Brian Wilde

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1927-06-13

Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire, England, UK

Biography

Brian Wilde was an English actor, best known for his roles in television comedy, including Mr Barrowclough in Porridge and "Foggy" Dewhurst in Last of the Summer Wine.

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Cast RolesCast Roles Played = {93}

Vassily's Father (uncredited)

1966-03-06 5.8

Rasputin: The Mad Monk

Rasputin, a crazed and debauched monk wreaks havoc at the local inn one night, chopping off the hand of one of the drinkers. As the bitter locals plan their revenge, the evil Rasputin works his power ...
Genre :Horror

Rand Hobart

1957-11-09 7

Night of the Demon

American professor John Holden arrives in London for a conference on parapsychology only to discover that the colleague he was supposed to meet was killed in a freak accident the day before. It turns ...
Genre :Fantasy, Horror, Mystery

Mr. Barrowclough

1979-08-12 6.7

Porridge

Times are hard for habitual guest of Her Majesty Norman Stanley Fletcher. The new prison officer, Beale, makes MacKay look soft and what's more, an escape plan is hatching from the cell of prison godf ...
Genre :Comedy, Crime

Petty Officer Gilors

1963-05-17 5.6

We Joined the Navy

Lt Commander Badger, RN: an exceptionally likeable fellow, the Artful Bodger has one besetting sin a shining honesty which compels him to say the right thing at entirely the wrong time! When untimely ...
Genre :Comedy

Sgt. Catchpole

1967-05-15 6

The Jokers

Brothers Michael and David Tremayne decide to steal the Crown Jewels from the Tower of London, not for criminal purposes, but to make themselves famous. ...
Genre :Comedy, Crime

New Recruit (uncredited)

1958-12-04 6.5

The Square Peg

Norman Pitkin and Mr Grimsdale are council workmen mending the road outside an Army base when they come into conflict with the military. Shortly afterwards, they get drafted and fall into the clutches ...
Genre :War, Comedy

Policeman

1964-04-23 6.9

The Bargee

After a lock-keeper entrusts his daughter to a canal Casanova, he is shocked to learn that she is pregnant. He then refuses to open his locks - causing barges to pile up in every direction until the g ...
Genre :Comedy

Ellerman

1970-05-01 5.5

Connecting Rooms

Explores the relationships shared by the residents of a seedy boarding house in London. Based on the play The Cellist, by Marion Hart. ...
Genre :Drama

Chief Warder

1963-02-01 0

On the Run

An ex-con escapes from jail to clear himself about a robbery charge ...
Genre :Crime

Fred

1964-12-20 5.2

Rattle of a Simple Man

Percy Winthram is a naive young man who still lives at home with his mum. In London for the Cup Final with his friends, he finds himself in a Soho strip club, where he meets blonde hostess Cyrenne. Ac ...
Genre :Comedy, Drama

Bill

1958-10-01 6

Girls at Sea

When HMS Scotia pays a visit to the French Riviera, the officers throw a lavish party to celebrate the engagement of Captain Robert Randall to Jill Eaton, a charming American girl; among the guests ar ...
Genre :Comedy

Foggy Dewhurst

1983-12-27 8

Getting Sam Home

Three old chums agree to take the ailing Sam on one last trip to see his flousy girl-friend, Lily Bless Her, in the middle of the night. ...
Genre :Comedy

Major Forster

1973-08-14 6

Secrets

Secrets Chocolates receive an unexpected sales boost when three maintenance workers fall into the chocolate vat and are fed through the production line. ...
Genre :TV Movie, Comedy

(archive footage)

2022-12-16 0

Comedy Classics: Porridge

An homage to the prison comedy series Porridge, created by Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais. This documentary examines how Ronnie Barker’s Fletch influenced Slade Prison’s characters. There is also a l ...
Genre :Documentary

Mr. Barrowclough

1976-12-24 0

Porridge: The Desperate Hours

Fletcher and Godber are in trouble for brewing liquor in the lead-up to Christmas, but are caught up in a hostage situation in the Governor's office. ...
Genre :Comedy, Crime

Mr. Barrowclough

1975-12-24 0

Porridge: No Way Out

Fletcher discovers that his fellow inmates are planning to escape. ...
Genre :Crime, Comedy

1st Policeman (uncredited)

1967-06-13 6.6

You Only Live Twice

A mysterious spacecraft captures Russian and American space capsules and brings the two superpowers to the brink of war. James Bond investigates the case in Japan and comes face to face with his arche ...
Genre :Action, Thriller, Adventure

Mr. Gilbert (uncredited)

