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Dudley Foster (1925–1973)

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Lean British character actor from a well-to-do background, possessed of a notably piercing gaze and precise diction. A graduate of Joan Littlewood's Theatre Workshop, he was equally at home in TV sitcoms or drama, excelling at police detectives, civil servants and the occasional villain.

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1974 Mistress Pamela
Jonathan
 
1972 That's Your Funeral
Grimthorpe
 
1972 Harriet's Back in Town (TV series)
Stanley Pemberton
Episode #1.20 (1972) … Stanley Pemberton
Episode #1.19 (1972) … Stanley Pemberton
 
1966-1972 Public Eye (TV series)
Ansell / Major Clive Thursby-Byers
Mrs. Podmore's Cat (1972) … Major Clive Thursby-Byers
It Had to Be a Mouse (1966) … Ansell
 
1972 Stage 2 (TV series)
Eberkopf / Strange passenger
Peer Gynt (1972) … Eberkopf/Strange passenger
 
1972 The Public Eye
Mr. Mayhew
 
1972 It's Murder But Is It Art (TV series)
Inspector Hook
Mister Drake Reveals All (1972) … Inspector Hook
Mister Drake Asks Questions (1972) … Inspector Hook
Mister Drake Has Visitors (1972) … Inspector Hook
Mister Drake and Ars Gratia Artis (1972) … Inspector Hook
Mister Drake Goes to Jail (1972) … Inspector Hook
 
1972 Jason King (TV series)
Ackroyd
An Author in Search of Two Characters (1972) … Ackroyd
 
1971 The Fenn Street Gang (TV series)
Mr. Stringer
All Mod Cons (1971) … Mr. Stringer
 
1971 The Persuaders! (TV series)
Heather
Anyone Can Play (1971) … Heather
 
1971 The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes (TV series)
Chief Superintendent Vyvyan
 
1971 Quest for Love
Grimshaw
 
1960-1971 Armchair Theatre (TV series)
George Gladwin / Hugo / Tom Fenton
The Bargain Hunters (1971) … Tom Fenton
Never Mind the Quality, Feel the Width (1967) … George Gladwin
The Rose Affair (1961) … Hugo
 
1971 Dulcima
Symes
 
1962-1971 Z Cars (TV series)
Det. Insp. Dunn / Leonard Smith / Supt. Dunn
The Snoozer: Part 2 (1971) … Leonard Smith
The Snoozer: Part 1 (1971) … Leonard Smith
Clues Are What You Think (1964) … Supt. Dunn
Sunday Morning (1962) … Det. Insp. Dunn
Appearance in Court (1962) … Det. Insp. Dunn
 
1971 Catweazle (TV series)
Kenley
The Ghost Hunters (1971) … Kenley
 
1971 That's Your Funeral (TV series)
Grimthorpe
What's in a Name? (1971) … Grimthorpe
The Last to Go (1971) … Grimthorpe
 
1971 Play for Today (TV series)
Darkly
Billy's Last Stand (1971) … Darkly
 
1963-1970 Steptoe and Son (TV series)
Car Salesman / Martin / Mr. Stonelake / …
Robbery with Violence (1970) … The Detective
The Colour Problem (1970) … Car Salesman (uncredited)
My Old Man's a Tory (1965) … Mr. Stonelake
Full House (1963) … Martin
 
1970 If It Moves, File It (TV series)
Foster
Current Affairs (1970) … Foster
Grandmothers (1970) … Foster
Lost and Found (1970) … Foster
Man Eating Plant (1970) … Foster
Surveillance (1970) … Foster
 
1970 Codename (TV series)
Bazna
Have a Word with Greco (1970) … Bazna
 
1970 Foreign Exchange (TV movie)
Leo
 
1965-1969 The Wednesday Play (TV series)
Antrobus / The Expert
Close the Coalhouse Door (1969) … The Expert
The Girl Who Loved Robots (1965) … Antrobus
 
1969 Moon Zero Two
Whitsun
 
1969 My Partner the Ghost (TV series)
George Foster
All Work and No Pay (1969) … George Foster
 
1969 The Expert (TV series)
Albert Carr
Flesh and Blood (1969) … Albert Carr
 
1965-1968 The Avengers (TV series)
Mr. Goat / Parker / Philip Leas
Wish You Were Here (1968) … Parker
Something Nasty in the Nursery (1967) … Mr. Goat
The Hour That Never Was (1965) … Philip Leas
 
1968 The Gamblers (TV series)
Other man
Try a Little Tenderness (1968) … Other man
 
1968 City 68' (TV series)
The Old Country (1968)
 
1967 The Informer (TV series)
James Hughes
Here's Where Who Takes Over? (1967) … James Hughes
 
1967 Uncle Charles (TV series)
C.S.M. Lee
Gentle Counsels (1967) … C.S.M. Lee
 
1966 Bat Out of Hell (TV series)
Inspector Clay
Episode #1.5 (1966) … Inspector Clay
Episode #1.4 (1966) … Inspector Clay
Episode #1.3 (1966) … Inspector Clay
Episode #1.2 (1966) … Inspector Clay
Episode #1.1 (1966) … Inspector Clay
 
