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Derek Fowlds

Actor | * 09/02/1937 († 82, 01/17/2020) | Wandsworth, London, England (United Kingdom (UK))
Derek James Fowlds (2 September 1937 – 17 January 2020) was an English actor. He was best known for his appearances as "Mr Derek" in The Basil Brush Show (1969–1973), as Bernard Woolley in the sitcom Yes Minister (1980–1984) and its sequel Yes, Prime Minister (1986–1988), and as Oscar Blaketon in Heartbeat (1992–2010). ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Comedies | Crime

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A deformed tormented girl drowns herself after her lover is framed for murder and guillotined. Baron Frankenstein, experimenting with the transfer of souls, places the boy's soul into her body, bringi ...

Frankenstein Created Woman

NR

1967 | 3.3/5 | 1h 32min
Horror, Science Fiction
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Satirical sitcom set in the office of a UK Cabinet minister, Jim Hacker MP, who struggles with Civil Service bureaucracy and political machinations as he tries to get on with government business. ...

Yes Minister

TV-PG

1980 | 4.1/5 | 30min per episode
Comedy, War & Politics
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Set during the 1960s in the fictional North Yorkshire village of Aidensfield, this enduringly popular series interweaves crime and medical storylines. ...

Heartbeat

TV-14

1992 | 3.5/5 | 1h per episode
Crime, Drama, Comedy
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James Hacker MP the Government's bumbling minister for Administrative Affairs is propelled along the corridors of power to the very pinnacle of politics - No. 10. Could this have possibly have been ma ...

Yes, Prime Minister

Certification unknown

1986 | 4.2/5 | 30min per episode
Comedy
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Movies with Derek Fowlds as Actor(20)

as himself2020 Peter Cushing: In His Own Words
as Self / Bernard Woolley2013 Yes, Prime Minister: Re-elected
as Man in Hat2012 Run For Your Wife
as Peter Dutch1992 Over the Hill
as Hartley1982 Intensive Care
1976 The Copter Kids
as Max Lerner1975 The Doll
1974 Death to Sister Mary
as Dan Winthrop1972 Tower of Evil
as Geoffrey1969 The Smashing Bird I Used to Know
as Custard Pie Expert1968 The Year of the Sex Olympics
as Johan1967 Frankenstein Created Woman
as Tempo1967 The Solarnauts
as Maxime1966 Hotel Paradiso
as Murchison1964 East of Sudan
as Sun Bathing Man1964 Hot Enough for June
as Carson1963 We Joined the Navy
as Medical Student Gillibrand1963 Doctor in Distress
as Bash1963 Tamahine
as Borstal Inmate1962 The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner

TV Shows/Series with Derek Fowlds as Actor(20)

as Oscar Blaketon2003 The Royal
as Derek Alsopp1993 The Detectives
as Oscar Blaketon1992 Heartbeat
as Crombie1990 Die Kinder
as Oliver Davidson1989 Rules of Engagement
1987 Inspector Morse
as Mr. Croft1986 Casualty
as Bernard Woolley1986 Yes, Prime Minister
as Bernard Woolley1984 Yes, Minister: Party Games
1983 Affairs of the Heart
1980 Cribb
as Bernard Woolley1980 Yes Minister
as Meadhurst1979 Minder
1977 Beryl Reid
as Dicky1973 Thriller
1972 Van der Valk
1970 Play for Today
1968 The Old Campaigner
as Tim Coles1965 Gideon's Way
1962 Dr. Finlay's Casebook

Full Name: Derek Fowlds
Citizenship: United Kingdom (UK)
Born: Thursday, 09/02 1937 (September) in Wandsworth, London, England (United Kingdom (UK))
Died: Friday, 01/17 2020 (January) in Bath (aged: 82)
Zodiac sign: Virgo (Chinese zodiac sign: Ox)
Languages: English (EN, native language)
Educated at: Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
Spouses (current/former): Lesley Judd, Adrienne Corri
Derek Fowlds frequently works together with these people:
Freddie Jones (11x, Actor)
Paul Copley (9x, Actor)
Kenneth Colley (8x, Actor)
Christopher Benjamin (8x, Actor)
John Flanagan (8x, Actor)
Geoffrey Bayldon (7x, Actor)
George Costigan (7x, Actor)
Tony Selby (7x, Actor)
Dicken Ashworth (7x, Actor)
Tony Caunter (7x, Actor)
Trevor Byfield (7x, Actor)
Richard Edwards (5x, Crew)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:196970, Added: 07/21/2018, Last updated: 03/27/2024