1966-04-03 6.2

Morgan: A Suitable Case for Treatment

Morgan, an aggressive and self-admitted dreamer, a fantasist who uses his flights of fancy as refuge from external reality, where his unconventional behavior lands him in a divorce from his wife, Leon ...
Genre :Comedy

Owl (voice)

1978-01-02 5.3

Play Safe

Sponsored as part of the Electricity Council's 'Understanding Electricity' campaign, Play Safe is a series of three hard-hitting fillers designed to highlight to children the potentially fatal consequ ...
Genre :Family, Animation, Drama

Doctor

1975-07-17 4.167

Alfie Darling

Alfie meets his romantic match when the modern-day Casanova falls in love with a career woman. Alfie soon realises that Abby, a magazine editor, is just as romantically ruthless as he is. ...
Genre :Drama

Basil Willett

1965-08-03 6.7

Darling

Diana, a beautiful but shallow and easily distracted model and failed actress, toys with the affections of several men while attempting to gain fame and fortune in Swinging London. ...
Genre :Drama, Romance

Speaker

1963-10-08 6.9

West 11

In Notting Hill's jazz club, coffee bar and bedsit land of the early 1960s, Joe Beckett is a young unemployed misfit and drifter whose life takes a turn for the worse when he encounters Richard Dyce, ...
Genre :Drama, Crime

Ted

1971-01-28 0

The Piano

Play about an elderly couple who don't want to be moved from the house in which they have lived all their lives, but may be forced to as they live in a designated redevelopment area. The major point a ...
Genre :Drama, TV Movie

Man from Cox & Carter

1967-12-02 6.5

Carry On Doctor

Francis Bigger, a notorious charlatan who tours the country lecturing on the subject of mind over matter, slips off the platform in the middle of his performance and ends up in hospital under the care ...
Genre :Comedy

Pinky - Bogus Detective Sergeant

1953-03-17 5.417

Street Corner

A pseudo-documentary focusing on the daily work and routine of women police officers built around three different storylines. ...
Genre :Thriller, Drama, Crime

Newspaper Photographer

1962-09-06 6.5

Life for Ruth

John Harris finds himself ostracized and placed on trial for allowing his daughter Ruth to die. His religious beliefs forbade him to give consent for a blood transfusion that would have saved her life ...
Genre :Drama

1971-02-25 5

One Brief Summer

The story deals with the situation of a mature man, his mistress, his daughter and a young girl who comes into their lives. ...
Genre :Drama

Smuggler at Airfield

1954-05-04 6.4

Forbidden Cargo

Kenyon is a narcotics agent who, with the aid of a titled bird-watcher attempts to trap a brother and sister drug smuggling team. ...
Genre :Crime, Thriller

Tredwell

1981-03-08 6.8

Agatha Christie's Seven Dials Mystery

When two mysterious deaths mar an otherwise pleasant weekend in the English countryside, unflappable flapper Lady Eileen Brent teams up with the dashing Jimmy Thesinger to solve the dastardly deeds. T ...
Genre :Drama, Mystery, Thriller, TV Movie

Cemetery Superintendent

1963-12-01 6.2

The Man Who Finally Died

Joe Newman, a naturalised Briton, is telephoned by his German father, whom he believed long dead, at the same time as a funeral is taking place in Bavaria - with his father's name on the coffin. His i ...
Genre :Thriller, Mystery

Policeman

1973-07-25 5

No Sex Please - We're British

A porn-store owner orders some new stuff from his supplier, but the delivery address gets mixed with the address of the local Barclays Bank. Here, David (the bank's assistant manager) and his new wife ...
Genre :Comedy

Monk

1957-04-02 6.4

Interpol

Spurred on by the death of his drug-addicted sister at the hands of ruthless narcotics kingpin Frank McNally, U.S. drug enforcement agent Charles Sturgis embarks on an investigation that takes him fro ...
Genre :Crime, Drama

Trumps

1956-11-27 6.5

Tiger in the Smoke

In wartime, a young officer is killed during a raid to kill a German general at the house that used to belong to his grandmother. Before he dies he talks about a treasure that was hidden there. Severa ...
Genre :Thriller, Crime

Black Room Attendant

1976-03-04 5.4

To the Devil a Daughter

An American occult novelist battles to save the soul of a young girl from a group of Satanists, led by an excommunicated priest, who plan on using her as the representative of the Devil on Earth. ...
Genre :Horror

Peter Harbottle

1955-11-02 5.6

Simon and Laura

A couple of bickering, married performers agree to star in a "Mr. and Mrs." TV show. ...
Genre :Comedy

Clerk

1953-08-25 5.6

Will Any Gentleman...?

