Brian Wilde

Brian George Wilde (13 June 1927 – 20 March 2008) was an English actor best known for his roles in television comedy, most notably Mr Barrowclough in Porridge (1974-1977) and Walter "Foggy" Dewhurst in Last of the Summer Wine (1976-1997). Although tall, his gentle demeanour became his hallmark. His lugubrious world-weary face was a staple of British television for forty years. Wilde was brought up in Devon and Hertfordshire and attended Hertford Grammar School.

Career Wilde had an early uncredited role as a small-time crook in the film Forbidden Cargo (1954),

Wilde's first major television success was in 1970 as refuse depot manager "Bloody Delilah" in the ITV sitcom The Dustbinmen (1970).

Partial filmography Film

Street Corner (1953) – Pinky – Bogus Detective Sgt (uncredited) Will Any Gentleman...? (1953) – 1st Clerk Forbidden Cargo (1954) – Smuggler at Airfield (uncredited) Simon and Laura (1955) – Peter Harbottle Now and Forever (1956) – Policeman (uncredited) Tiger in the Smoke (1956) – Trumps Interpol (1957) – The Monk Night of the Demon (1957) – Rand Hobart The Gypsy and the Gentleman (1958) – (uncredited) Girls at Sea (1958) – Bill Corridors of Blood (1958) – Man in Operating Theatre Audience (uncredited) Subway in the Sky (1959) Beyond the Curtain (1960) – Bill Seddon Scotland Yard (film series) (1961) - The Never Never Murder - Porter Life for Ruth (1962) – Newspaper Photographer (uncredited) We Joined the Navy (1962) – Petty Officer Gibbons On the Run – Chief Warder West 11 (1963) – Speaker The Informers (1963) – Lipson The Man Who Finally Died (1963) – Cemetery Superintendent (uncredited) The Bargee (1964) – Policeman Rattle of a Simple Man (1964) – Fred Darling (1965) – Willett Morgan: A Suitable Case for Treatment (1966) – Mr. Gilbert (uncredited) Rasputin the Mad Monk (1966) – Vassily's Father (uncredited) The Jokers (1967) – Sgt. Catchpole You Only Live Twice (1967) – 1st Policeman (uncredited) Carry On Doctor (1967) – Man from Cox & Carter Connecting Rooms (1970) – Ellerman Goodbye Gemini (1970) – Taxi Driver Carry On Henry (1971) – Warder (scenes deleted) One Brief Summer (1971) – Lambert No Sex Please, We're British (1973) – Policeman Alfie Darling (1975) – Doctor To the Devil a Daughter (1976) – Black Room Attendant Adventures of a Taxi Driver (1976) – Harold Play Safe (1978) – Owl (voice) Porridge (1979) – Barrowclough The Funny Side of Christmas (1982) – Foggy

Television

Radio Say Something Happened (1989)