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Barry Foster

1931 - 2002

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John Barry Foster (21 August 1927 – 11 February 2002) was an English actor who had an extensive career in film, radio, stage and television over almost 50 years. He was best known for portraying the title character in the British crime series Van der Valk (1972–1992) and Bob Rusk in Alfred Hitchcock's Frenzy (1972). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Barry Foster is the 6,070th most popular actor (down from 5,206th in 2019), the 4,689th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,949th in 2019) and the 696th most popular British Actor.

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Among actors, Barry Foster ranks 6,070 out of 13,578. Before him are Brooke Burke, Ruby Lin, Verna Felton, Rebecca Hall, Marguerite Clark, and Junko Takeuchi. After him are Ray Park, Daniel Henney, Hu Die, Inge Keller, Bill Robinson, and Jessalyn Gilsig.

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Among people born in 1931, Barry Foster ranks 501. Before him are Klára Fried-Bánfalvi, Heinz Fütterer, Árpád Bárány, Bill Hoskyns, Christopher George, and Charles Bassett. After him are Alfred W. Crosby, Jiří Feureisl, Park Wan-suh, Sergio Obeso Rivera, Dan Rather, and Elizabeth J. Feinler. Among people deceased in 2002, Barry Foster ranks 281. Before him are Vladimir Romashkin, Astrid Henning-Jensen, Katya Paskaleva, Conny Vandenbos, Ruth Svedberg, and Melih Cevdet Anday. After him are Johannes Joachim Degenhardt, John Buscema, Spike Milligan, Vladimir Vasyutin, Günther Ortmann, and José Hierro.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Barry Foster ranks 4,690 out of 8,785. Before him are James Nesbitt (1965), James Collinson (1825), Thomas Tomkins (1572), John Jervis, 1st Earl of St Vincent (1735), Yasmin Le Bon (1964), and Rebecca Hall (1982). After him are Ray Park (1974), William Adam (1689), Matthew Webb (1848), Gordon Thomas (1921), David O'Leary (1958), and Patricia Bredin (1935).

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Among ACTORS In United Kingdom

Among actors born in United Kingdom, Barry Foster ranks 696. Before him are Maud Gonne (1866), Amira Casar (1971), Dev Patel (1990), Stanley Holloway (1890), James Nesbitt (1965), and Rebecca Hall (1982). After him are Ray Park (1974), Patricia Bredin (1935), Linus Roache (1964), Roy Kinnear (1934), Roger Ashton-Griffiths (1957), and Rupert Davies (1916).

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