Brian Wilde
| Brian Wilde | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Brian George Wilde 13 June 1927 Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire, England |
| Died | 20 March 2008 (aged 80) Ware, Hertfordshire, England |
| Years active | 1953–1997 |
| Spouse(s) | Eva |
| Children | 2 |
Brian George Wilde (13 June 1927 – 20 March 2008) 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. His lugubrious world-weary face was a staple of British television for forty years.
Though born in Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire, (now Greater Manchester) he was brought up in Devon and Hertfordshire and attended Hertford Grammar School. He trained as an actor at RADA.
He had a small part in the horror film Night of the Demon (1957). He had an earlier role as a small-time crook in the 1954 film "Forbidden Cargo" (uncredited) starring Jack Warner and Nigel Patrick. Early television roles included the series The Love of Mike (1960) and supporting Tony Hancock in episodes of his ATV series in 1963. He also played Detective Superintendent Halcro in a series of two-part thrillers about undercover Scotland Yard officers, The Men from Room Thirteen (BBC, 1959–61). He had minor roles in films such as Life for Ruth (1962), The Bargee (1964), The Jokers (1967) and Carry On Doctor (1967), and on television in Room at the Bottom (1966–67) as Mr Salisbury. His first major television success was in 1970 as refuse depot manager "Bloody Delilah" in the ITV sitcom The Dustbinmen. He showed his sinister side as the mischievous magician Mr Peacock in the children's drama series Ace of Wands between 1970 and 1972. That year he starred as a murderer in The Uninvited, an episode of the BBC's supernatural thriller series Out of the Unknown. Also in 1971, in the television drama Elizabeth R, Wilde played the efficient, merciless 'rackmaster' Richard Topcliffe, who was charged with the torture of prisoners in the Tower of London. He also played a character in the 1970s British comedy series on Children's TV The Ghosts of Motley Hall" by Richard Carpenter.
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