Brian Wilde - wikipedia Brian Wilde This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( September 2011 ) Brian Wilde Brian George Wilde ( 1927 - 06 - 13 ) 13 June 1927 Ashton - under - Lyne, Lancashire, England 20 March 2008 ( 2008 - 03 - 20 ) ( aged 80 ) Ware, Hertfordshire, England Years active 1953 -- 1997 Spouse ( s ) Eva Stuart ( 1960 - 2008 ) ( his death ) Children Brian Wilde plaque in Ashton - under - Lyne 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. Contents 1 Career 1.1 Porridge 1.2 Last of the Summer Wine 1.3 Other work 1.4 Death 2 Television roles 3 Selected filmography 4 References 5 External links Career Though born in Ashton - under - Lyne, Lancashire, ( now Greater Manchester ) Wilde was brought up in Devon and Hertfordshire and attended Hertford Grammar School. He trained as an actor at RADA. He had an early uncredited role as a small - time crook in the 1954 film Forbidden Cargo, starring Jack Warner and Nigel Patrick, and a small part in the horror film Night of the Demon ( 1957 ). His early television work included the series The Love of Mike ( 1960 ) and supporting Tony Hancock in episodes of his ATV series in 1963. Wilde 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 played a character in the 1970s British children 's series The Ghosts of Motley Hall, by Richard Carpenter. Porridge In 1973, he starred as a different kind of gaoler in the second episode of Seven of One, a series of seven individual stories, all of which starred Ronnie Barker. In the episode, entitled `` Prisoner and Escort '', Wilde played Mr Barrowclough, one of two prison officers whose job it is to escort Barker 's character Fletcher across the moors to his prison ( the other was Mister Mackay, played by Fulton Mackay ). The episode proved popular and a series was commissioned by the BBC, titled Porridge. Wilde reprised his role as the timid and eager - to - please Barrowclough. Porridge was popular and successful ; it ran until 1977, with a film version being made in 1979. Last of the Summer Wine Wilde gained and established another role in 1976, when he took over from Michael Bates as the third member of a trio of old men in the BBC sitcom Last of the Summer Wine. The character, Walter `` Foggy '' Dewhurst, was a determined ex-army man who planned the group 's misadventures with military precision and a painstaking eye for detail. Wilde saw the long - running series gather momentum and continue its success ; he stayed with the series for nine years, before leaving in 1985 to work on other projects. Foggy was written out of the series -- it was said that he had moved to Bridlington to take over the family egg - painting business -- and was replaced by Michael Aldridge as Seymour Utterthwaite until 1990. When Aldridge left Last of the Summer Wine, Wilde returned as Foggy in 1990, reuniting the series ' most popular and enduring line - up. Suffering from pneumonia, he stood down for the first five episodes of the 19th series in case his illness worsened. His temporary absence was covered by Frank Thornton ; Wilde himself suggested Thornton as a replacement. The filming of the 1997 Christmas special made to introduce Thornton 's character resulted in a scheduling problem that made it impossible for Wilde, who was by then fully fit, to return in that series. Producer Alan J.W. Bell said, `` Since then, he has been invited to return many times, but says he feels he has ' done it now ' and does n't want to go back. I am sure that one day he will make an appearance -- we still have his costume standing by '', but Wilde never did return to the role and the show ran for another thirteen years, the last series being filmed the year after Wilde 's death. Other work He featured in `` The Fear Merchants '', an episode of ABC 's The Avengers, in January 1967. In this he played Jeremy Raven, a ceramics manufacturer caught up in a sinister plot to get rid of the competition. In 1978, Wilde voiced the public information film series Play Safe, highlighting the dangers of overhead power lines to children. He also supplied the voice of the magician Meredith in the children 's animated series Alias the Jester, Shortie the Giraffe in Coco Pops and narrated an animated series, Microscopic Milton, about a microscopic little chap who lives in a clock on the mantelpiece, in the parlour of the house that belongs to a lady called Mrs. Witherspoon. Wilde starred in his own BBC series in 1988, Wyatt 's Watchdogs, as retired soldier Major Wyatt who forms his own neighbourhood watch group. As a stuffy ex-army member who leads a motley bunch of comic characters, Wyatt was quite similar to Foggy. The programme, which co-starred Trevor Bannister, was written by Miles Tredinnick and ran for one series of six episodes. Death 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 Eva, his wife, and their son and daughter. His son, Andrew Wilde, had been film editor on Last of the Summer Wine since the mid-1990s, working initially on many of the episodes that had starred his father, and later on the Frank Thornton editions. Television roles Year Title Role 1966 `` The Baron ( TV Series ) '' Paul Sutton 1966 -- 1967 Room at the Bottom Mr Salisbury 1967 The Avengers Jeremy Raven 1970 The Dustbinmen Bloody Delilah 1971 Elizabeth R Richard Topcliffe 1972 Ace of Wands Mr Peacock 1973 Special Branch Professor Munro 1973 Secrets Major Forster 1973 Marked Personal Stan Lyons 1973 -- 1977 Porridge Mr. Henry Barrowclough The Sweeney Stanley Hedges 1976 -- 1985 1990 -- 1997 Last of the Summer Wine Walter `` Foggy '' Dewhurst 1984 -- 1986 The Kit Curran Radio Show Roland Simpson Wyatt 's Watchdogs Major John Wyatt Selected filmography 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 References Jump up ^ `` Brian Wilde ''. BFI. ^ Jump up to : `` Brian Wilde ( obituary ) ''. The Daily Telegraph. 21 March 2008. Retrieved 21 March 2008. Jump up ^ Hayward, Anthony ( 21 March 2008 ). `` Brian Wilde : Foggy in ' Last of the Summer Wine ' ''. The Independent. Retrieved 21 March 2008. Jump up ^ `` Summer Wine star Brian Wilde dies ''. BBC News. 21 March 2008. Retrieved 21 March 2008. External links Brian Wilde on IMDb Wyatt 's Watchdogs site Photos on Pinterest Obituaries The Independent, 21 March 2008 The Times, 21 March 2008 The Guardian, 24 March 2008 VIAF : 65940330 Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Brian_Wilde&oldid=833706416 '' Categories : 1927 births 2008 deaths People from Ashton - under - Lyne English male television actors English male film actors Alumni of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art Male actors from Lancashire 20th - century English male actors People educated at Hertford Grammar School British male comedy actors Hidden categories : Use dmy dates from May 2014 Articles needing additional references from September 2011 All articles needing additional references Articles with hCards Wikipedia articles needing clarification from March 2008 Pages using div col with deprecated parameters Wikipedia articles with VIAF identifiers Talk Contents About Wikipedia Cymraeg Español Polski Suomi Edit links This page was last edited on 2 April 2018, at 01 : 14. 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Question: when did brian wilde leave last of the summer wine
Answer: 1985