1966 No Hiding Place (TV series)
Bowdler
The Night Walker (1966) … Bowdler
 
1966 Theatre 625 (TV series)
Kirill
The Twelfth Hour (1966) … Kirill
 
1966 Thirty-Minute Theatre (TV series)
Frank
The Enchanted Night (1966) … Frank
 
1965 Barney Is My Darling (TV series)
 
1965 Blackmail (TV series)
Joe Griffin
First Offender (1965) … Joe Griffin
 
1965 The Mask of Janus (TV series)
Ernest Fox
The Public Interest (1965) … Ernest Fox
 
1965 A Study in Terror
Home Secretary
 
1965 Six of the Best (TV series)
Otto Mulchrone
Porterhouse: Private Eye (1965) … Otto Mulchrone
 
1965 The Saint (TV series)
Jones
The Abductors (1965) … Jones
 
1965 The Little Ones
Supt. Carter
 
1962-1965 Drama 61-67 (TV series)
Gilbert Platt / Inspector Morris / Sam Carver
Drama '65: Mrs. Quilley's Murder Shoes (1965) … Inspector Morris
Drama '63: Albert Hope (1963) … Sam Carver
Drama '62: A Chance in Life (1962) … Gilbert Platt
 
1965 The Worker (TV series)
Mr. Grey
A Democratic Democratism (1965) … Mr. Grey
 
1965 Thursday Theatre (TV series)
Sgt. Maj. Tommy Lodge
Celebration (1965) … Sgt. Maj. Tommy Lodge
 
1965 ITV Play of the Week (TV series)
Sweeney
The Image (1965) … Sweeney
 
1965 The Sullavan Brothers (TV series)
Rand
The Gallows in My Garden (1965) … Rand
 
1965 The Villains (TV series)
Dave Williams
Three to a Cell (1965) … Dave Williams
 
1963-1964 The Edgar Wallace Mystery Theatre (TV series)
Peter Dexter / Philip Teasdale
Never Mention Murder (1964) … Philip Teasdale
Ricochet (1963) … Peter Dexter
 
1964 The Hidden Truth (TV series)
Ernest Malet
The Boiler Suite Shape (1964) … Ernest Malet
 
1963-1964 First Night (TV series)
Anderson / John Farley
Ted's Cathedral (1964) … Anderson
The Way with Reggie (1963) … John Farley
 
1964 Crane (TV series)
Charles
Two Rings for Danger (1964) … Charles
 
1964 Comedy Playhouse (TV series)
Mr. Gibson
The Mascot (1964) … Mr. Gibson
 
1964 Never Mention Murder
Philip Teasdale
 
1963 Zero One (TV series)
Abdul Pasha
Triple Cross (1963) … Abdul Pasha
 
1963 The Plane Makers (TV series)
Harry
The Silent and the Damned (1963) … Harry
 
1963 It Happened Like This (TV series)
Hickman
The Hill of Lions (1963) … Hickman
 
1963 Ricochet
Peter Dexter
 
1959-1962 ITV Television Playhouse (TV series)
George / Harry / Mr. Gregory
When Silver Drinks (1962) … Harry
I Having Dreamt Awake (1961) … George
To Keep Our Way of Life (1959) … Mr. Gregory
 
1962 Bootsie and Snudge (TV series)
 
1962 Term of Trial
Detective Sergeant Keirnan
 
1960-1962 BBC Sunday-Night Play (TV series)
Lance-Cpl. Broughton / Roberts
Black Limelight (1962) … Roberts
Twentieth Century Theatre: Journey's End (1960) … Lance-Cpl. Broughton
 
1961 The Wakefield Shepherd's Play (short)
First Shepherd
 
1961 Ghost Squad (TV series)
Vic Diamond
The Eyes of the Bat (1961) … Vic Diamond
 
1961 Echo Four Two (TV series)
Tom Dukes
Frozen Fire (1961) … Tom Dukes
 
1961 Coronation Street (TV series)
Tom Hayes
Episode #1.49 (1961) … Tom Hayes
Episode #1.48 (1961) … Tom Hayes
 
1961 Danger Man (TV series)
Giorgio
The Contessa (1961) … Giorgio
 
1961 Jango (TV series)
Store Manager
The Itching Fingers of Lady Ffoukes (1961) … Store Manager
 
1960 Police Surgeon (TV series)
George Bates
Operation Mangle (1960) … George Bates
 
1959 The Four Just Men (TV series)
Luigi
The Crying Jester (1959) … Luigi
 
1958 Incident at Echo Six (TV movie)
Sergeant Carmichael
 
1958 The Two-Headed Spy
Gestapo Agent (uncredited)
 
1956 The Tamer Tamed (TV movie)
 
1955 Othello (TV movie)
 
1955 Fast and Loose (TV series)
Episode #2.4 (1955)
 
Show ShowSelf (1 title)
1968 Call My Bluff (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 11 February 1968 (1968) … Himself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (1 title)
1976 Sporting Chance (TV movie)
Heather
 

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Personal Details

Other Works:

(1967) Six TV episodes plus one special of "Hand me my sword, Humphrey", where he played Mr. Hastings. Dramatised science for young people set in a late Victorian household. See more »

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Height:

5' 7" (1.70 m)
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Trivia:

Lean British character actor from a well-to-do background, possessed of a notably piercing gaze and precise diction. A graduate of Joan Littlewood's Theatre Workshop, he was equally at home in TV sitcoms or drama, excelling at police detectives, civil servants and the occasional villain. See more »