Derek Fowlds
British actor (1937-2020) · United Kingdom · On the map · Actors · Died at 82
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).
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Yes, Prime Minister: Re-electedFilm2011
Celebrity Antiques Road TripSeries2005The Funny Blokes of British ComedyFilm, Bernard Woolley (archive footage) (uncredited)1992
HeartbeatSeries, Oscar Blaketon
Over the HillFilm, 1992Peter Dutch1990
Die KinderSeries, Crombie1989
Sales People from HellFilm1986
CasualtySeries, Mr. Croft1980
CribbSeries, Albert Moscrop1977
BBC2 Play of the WeekSeries, Hans von Dohnanyi
True PatriotFilm, 1977Hans von Dohnanyi1975
The DollFilm, Max Lerner1973
Censored Scenes from King KongFilm, Sagar/Vogel/Chiarugï1972
Van der ValkSeries, Johan Kieft
Tower of EvilFilm, 1972Dan Winthrop1969
ITV Saturday Night TheatreSeries, Neil1968
The Year of the Sex OlympicsFilm, Custard Pie Expert1966
Hotel ParadisoFilm, Maxime1964
The ProtectorsSeries, Hughie
East of SudanFilm, 1964Murchison1962
The Loneliness of the Long Distance RunnerFilm, Borstal Inmate (uncredited)1956
Armchair TheatreSeries, Richard Racey1937Born2 September 1937People around Derek
Ralph Thomas Directed Hot Enough for June (1964)- Betty Box Produced Hot Enough for June (1964)
Paul Eddington Also in Yes Minister and Yes, Prime Minister- Dennis Price Also in Doctor in Distress and Tamahine
Leonard Rossiter Also in Hotel Paradiso (1966)
Frank Finlay Also in Doctor in Distress (1963)
Richard Vernon Also in Hot Enough for June (1964)
Robin Askwith Also in Tower of Evil and Run For Your Wife
Nigel Hawthorne Also in Yes Minister and Yes, Prime Minister
Timothy West Also in Edward the Seventh and Run For Your Wife
Andrew Sachs Also in We Joined the Navy and Run For Your Wife
Leo McKern Also in Doctor in Distress (1963)
Richard Briers Also in Doctor in Distress and Run For Your Wife
Ronnie Barker Also in Doctor in Distress (1963)- Sylvia Syms Also in East of Sudan and Run For Your Wife
Dennis Waterman Also in The Smashing Bird I Used to Know (1969)
Wendy Craig Also in The Funny Side of Christmas (1982)- Nathan Juran Directed East of Sudan (1964)
Wanda Ventham Also in We Joined the Navy and Run For Your Wife- Marianne Stone Also in Doctor in Distress and Tower of Evil
George T. Miller Directed Over the Hill (1992)- John Fraser Also in Tamahine and The Doll
Michael Feast Also in The Year of the Sex Olympics (1968)
Philip Leacock Directed Tamahine (1963)
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The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner 1962
Frankenstein Created Woman 1967
Tower of Evil 1972
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