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Derek Fowlds is a Actor British born on 2 september 1937 at Wandsworth (United-kingdom)

Derek Fowlds

Derek Fowlds
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Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 2 september 1937 at Wandsworth (United-kingdom)
Death 17 january 2020 (at 82 years)

Derek Fowlds (born 2 September 1937) is an English actor, known for playing Bernard Woolley in popular British television comedies Yes, Minister and Yes, Prime Minister and Oscar Blaketon in the long-running ITV police drama Heartbeat.

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Frank Finlay
Frank Finlay
(4 films)
Dirk Bogarde
Dirk Bogarde
(4 films)
Robert Morley
Robert Morley
(3 films)
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Filmography of Derek Fowlds (13 films)

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Actor

Over the Hill, 1h27
Directed by Henry King, George Trumbull Miller
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Melodrama
Themes Poésie, Adaptation d'un poème, Children's films
Actors Olympia Dukakis, Mae Marsh, James Kirkwood Sr., Sigrid Thornton, Derek Fowlds, Bill Kerr
Roles Peter Dutch
Rating69% 3.493813.493813.493813.493813.49381
Alma can't stand to have one more birthday without seeing her estranged daughter, Elizabeth, who lives in Sydney, Australia. But Alma doesn't fit into her daughter's political-hostess life even for a visit, and she finds more sympathy in her granddaughter. Alma, in a burst of rebellion, buys a supercharged hotrod and sets out on a voyage of self-discovery to Melbourne. Along the way, she meets con artists, gangsters, and a ponytailed white-knight in a camper and she finds not only adventure and romance, but also the courage to go back and face her relationship with her daughter and set it right.
Mistress Pamela, 1h31
Directed by Jim O'Connolly
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films
Actors Ann Michelle, Dudley Foster, Anna Quayle, Anthony Sharp, Derek Fowlds, Fred Emney
Roles Sir Percy
Rating63% 3.1730953.1730953.1730953.1730953.173095
In the eighteenth century, Pamela, a servant girl in the household of Lord Devenish, must fight off the advances of her young master - a gentleman determined to have Pamela as his mistress.
Tower of Evil, 1h29
Directed by Jim O'Connolly
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Horror, Slasher
Themes Serial killer films
Actors Bryant Haliday, Dennis Price, Jack Watson, Jill Haworth, Anna Palk, William Lucas
Roles Dan Winthrop
Rating56% 2.8021952.8021952.8021952.8021952.802195
On Snape Island, a small isolated point off the English coast, a series of bizarre brutal murders have taken place. A team of archeologists decide to head to the island to uncover a possible Phoenician treasure, but instead they find a horrific mystery when someone, or something, begins to kill off the curious trespassers.
The Smashing Bird I Used to Know, 1h35
Directed by Robert Hartford-Davis
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Crime
Themes Prison films, Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Sexploitation films, LGBT-related films, Women in prison films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film, Lesbian-related films
Actors Maureen Lipman, Patrick Mower, Dennis Waterman, Renée Asherson, David Lodge, Faith Brook
Roles Geoffrey
Rating49% 2.4911552.4911552.4911552.4911552.491155
Nine-year-old Nicki Johnson attends a funfair with her parents. Her father takes her on a merry-go-round ride, where Nicki becomes frightened. Attempting to reach over to comfort her, her father instead falls from the ride and is crushed to death in its machinery. The tragedy leaves Nicki traumatised, particularly as in its aftermath she overhears comments suggesting that she was to blame for what happened, which leave her with a permanent sense of guilt.
Frankenstein Created Woman, 1h26
Directed by Terence Fisher
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Science fiction, Horror
Themes Films about computing, Films based on science fiction novels, Frankenstein films, Cyberpunk films
Actors Peter Cushing, Thorley Walters, Duncan Lamont, Peter Madden, Derek Fowlds, Barry Warren
Roles Johan
Rating64% 3.2482853.2482853.2482853.2482853.248285
Years later, Hans Werner (Robert Morris) is working as an assistant to Baron Victor Frankenstein (Peter Cushing), helped by Dr Hertz (Thorley Walters) who is in the process of discovering a way of trapping the soul of a recently deceased person. Frankenstein believes he can transfer that soul into another recently deceased body to restore it to life.
Hotel Paradiso, 1h38
Directed by Peter Glenville
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Themes Films about sexuality, Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Alec Guinness, Gina Lollobrigida, Robert Morley, David John Battley, Anne Beach, Marie Bell
