Portrait of Brian Wilde

Acting

Brian Wilde

Career

Active from 1959 to 2022, with a break from 1989 to 2021, busiest in 1978 with 3 main titles.

Leading roles
11
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score74/100
Highest rated
Poster for Porridge: No Way Out
Porridge: No Way Out
GoodWatch score92/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 40 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.7 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.1 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.9 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.8 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.3 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.5 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Brian Wilde Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Coming of Age
    1.6, average 3.0
  • Adrenaline
    3.7, average 4.8
  • Pop Culture
    1.1, average 2.2
  • Contemporary Realism
    4.4, average 5.4

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Character-Driven Humor 3
  • British Sitcom 2
  • Character-Driven 2
  • Nostalgic 2
  • Social Commentary 2
  • Classic British Sitcom 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

93
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

1 title
Comedy Classics: Porridge
Comedy Classics: Porridge (2022)

as (archive footage)

2000s

1 title
Great Comedy Moments
Great Comedy Moments (2001)

as Foggy (archive footage)

1980s

10 titles · average score 61
Wyatt's Watchdogs
Wyatt's Watchdogs (1988)

TV show · as Major Wyatt

Children's Favourites - Volume 1
Children's Favourites - Volume 1 (1988)

as (voice)

Alias the Jester
Alias the Jester (1985)

TV show · as Meredith

The Kit Curran Radio Show
The Kit Curran Radio Show (1984)

TV show · as Roland Simpson

Royal Variety Performance 1984
Royal Variety Performance 1984 (1984)

as Foggy

Last of the Summer Wine: Getting Sam Home
Last of the Summer Wine: Getting Sam Home (1983)

as Foggy Dewhurst

The Kids International Show
The Kids International Show (1982)

TV show · as Foggy

The Funny Side of Christmas
The Funny Side of Christmas (1982)

as Foggy

Agatha Christie's Seven Dials Mystery
Agatha Christie's Seven Dials Mystery (1981)
GoodWatch score 61

as Tredwell

The Best of the Adventures
The Best of the Adventures (1981)

as Harold (archive footage) (uncredited)

1970s

33 titles · average score 66
Porridge
Porridge (1979)
GoodWatch score 74

as Mr. Barrowclough

Wuthering Heights
Wuthering Heights (1978)
GoodWatch score 64

TV show · as Joseph

Play Safe
Play Safe (1978)

as Owl (voice)

Porridge: The Desperate Hours
Porridge: The Desperate Hours (1976)
GoodWatch score 86

as Mr. Barrowclough

Porridge: No Way Out
Porridge: No Way Out (1975)
GoodWatch score 92

as Mr. Barrowclough

The Sweeney
The Sweeney (1975)
GoodWatch score 80

TV show · as Stanley Hedges

Porridge
Porridge (1974)
GoodWatch score 82

TV show · as Mr. Barrowclough

Last of the Summer Wine
Last of the Summer Wine (1973)
GoodWatch score 67

TV show · as Foggy

Crown Court
Crown Court (1972)
GoodWatch score 65

TV show · as Mr. Appleby

Elizabeth R
Elizabeth R (1971)
GoodWatch score 80

TV show · as Richard Topcliffe

Play for Today
Play for Today (1970)
GoodWatch score 72

TV show · as Tod

Catweazle
Catweazle (1970)
GoodWatch score 76

TV show · as Mr. Potts - The Vicar

1960s

32 titles · average score 65
The Dustbinmen
The Dustbinmen (1969)

TV show · as Bloody Delilah

You Only Live Twice
You Only Live Twice (1967)
GoodWatch score 66

as 1st Policeman (uncredited)

Thirty-Minute Theatre
Thirty-Minute Theatre (1965)

TV show · as Mr Shater / Shyster

Darling
Darling (1965)
GoodWatch score 61

as Basil Willett

The Troubleshooters
The Troubleshooters (1965)

TV show · as Hodges

Rattle of a Simple Man
Rattle of a Simple Man (1964)
GoodWatch score 62

as Fred

Theatre 625
Theatre 625 (1964)

TV show · as Reverend James

The Bargee
The Bargee (1964)
GoodWatch score 66

as Policeman

We Joined the Navy
We Joined the Navy (1963)
GoodWatch score 57

as Petty Officer Gilors

Z-Cars
Z-Cars (1962)
GoodWatch score 72

TV show

The Avengers
The Avengers (1961)
GoodWatch score 83

TV show · as Raven

Coronation Street
Coronation Street (1960)
GoodWatch score 54

TV show · as Sam Ross

1950s

16 titles · average score 67
The Square Peg
The Square Peg (1958)
GoodWatch score 66

as New Recruit (uncredited)

Girls at Sea
Girls at Sea (1958)

as Bill

Night of the Demon
Night of the Demon (1957)
GoodWatch score 88

as Rand Hobart

Interpol
Interpol (1957)
GoodWatch score 54

as Monk

Armchair Theatre
Armchair Theatre (1956)
GoodWatch score 68

TV show · as Ransom / Simon Trask

Tiger in the Smoke
Tiger in the Smoke (1956)
GoodWatch score 64

as Trumps

Dixon of Dock Green
Dixon of Dock Green (1955)
GoodWatch score 64

TV show · as Clayton / Henry Brandon

The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel
The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel (1955)

TV show · as Sir Thomas Landers

Lilli Palmer Theatre
Lilli Palmer Theatre (1955)

TV show · as Judge / George Colb

Simon and Laura
Simon and Laura (1955)
GoodWatch score 64

as Peter Harbottle

Street Corner
Street Corner (1953)
GoodWatch score 61

as Pinky - Bogus Detective Sergeant

Hallmark Hall of Fame
Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951)
GoodWatch score 84

TV show · as Sir John Reith