# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/derek-fowlds
# Generated: 2026-08-14T09:23:06.974Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/derek-fowlds"
name: "Derek Fowlds"
slug: "derek-fowlds"
description: "Derek James Fowlds was an English actor. He played \"Mr Derek\" in The Basil Brush Show (1969–1973), Bernard Woolley in the sitcom Yes Minister (1980–1984) and its sequel, Yes, Prime Minister (1986–1988), and Sgt Oscar Blaketon in Heartbeat (1992–2010)."
tagline: "British actor (1937–2020)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Derek_Fowlds_5_Allan_Warren.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1937-09-02"
deathDate: "2020-01-17"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           54.49
  momentum:             0.7066326530612246
  historical:           20.253276
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0288621/"
    handle:    "nm0288621"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump