Barry Foster
Also Known As: John Barry Foster
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).
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Beeston, Nottinghamshire, England, UK
Adult: No
Birthday: August 21, 1927
Age: 97 years old
Gender: Male
Deathday: February 11, 2002
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Frenzy
Overview: London is terrorized by a vicious sex killer known as The Necktie Murderer. Following the brutal slaying of his ex-wife, down-on-his-luck Richard Blaney is suspected by the police of being the killer. He goes on the run, determined to prove his innocence.
Genres: Crime Thriller Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-05-25
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Joseph Losey: The Man with Four Names
Overview: Documentary about director Joseph Losey featuring many of his collaborators.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-06-06
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Sea of Sand
Overview: 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 African campaign. Sea of Sand was distributed in the US in a shortened version, Desert Patrol.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-11-04
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Battle of Britain
Overview: 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 Nazi invasion of Britain.
Genres: War History Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1969-09-15
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The Wild Geese
Overview: A British multinational company seeks to overthrow a vicious dictator in central Africa. It hires a band of (largely aged) mercenaries in London and sends them in to save the virtuous but imprisoned opposition leader who is also critically ill and due for execution. Just when the team has performed a perfect rescue, the multinational does a deal with the vicious dictator leaving the mercenary band to escape under their own steam and exact revenge.
Genres: Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-06-28
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The Whistle Blower
Overview: 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 War. He meets a web of deception and paranoia that seems impenetrable...
Genres: Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-11-21
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Maurice
Overview: After his lover rejects him, Maurice attempts to come to terms with his sexuality within the restrictiveness of Edwardian society.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-09-18
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Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst
Overview: While sailing lawfully up the Yangste in 1949, the British warship Amethyst found its return to the open sea blocked by Communist Chinese shore batteries that unexpectedly opened fire. In charge, Lietenant Commander Kerans was not however prepared for his crew and his ship to remain as a hostage for the Chinese to use as an international pawn.
Genres: War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-04-01
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The Interior Decorator
Overview: An interior decorator takes a millionaire's wife on a guided tour of her new home.
Genres: TV Movie Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1965-04-14
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Ryan's Daughter
Overview: 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.
Genres: Romance History Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1970-03-19
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The Family Way
Overview: 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 honeymoon in Spain, they have to spend their first night together at the home of Arthur's parents. The couple are prevented from having any intimacy, but it only gets worse. They find out that their trip to Spain is canceled, which sets the tone for a rocky few weeks.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1966-12-18
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Robbery
Overview: In this fictionalised account of the Great Train Robbery, career criminal Paul Clifton plans an audacious crime: the robbery of a mail train carrying millions in cash.
Genres: Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1967-08-01
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Twisted Nerve
Overview: Martin Durnley is a young man with an infantilizing mother, resentful stepfather and an institutionalized brother with Down's syndrome. To cope, he retreats into an alternate child personality he calls Georgie. After being caught during a theft attempt at a department store, he befriends a female customer who is sympathetic to him, but his friendship soon turns into obsession.
Genres: Drama Thriller Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-12-20
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Sweeney!
Overview: When one of Regan's snouts complains that his girlfriend's recent suicide was murder, the flying squad detective feels compelled to investigate. He uncovers a conspiracy that reaches the heart of the government, and finds himself fitted up, suspended and under the scrutiny of Special Branch.
Genres: Action Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-01-14
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Rancid Aluminium
Overview: 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 bust and the only way out is to do business with the Russian mafia. His life and heart are on the line when he leave to restore the fortunes of the family firm.
Genres: Action Comedy Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-01-21
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King and Country
Overview: 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, Captain Hargreaves, finds out there is more to the case than meets the eye.
Genres: War Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1964-09-05
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The Guru
Overview: 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.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1969-02-10
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The Wind in the Willows
Overview: Jailed for his reckless driving, rambunctious Mr. Toad has to escape from prison when his beloved Toad Hall comes under threat from the wily weasels, who plan to build a dog food factory on the very meadow sold to them by Toad himself.
Genres: Family Animation Adventure Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-12-24
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Worm in the Bud
Overview: An elderly man living on his own in Belfast rouses the suspicions of his neighbors.
Genres: TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1959-09-27
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After Pilkington
Overview: The quiet life of Oxford professor James Westgate is shattered when he is introduced to Penny, the wife of his crass new colleague.
Genres: Comedy Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-01-25
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To Catch a King
Overview: 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 the Duke and Duchess of Windsor, living at the time (1942) in Portugal.
Genres: Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-01-20
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Succubus
Overview: 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, in ancient times, pagan rituals took place there involving the sacrifice of young virgins. When an evil entity starts luring young boy Mark into killing himself in order to become the next sacrificial offering, something must be done to save him. Written by Bob Baker and Dave Martin who wrote many episodes of Dr. Who.
Genres: Horror TV Movie
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1987-07-02
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Sea Fury
Overview: 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 hope of getting his hands on the vessel. Meanwhile, a handsome English sailor, signs on to the boat and before long he and the girl fall for one another. Meanwhile a sinking freighter carrying explosive cargo has to be salvaged....