A trip to the theatre changes a meek bank clerk's life, as he undergoes hypnosis and leaves without being woken up. Suddenly, he believes he is the world's greatest lover and becomes a terrorizing Cas ...
Genre :Comedy

Lipson

1963-11-29 6.5

The Informers

When the detective in charge of investigating a series of bank robberies starts to get too close to the culprits, they set up a blackmail scheme to warn him off. But when the crooks begin to fall out ...
Genre :Crime

Bill Seddon

1960-04-01 6

Beyond the Curtain

A British flight officer plans to rescue an airline stewardess who is trapped in East Germany. ...
Genre :Drama

Policeman (uncredited)

1956-09-10 7

Now and Forever

A rich young society girl falls in love with a car mechanic. Her family is appalled and stops her seeing him. The girl attempts to commit suicide and then decides to elope. ...
Genre :Thriller, Drama

Harold

1976-04-30 4.9

Adventures of a Taxi Driver

Joe North is a London taxi driver who manages to get himself into any number of sexual situations with various women. ...
Genre :Comedy

Captain Mercer / Judge Jefferies

1971-12-03 0

The Bristol Entertainment

A thousand years of the gossip, scandals, successes, disasters, eccentricities and cupidity that lie behind the facades of a great city. ...
Genre :Drama, TV Movie

Foggy

1984-11-25 0

Royal Variety Performance 1984

In the presence of HM Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother accompanied by Their Royal Highnesses The Prince and Princess of Wales. From the stage of the Victoria Palace Theatre stars from the world of ent ...
Genre :Music, Comedy, TV Movie

Foggy

1982-12-27 0

The Funny Side of Christmas

Skits from: "The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin"; "The Les Dawson Show"; "Yes Minister"; "Only Fools and Horses"; "Three of a Kind"; "Last of the Summer Wine"; "Sorry!"; "Butterflies"; "Smith and Jo ...
Genre :Comedy, TV Movie

Foggy

1978-12-26 4

Last of the Summer Wine Christmas Specials 1978-1982

Featuring: Small Tune on a Penny Wassail, And a Dewhurst up a Fir Tree, Whoops and All Mod Conned. ...
Genre :

(voice)

1988-02-01 0

Children's Favourites - Volume 1

A compilation of episodes from The Wind in the Willows, Danger Mouse and Alias the Jester. ...
Genre :

Harold (archive footage) (uncredited)

1981-01-01 5.5

The Best of the Adventures

A feature-length compilation of the funniest and naughtiest bits from the legendary 1970s’ Adventures of series! ...
Genre :Comedy

1973-03-25 7

Seven of One

Seven of One was a British comedy series that aired on BBC2 in 1973. Starring Ronnie Barker, 7 of One is a series of seven separate comedies that would serve as possible pilots for sitcoms. Originally ...
Genre :Comedy

Stanley Hedges

1975-01-02 7.8

The Sweeney

Jack Regan, an unethical officer of the Flying Squad, uses unorthodox methods to pursue criminals with the help of his partner, George Carter. ...
Genre :Action & Adventure, Drama, Crime

1976-04-28 6.8

The Ghosts of Motley Hall

The Ghosts of Motley Hall is a British children's television series written by Richard Carpenter which was produced and directed by Quentin Lawrence for Granada Television, and broadcast between 1976 ...
Genre :Comedy

Richard Topcliffe

1971-02-17 7.4

Elizabeth R

This historical mini-series documents the reign of Elizabeth I with each episode focusing on one dramatic period in the lengthy reign of the Virgin Queen, including her ascension to the throne, her va ...
Genre :Drama

Major Wyatt

1988-10-17 4.5

Wyatt's Watchdogs

After a burglary at his sister's house, retired soldier Major Wyatt sets up a Neighbourhood Watch group. The motley collection of individuals who come together to form the group are quickly divided by ...
Genre :Comedy

Mr. Barrowclough

1974-09-05 8.1

Porridge

Porridge is a British situation comedy broadcast on BBC1 from 1974 to 1977, running for three series, two Christmas specials and a feature film also titled Porridge. Written by Dick Clement and Ian La ...
Genre :Comedy

1962-01-02 7

Z-Cars

Z-Cars or Z Cars is a British television drama series centred on the work of mobile uniformed police in the fictional town of Newtown, based on Kirkby, Merseyside. Produced by the BBC, it debuted in J ...
Genre :Drama

