Post by ChasWeazle on Mar 20, 2019 2:06:20 GMT
Let us remember, Brian George Wilde, who passed away on this day, (20 March) 2008, aged 80.
He was an English actor, best known for his roles in television comedy, most notably Mr Barrowclough in Porridge and "Foggy" Dewhurst in Last of the Summer Wine.
Though born in Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire, he was brought up in Devon and Hertfordshire and attended Hertford Grammar School. He trained as an actor at RADA.
Wilde suffered a fall in January 2008 from which he never recovered. He died in his sleep on the morning of 20 March 2008 at his home in Ware, Hertfordshire and was survived by his wife Eva, their son Andrew and daughter Sarah.
Television roles included..
The Baron
Room at the bottom
The Avengers
The Dustbinmen
Ace of Wands
Special Branch
Porridge
The Sweeney
Last of the Summer Wine
Films include..
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
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
Life for Ruth (1962) - Newspaper Photographer (uncredited)
We Joined the Navy (1962) - Petty Officer Gilors
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
Porridge (1979) - Barrowclough
.. but we remember him for being Mr Potts, the vicar, in the 7th episode of the first series, 'The telling bone'.
He was an English actor, best known for his roles in television comedy, most notably Mr Barrowclough in Porridge and "Foggy" Dewhurst in Last of the Summer Wine.
Though born in Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire, he was brought up in Devon and Hertfordshire and attended Hertford Grammar School. He trained as an actor at RADA.
Wilde suffered a fall in January 2008 from which he never recovered. He died in his sleep on the morning of 20 March 2008 at his home in Ware, Hertfordshire and was survived by his wife Eva, their son Andrew and daughter Sarah.
Television roles included..
The Baron
Room at the bottom
The Avengers
The Dustbinmen
Ace of Wands
Special Branch
Porridge
The Sweeney
Last of the Summer Wine
Films include..
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
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
Life for Ruth (1962) - Newspaper Photographer (uncredited)
We Joined the Navy (1962) - Petty Officer Gilors
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
Porridge (1979) - Barrowclough
.. but we remember him for being Mr Potts, the vicar, in the 7th episode of the first series, 'The telling bone'.
