Barry Foster
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 | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 3.793 |
| Birthday | 1927-08-21 |
| Place of Birth | Beeston, Nottinghamshire, England, UK |
| Also Known As | John Barry Foster, |
1972
Frenzy
7.1/889
After a serial killer strangles several women with a necktie, London police identify a suspect—but he claims vehemently to be the wrong man.
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Frenzy
1998
Joseph Losey: The Man with Four Names
0/0
Documentary about director Joseph Losey featuring many of his collaborators.
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Joseph Losey: The Man with Four Names
1958
Sea of Sand
6.4/18
A small British army team is sent deep behind enemy lines to destroy a German petrol dump as part of the preparation for a major attack in the North A...
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Sea of Sand
1969
Battle of Britain
6.82/300
In 1940, the Royal Air Force fights a desperate battle against the might of the Luftwaffe for control of the skies over Britain, thus preventing the N...
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Battle of Britain
1978
The Wild Geese
6.8/250
A British multinational company seeks to overthrow a vicious dictator in central Africa. It hires a band of (largely aged) mercenaries in London and s...
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The Wild Geese
1986
The Whistle Blower
5.8/36
A war veteran tries to investigate the murder of his son who was working as a Russian translator for the British intelligence service during the Cold...
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The Whistle Blower
1987
Maurice
7.6/533
After his lover rejects him, Maurice attempts to come to terms with his sexuality within the restrictiveness of Edwardian society.
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Maurice
1957
Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst
7.2/10
While sailing lawfully up the Yangste in 1949, the British warship Amethyst found its return to the open sea blocked by Communist Chinese shore batter...
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Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst
1965
The Interior Decorator
0/0
An interior decorator takes a millionaire's wife on a guided tour of her new home.
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The Interior Decorator
1970
Ryan's Daughter
7.1/153
The wife of an Irish school teacher is branded a traitor when she falls for a British officer who is part of an occupying force in 1917 Ireland.
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Ryan's Daughter
1966
The Family Way
6.6/28
Young newlyweds Arthur and Jenny Fitton want nothing more than to get their marriage started on the right foot. But before they can depart for their h...
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The Family Way
1967
Robbery
6.5/44
In this fictionalised account of the Great Train Robbery, career criminal Paul Clifton plans an audacious crime: the robbery of a mail train carrying...
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Robbery
1968
Twisted Nerve
6.8/50
Martin Durnley is a young man with an infantilizing mother, resentful stepfather and an institutionalized brother with Down's syndrome. To cope, he re...
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Twisted Nerve
1977
Sweeney!
6.8/22
When one of Regan's snouts complains that his girlfriend's recent suicide was murder, the flying squad detective feels compelled to investigate. He un...
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Sweeney!
2000
Rancid Aluminium
3.6/11
Pete Thompson thinks he has it all. However, following the death of his father his close friend and accountant reveals the company he has been left is...
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Rancid Aluminium
1964
King and Country
7.048/52
During World War I, Army Private Arthur James Hamp is accused of desertion during battle. The officer assigned to defend him at his court-martial, Cap...
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King and Country
1969
The Guru
5/4
Britain's top pop artiste, Tom Pickle, travels to Bombay, India, circa 1960s to learn to play the sitar from renowned maestro Ustad Zafar Khan.
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The Guru
1995
The Wind in the Willows
7.1/30
Kenneth Grahame's literary classic about an enchanting world along the Riverbank has delighted readers for nearly a century. Now, this enduring belove...
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The Wind in the Willows
1959
Worm in the Bud
0/0
An elderly man living on his own in Belfast rouses the suspicions of his neighbors.
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Worm in the Bud
1987
After Pilkington
7/2
The quiet life of Oxford professor James Westgate is shattered when he is introduced to Penny, the wife of his crass new colleague.
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After Pilkington
1984
To Catch a King
4/1
Robert Wagner plays an American who owns a Lisbon nightclub and Teri Garr is a slightly dippy chanteuse who has stumbled across a Nazi plot to kidnap...
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To Catch a King
1987
Succubus
0/0
A family settles in an old castle with plans to, among other things, turn its former cemetery into a swimming pool. However, soon they find out that,...
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Succubus
1958
Sea Fury
6/6
The captain of a tugboat harboured off a Spanish village is lured into a romantic involvement with a young girl at the behest of her father, in the ho...