Raven

1961-01-07 7.7

The Avengers

A quirky spy show of the adventures of eccentrically suave British Agent John Steed and his predominantly female partners. Jonathan Steed - an urbane, proper gentleman spy - teams with various assista ...
Genre :Action & Adventure, Crime, Sci-Fi & Fantasy

Roland Simpson

1984-04-02 5.5

The Kit Curran Radio Show

Disc jockey, flyboy, con-man, compulsive fibber... Kit Curran is all of these and worse! A perfect storm of self-obsession and general apathy, Kit reigns as the undisputed king of small-time Radio New ...
Genre :Comedy

Clayton

1955-07-09 5.3

Dixon of Dock Green

Dixon of Dock Green was a BBC television series following the activities of police officers at a fictional Metropolitan Police station in the East End of London from 1955 to 1976. Some episodes were l ...
Genre :Drama

Prof. Fairbairn

1970-02-09 6

Doomwatch

Doomwatch is a British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC, which ran on BBC 1 between 1970 and 1972. The series was set in the then present-day, and dealt with a scientific gover ...
Genre :Drama

Sir John Reith

1951-12-24 8.6

Hallmark Hall of Fame

Hallmark Hall of Fame is an anthology program on American television, sponsored by Hallmark Cards, a Kansas City based greeting card company. The longest-running primetime series in the history of tel ...
Genre :Drama

1969-09-23 4.5

The Dustbinmen

The Dustbinmen is a British television sitcom made by Granada Television for ITV, which starred Bryan Pringle, Trevor Bannister, Graham Haberfield, and Tim Wylton. The show was a spin-off from a one-o ...
Genre :Comedy

Mr. Potts - The Vicar

1970-02-15 7.6

Catweazle

A medieval wizard (though not a very good one) Catweazle is transported to the modern age... A British television series, created and written by Richard Carpenter which was produced and directed by Q ...
Genre :Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Comedy

1964-10-17 6

Redcap

Redcap is a British television series produced by ABC Weekend Television and broadcast on the ITV network. It starred John Thaw as Sergeant John Mann, a member of the Special Investigation Branch of ...
Genre :Drama

Mr Shater

1965-10-07 3.429

Thirty-Minute Theatre

An anthology of short plays shown on BBC Television between 1965 and 1973, used in part at least as a training ground for new writers, on account of its short length, and which therefore attracted man ...
Genre :Drama

George Colb

1955-09-25 0

Lilli Palmer Theatre

A half-hour anthology series. ...
Genre :Drama, Comedy

Sir Thomas Landers

1955-09-28 7.6

The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel

The second collection of short stories written by Baroness Orczy about the gallant English hero, the Scarlet Pimpernel and his League. ...
Genre :Drama, Action & Adventure

1964-04-26 0

Melissa

Melissa is a 1964 British thriller television series which originally aired in six parts on BBC 2 in 1964. It was shown under the umbrella title Francis Durbridge Presents, and was one of a number of ...
Genre :

1971-08-26 0

Trial

Drama series depicting a murder trial. ...
Genre :

1959-11-02 0

The Men From Room 13

Genre :

Latimer

1971-10-08 6

Justice

Justice is a British drama television series which originally aired on ITV in 39 hour-long episodes between 8 August 1971 and 16 October 1974. Margaret Lockwood stars as Harriet Peterson a female barr ...
Genre :Drama

Meredith

1985-11-13 6.6

Alias the Jester

Alias the Jester was a British animated series created by Cosgrove Hall Films, airing in 13 episodes on ITV starting on 13 November 1985. The show also aired during the Australian Broadcasting Corpora ...
Genre :Animation

Mr. Appleby

1972-10-11 5.4

Crown Court

Crown Court is an afternoon television courtroom drama produced by Granada Television for the ITV network that ran from 1972, when the Crown Court system replaced Assize courts and Quarter sessions in ...
Genre :Drama

Prison Doctor

1971-10-08 6

Justice

Justice is a British drama television series which originally aired on ITV in 39 hour-long episodes between 8 August 1971 and 16 October 1974. Margaret Lockwood stars as Harriet Peterson a female barr ...
Genre :Drama

Hodges

1965-07-07 5

The Troubleshooters

The Troubleshooters is a British television series made by the BBC between 1965 and 1972, created by John Elliot. During its run, the series made the transition from black and white to colour transmis ...
Genre :Drama

Joseph

1978-09-24 5

Wuthering Heights

A five-part adapation of the infamous book, which stars Ken Hutchison and Kay Adshead as tortured lovers Heathcliff and Cathy. ...
Genre :Drama

George Horton

1965-06-11 5.3

The Man in Room 17

The Man in Room 17 is a British television series which ran for two seasons in the mid-1960s, produced by the Northern ITV franchise, Granada Television. Key to the series' success was the involvement ...
Genre :Crime, Drama

