
• 1992Party Time — Gavin
• 1990A Curious Suicide — Roger
• Chillers — Roger
• 1990King of the Wind — Mr. Williams
• 1987After Pilkington — Derek
• 1987Maurice — Dean Cornwallis
• 1987Succubus — Mike
• 1987Three Kinds of Heat — Norris
• 1986Hotel du Lac — David Simmonds
• 1986The Whistle Blower — Charles Grieg
• Function Room
• Screen Two — Derek, David Simmonds
• 1984To Catch a King — Max Winter
• Dalgliesh — Maxim Howarth
• Death of an Expert Witness — Dr. Maxim Howarth
• 1983Heat and Dust — Major Minnies
• 1982A Woman Called Golda — Major Orde Wingate
• 1982How Many Miles to Babylon? — Major Glendinning
• Smiley's People — Saul Enderby
• Bergerac — Howard Bailey
• 1981Beyond the Next Mountain — Alan Montforce
• 1981Random Moments in a May Garden — David
• 1980Danger on Dartmoor — Mr. Green
• 1980Rabbit Pie Day — The Major
• 1980The Rear Column — Barttelot
• A Family Affair — Richard Barnes
• 1978The Wild Geese — Thomas Balfour
• Premiere — Major
• 1977Sweeney! — Elliott McQueen
• 1977The Three Hostages — Richard Hannay
• 1976Orde Wingate — Orde Wingate
• 1976Practical Experience — Bellamy
• 1975Old Times — Deeley
• 1975The Last Word — Edward
• 1974A Quiet Day in Belfast — John Slattery
• Playhouse — Bellamy, David, Maj. Glendinning
• 1973Divorce His - Divorce Hers — Donald Trenton
• Divorce His, Divorce Hers — Donald Trenton
• 1972Adventures of a Brown Man in Search of Civilization — Narrator (voice)
• 1972Frenzy — Robert "Bob" Rusk
• Van der Valk — Commissaris Simon "Piet" Van der Valk
• Doomwatch — Dr. Carson
• 1970Ryan's Daughter — Tim O'Leary
• 1969Battle of Britain — Sqd. Leader Edwards
• ITV Saturday Night Theatre — John Dixon
• 1969The Guru — Chris
• 1968Inspector Clouseau — Addison Steele
• 1968Twisted Nerve — Gerry Henderson
• Omnibus — John Stanley
• 1967Robbery — Frank
• 1966The Family Way — Joe Thompson
• Public Eye — Gerald Gurney-Stuart
• 1965The Interior Decorator — Bellamy
• The Troubleshooters — Robert Driscoll
• Thirty-Minute Theatre — Phil
• 1964King and Country — Lt. Webb
• The Wednesday Play — Dan Sankey, Squadron-Leader Phil Osborne, Bellamy
• Thursday Theatre — Jeff Smith
• Espionage — Gerry Paynter
• 1962Playback — Dave Hollis
• Drama 61-67 — Monty Mays
• Sir Francis Drake — Tom Brewster
• 1961Where the Difference Begins — Richard
• Maigret
• Sunday-Night Play
• 1960Surprise Package — US Marshal
• 1959The Siege of Pinchgut — Navy Rating (Uncredited)
• 1959Worm in the Bud — Edgar Malone
• 1958Dunkirk — Don R
• 1958Sea Fury — Vincent
• 1958Sea of Sand — Cpl. Matheson
• Nicholas Nickleby — Frank Cheeryble
• 1957Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst — Petty Officer McCarthy
• 1956The Baby and the Battleship — First Sailor at Dance
• 1956The Battle of the River Plate — Bill Roper - Capt. Bell's Messenger, HMS Exeter
• Sunday Night Theatre — Trooper Bates, Supply Assistant Brooker, Tim Smith

Appearances as themselves (1)

• 2001The Story of 'Frenzy' — Self