Genres: Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-08-26
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King of the Wind
Overview: 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 gift to the King of France, through a series of adventures with his faithful stable boy, Agba, he becomes the Godolphin Arabian, the founder of one of the greatest thoroughbred racing lines of all time.
Genres: Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-05-25
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Playback
Overview: A young policeman becomes involved with a glamorous German woman in London, to his cost.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1962-09-01
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A Woman Called Golda
Overview: The story of the Russian-born, Wisconsin-raised woman who rose to become Israel's prime minister in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
Genres: TV Movie Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-04-26
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Random Moments in a May Garden
Overview: 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.
Genres: TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-05-22
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Where the Difference Begins
Overview: 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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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1961-12-15
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A Curious Suicide
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-06-02
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Adventures of a Brown Man in Search of Civilization
Overview: Nirad C. Chaudhuri expounds his views on culture, history, religion and society from a comparative perspective.
Genres: TV Movie Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-04-01
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Beyond the Next Mountain
Overview: The story of how the Gospel of John changed the course of history for a tribe of headhunters.
Genres: Family History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-03-11
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Heat and Dust
Overview: 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 grand-aunt, she is led to reconsider her own life.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-01-01
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Dunkirk
Overview: 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 somehow. Meanwhile, British civilians are being dragged into the war with Operation Dynamo, the scheme to get the French and British forces back from the Dunkirk beaches. Some come forward to help, others were less willing.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-03-20
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Danger on Dartmoor
Overview: The adventures of children lost in fog on Dartmoor, who encounter a wild dog, an escaped convict, and other dangers.
Genres: Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-01-01
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The Three Hostages
Overview: Retired British solider Richard Hannay is recruited by British intelligence in an attempt to recover three hostages taken prisoner by a shadowy criminal organisation
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-12-27
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The Last Word
Overview: Leo, the owner of the stocking product "Discrete", has driven his company into the wall; the company is virtually bankrupt.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1975-01-01
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The Story of 'Frenzy'
Overview: Documentary about the making of Alfred Hitchcock's 'Frenzy'.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-03-06
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Hotel du Lac
Overview: 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 observing her fellow guests.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-03-02
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Three Kinds of Heat
Overview: Three friends persecute a gang of criminals from Harlem to the parties of the High Society of London.
Genres: Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-06-01
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A Quiet Day in Belfast
Overview: Andrew Angus Dalrymple's realistic portrait of a British soldier, his Irish lover and her twin sister amidst the strife of Northern Ireland.
Genres: Drama Romance Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-05-17
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Old Times
Overview: 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 shared, their memories of it are not always the same.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-10-22
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How Many Miles to Babylon?
Overview: 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 Jerry as a private. They still remain close, however, until Jerry is court-martialed for desertion, and Alex is put in charge of the firing squad.
Genres: Drama War TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-02-26
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Party Time
Overview: At a posh cocktail party, various plans are made, and a missing guest turns up late.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-11-17
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The Battle of the River Plate
Overview: 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 Isles, facing the great danger posed by the many German warships, such as the Admiral Graf Spee, which are scouring the ocean for cargo ships to sink.
Genres: Drama History War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-10-30
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Orde Wingate
Overview: The story of the military career of Orde Wingate, one of the most controversial and unorthodox Allied commanders of World War II. The guerrilla tactics he developed while in Palestine helped prepare the future leaders of the Israeli Defense Forces.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-07-16
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Rabbit Pie Day
Overview: 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. The major of one particular camp foresees problems should they have to go back; but as he says, 'They're only going home, after all!' - but home to what?
Genres: Drama History War TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-11-10
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Practical Experience
Overview: '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 and sleep and be happy. But the rules of the game say before you can do that you've got to start a firm. Employ people. Turn it into a career. I like architecture. I hate careers. The minute you make it a career you build a ladder and people want to climb it. Sometimes they stand on your fingers. It's hard to draw with flattened fingers. Spoils your draughtsmanship.'
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-04-16
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Surprise Package
Overview: Comic crime caper, set on a Greek island, starring Yul Brynner and Mitzi Gaynor.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1960-09-29
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Inspector Clouseau
Overview: Detective Inspector Jacques Clouseau is borrowed from the Surete on special assignment for Scotland Yard in hopes that a fresh outlook will help the government recover the loot from the Great Train Robbery, which is being used to underwrite a new crime wave. What they don't count on, however, is having more than one Clouseau on the job.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-07-19
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The Baby and the Battleship
Overview: After a quayside mix-up with the Italian family of his fiancée, Able Seaman Knocker White finds himself literally left holding the baby. Unable to return it before his ship sails he enlists the help of best mate Puncher Roberts to smuggle the child aboard. But babies are surprisingly demanding and gradually the whole crew is drawn into helping keep it fed and washed - and undiscovered. Even so, the officers above deck start to puzzle over the increasingly strange happenings on board.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-06-01
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