Dr. Boddington

1965-06-11 5.3

The Man in Room 17

The Man in Room 17 is a British television series which ran for two seasons in the mid-1960s, produced by the Northern ITV franchise, Granada Television. Key to the series' success was the involvement ...
Genre :Crime, Drama

Shyster

1965-10-07 3.429

Thirty-Minute Theatre

An anthology of short plays shown on BBC Television between 1965 and 1973, used in part at least as a training ground for new writers, on account of its short length, and which therefore attracted man ...
Genre :Drama

Tod

1970-10-15 6.3

Play for Today

Play for Today is a British television anthology drama series, produced by the BBC and transmitted on BBC1 from 1970 to 1984. During the run, more than three hundred programmes, featuring original tel ...
Genre :Drama

Happy Dyer

1964-03-28 0

The Protectors

Ex-insurance investigator Ian Souter sets up his own security agency - the SIS (Specialists in Security) - along with ex-cop Robert Shoesmith & secretary Heather Keys - and fight crime. ...
Genre :

Sam Ross

1960-12-09 5.3

Coronation Street

The residents of Coronation Street are ordinary, working-class people, and the show follows them through regular social and family interactions at home, in the workplace, and in their local pub, the R ...
Genre :Soap

Simon Trask

1956-07-08 5.8

Armchair Theatre

Armchair Theatre is a British television drama anthology series of single plays that ran on the ITV network from 1956 to 1974. It was originally produced by Associated British Corporation, and later b ...
Genre :

Ransom

1956-07-08 5.8

Armchair Theatre

Armchair Theatre is a British television drama anthology series of single plays that ran on the ITV network from 1956 to 1974. It was originally produced by Associated British Corporation, and later b ...
Genre :

Henry Brandon

1955-07-09 5.3

Dixon of Dock Green

Dixon of Dock Green was a BBC television series following the activities of police officers at a fictional Metropolitan Police station in the East End of London from 1955 to 1976. Some episodes were l ...
Genre :Drama

Foggy

1973-01-04 7.1

Last of the Summer Wine

Unencumbered by wives, jobs or any other responsibilities, three senior citizens who've never really grown up explore their world in the Yorkshire Dales. They spend their days speculating about their ...
Genre :Comedy

Judge

1955-09-25 0

Lilli Palmer Theatre

A half-hour anthology series. ...
Genre :Drama, Comedy

Dermot Brewer

1965-10-08 6

The Mask of Janus

In the fictional European country of Amalia, the political interests of the British, American and Communist espionage communities are explored. Eschewing the action formula of its ITV contemporaries, ...
Genre :Crime

Mr. Peacock

1970-07-29 5.5

Ace of Wands

Ace of Wands is a fantasy-based British children's television show broadcast on ITV between 1970 and 1972, created by Trevor Preston and Pamela Lonsdale and produced by Thames Television. The title, t ...
Genre :Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Action & Adventure, Family

Major Forster

1973-08-14 6

Black and Blue

Black and Blue was a BBC TV comedy-drama series, first broadcast in 1973. The show consisted of six 50–60 minutes episodes, each a separate self-contained playlet. The only connection was the Black an ...
Genre :Comedy, Drama

Self

1977-04-09 0

The Val Doonican Music Show

Genre :Comedy

Hosea Pitt

1964-01-03 0

It's Dark Outside

This spin-off from The Odd Man (1962) starred William Mervyn as the acerbic Inspector Rose, who, alongside the soft-hearted pensive Det. Sgt. Swift (Keith Barron), are joined by Anthony (John Carson) ...
Genre :Crime, Drama

Sliggs

1975-09-03 5.7

Shadows

Shadows is a British Supernatural television anthology series produced by Thames Television for ITV between 1975 and 1978. Extending over three seasons, it featured ghost and horror dramas for childre ...
Genre :Drama

Reverend James

1964-05-03 7.2

Theatre 625

Theatre 625 is a British television drama anthology series, produced by the BBC and transmitted on BBC2 from 1964 to 1968. It was one of the first regular programmes in the line-up of the channel, and ...
Genre :Drama

Night Inspector

1976-03-01 0

Our Mutual Friend

After his father's will stipulates he must marry Bella Wilfer to inherit his fortune, John Harmon fakes his death to avoid the marriage and the threats on his life. He returns as John Rokesmith and be ...
Genre :Drama

Foggy

1982-05-31 0

The Kids International Show

A group of talented children from all nations try to entertain people with their great songs. ...
Genre :Comedy