Roles Maxime
Rating60% 3.0478053.0478053.0478053.0478053.047805
Playwright Monsieur Feydeau is staying in the Parisian Hotel Paradiso. He needs to write a new play, but has writer's block. He takes the opportunity to observe his fellow guests: Monsieur Boniface, henpecked by his domineering wife, and Marcelle, the beautiful but neglected wife of Henri, a building inspector. Henri is sent to the hotel to investigate rumours of ghosts (which turn out to be caused by drains). However, the hotel is the trysting place of Marcelle and Boniface, who are having an affair.
Hot Enough for June, 1h38
Directed by Ralph Thomas
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Spy
Themes Spy films, Political films
Actors Dirk Bogarde, Sylva Koscina, Robert Morley, Leo McKern, Roger Delgado, Derek Fowlds
Roles Sun Bathing Man
Rating60% 3.0497753.0497753.0497753.0497753.049775
Roger Allsop (John Le Mesurier) turns over some belongings to a clerk, who stows them in a drawer marked 007 before turning the identifying card over to read "deceased". Allsop and his superior, Colonel Cunliffe (Robert Morley), then discuss the necessity to send someone to pick up something behind the Iron Curtain.
East of Sudan, 1h25
Directed by Nathan Juran
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Adventure, Romance
Themes Films set in Africa, Political films
Actors Anthony Quayle, Sylvia Syms, Derek Fowlds, Jenny Agutter, Derek Blomfield
Roles Murchison
Rating51% 2.5718352.5718352.5718352.5718352.571835
During the height of the Mahdist insurrection in the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, veteran colonial private Baker teams up with freshly arrived gentleman Murchison, trying to evacuate from southern Barash the emir's daughter Asua and her British governess, Margret Woodville. Over the course of the journey, the group find themselves in perilous dangers of the Nile and its banks. Facing off nature, Arab slavers and a backward Negro tribe they prey on, they are saved by King Gondoko's missionary-raised brother Kimrasi, who then joins them. Once in the capital Khartoum, they find the revolt has reached it and the men join the fight.
Hot Enough for June, 1h38
Directed by Ralph Thomas
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Thriller, Comedy
Themes Spy films
Actors Dirk Bogarde, Robert Morley, Sylva Koscina, Leo McKern, Roger Delgado, Derek Fowlds
Roles Sun Bathing Man
Rating60% 3.0497753.0497753.0497753.0497753.049775
Nicholas Whistler, écrivain de langue tchèque au chômage, pense avoir obtenu un emploi en allant à Prague pour un peu d'espionnage industriel. En fait, il se retrouve au service de renseignement britannique. La camarade Simoneva, sa jolie chauffeuse arrivée derrière le Rideau de fer, est elle-même agent tchèque. De ce fait, elle est immédiatement attitrée au remplacement involontaire de 007...
Doctor in Distress, 1h42
Directed by Ralph Thomas
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Themes Medical-themed films
Actors Dirk Bogarde, James Robertson Justice, Samantha Eggar, Barbara Murray, Mylène Demongeot, Leo McKern
Roles Medical Student Gillibrand
Rating56% 2.807722.807722.807722.807722.80772
Simon Sparrow, now a senior doctor at Hampden Cross Hospital, falls in love with Delia, a model and aspiring actress. They eventually move in together, but then she goes to Italy to try out for a film.
Tamahine
Tamahine (1963)
, 1h25
Directed by Philip Leacock
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy
Themes Films about education, Films about children
Actors Nancy Kwan, John Fraser, Dennis Price, Coral Browne, Derek Nimmo, Justine Lord
Roles Bash
Rating58% 2.9443452.9443452.9443452.9443452.944345
When her father dies, orphan teenager Tamahine (Nancy Kwan) is sent from her South Pacific island home to live with Charles Poole (Dennis Price), her father's cousin and the headmaster of Hallow, a prestigious all-male English school. Richard (John Fraser), Charles' son and school student, falls in love with her, but she considers him tabu because of the closeness of their family relationship. Another suitor is the art master, Clove (Derek Nimmo), after he breaks up with Charles' daughter Diana (Justine Lord).
The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner, 1h44
Directed by Tony Richardson
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Themes Prison films, Sports films, Athletics films
Actors Tom Courtenay, Michael Redgrave, James Bolam, Ray Austin, John Thaw, James Fox
Roles Borstal Inmate
Rating74% 3.7461453.7461453.7461453.7461453.746145
The film opens with Colin Smith (Tom Courtenay) running, alone, along a bleak country road somewhere in rural England. In a brief voiceover, Colin tells us that running is the way his family has always coped with the world's troubles, but that in the end, the runner is always alone and cut off from spectators, left to deal with life on his own.