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Sea Fury
1990
King of the Wind
6.4/5
In 1727, an Arab colt is born with the signs of the wheat ear and the white spot on his heel: evil and good. And thus begins the life of Sham. He is a...
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King of the Wind
1962
Playback
0/0
A young policeman becomes involved with a glamorous German woman in London, to his cost.
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Playback
1982
A Woman Called Golda
8.2/8
The story of the Russian-born, Wisconsin-raised woman who rose to become Israel's prime minister in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
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A Woman Called Golda
1981
Random Moments in a May Garden
0/0
A middle-aged couple give a dinner party to their friends. In the room is a photograph of another group of people, taken in a garden in May.
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Random Moments in a May Garden
1961
Where the Difference Begins
7/1
A family gather together as their mother lies dying. Death brings conflicts into sharp focus - not least between brothers Edgar and Richard…
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Where the Difference Begins
1990
A Curious Suicide
0/0
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A Curious Suicide
1972
Adventures of a Brown Man in Search of Civilization
5/2
Nirad C. Chaudhuri expounds his views on culture, history, religion and society from a comparative perspective.
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Adventures of a Brown Man in Search of Civilization
1981
Beyond the Next Mountain
0/0
The story of how the Gospel of John changed the course of history for a tribe of headhunters.
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Beyond the Next Mountain
1983
Heat and Dust
6.1/35
Anne is investigating the life of her grand-aunt Olivia, whose destiny has always been shrouded with scandal. As Anne delves into the history of her g...
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Heat and Dust
1958
Dunkirk
6.7/60
A British Corporal in France finds himself responsible for the lives of his men when their officer is killed. He has to get them back to Britain someh...
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Dunkirk
1980
Danger on Dartmoor
5.7/3
The adventures of children lost in fog on Dartmoor, who encounter a wild dog, an escaped convict, and other dangers.
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Danger on Dartmoor
1977
The Three Hostages
0/0
Retired British solider Richard Hannay is recruited by British intelligence in an attempt to recover three hostages taken prisoner by a shadowy crimin...
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The Three Hostages
1975
The Last Word
2/1
Leo, the owner of the stocking product "Discrete", has driven his company into the wall; the company is virtually bankrupt.
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The Last Word
2001
The Story of 'Frenzy'
4.7/3
Documentary about the making of Alfred Hitchcock's 'Frenzy'.
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The Story of 'Frenzy'
1986
Hotel du Lac
4/2
Romantic novelist Edith Hope so horrifies her friends that they banish her to the solitude of a Swiss hotel. She decides to work out her exile by obse...
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Hotel du Lac
1987
Three Kinds of Heat
5.3/3
Three friends persecute a gang of criminals from Harlem to the parties of the High Society of London.
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Three Kinds of Heat
1974
A Quiet Day in Belfast
6/2
Andrew Angus Dalrymple's realistic portrait of a British soldier, his Irish lover and her twin sister amidst the strife of Northern Ireland.
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A Quiet Day in Belfast
1975
Old Times
0/0
Kate and Deeley are married and live in the country. They are joined by Kate's friend, Anna, and talk of the past. Although it is a past they have sha...
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Old Times
1982
How Many Miles to Babylon?
0/0
Wealthy Alexander Moore and working-class Jerry Crowe are childhood friends and in 1914 find themselves in the same Army unit - Alex as an officer and...
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How Many Miles to Babylon?
1992
Party Time
5/1
At a posh cocktail party, various plans are made, and a missing guest turns up late.
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Party Time
1956
The Battle of the River Plate
6.2/55
In the early years of the World War II, the Royal Navy is fighting a desperate battle to keep the Atlantic convoy routes open to supply the British Is...
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The Battle of the River Plate
1976
Orde Wingate
0/0
The story of the military career of Orde Wingate, one of the most controversial and unorthodox Allied commanders of World War II. The guerrilla tactic...
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Orde Wingate
1980
Rabbit Pie Day
0/0
As World War II draws to a close thousands of Russian soldiers overtaken by the Allied advance in Europe find themselves in England - and they like it...
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Rabbit Pie Day
1976
Practical Experience
0/0
'I'm unusual. I really want to be an architect. Always have done. Always wanted to build fine buildings and fine cities where people can work and eat...
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Practical Experience
1960
Surprise Package
5.8/4
Comic crime caper, set on a Greek island, starring Yul Brynner and Mitzi Gaynor.
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