Last of the Summer Wine's Brian Wilde dies

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ginluvvaThu 20/03/08 20:18		Comedy actor Brian Wilde, best known as Walter "Foggy" Dewhirst in Last of the Summer Wine and prison warden Mr Barrowclough in Porridge, has died at the age of 86. The actor died in his sleep at a nursing home in Hertfordshire, after suffering ill health in recent weeks. Last of the Summer Wine actor Brian Wilde dies Brian Wilde, top, died in his sleep He was best known for playing war veteran Foggy who, with his friends Cleggy and Compo, embarked on a series of escapades around the Yorkshire moors in Last of the Summer Wine. He appeared in more than 100 episodes of the BBC comedy between 1976 and 1997. Mr Wilde's first major role came in 1973 alongside Ronnie Barker in Porridge, another of the BBC's best-loved programmes, as the ineffectual prison officer Mr Barrowclough. The actor's son Andrew Wilde said he died of natural causes on Wednesday night. He suffered a fall around seven weeks ago, from which he had not recovered. Nick Young, Mr Wilde's agent, said: "He will be sadly missed by family and colleagues alike. "He brought a great deal of laughter into everyone's lives over the course of his career." His Last of the Summer Wine co-star Peter Sallis, who plays Norman Clegg, said the news was "very, very sad" and that Mr Wilde had been "great fun to work with." advertisement Mr Wilde, originally from Lancashire, had roles in the TV series Room At The Bottom (1966) and the film The Jokers (1967) before being cast in Porridge alongside Ronnie Barker. In 1976 he took over from Michael Bates as the third member of a trio of old men in Last of the Summer Wine. He stayed with the series for 9 years before leaving in 1985, to work on other projects, but returned for a second stint between 1990 and 1997. Ill health finally forced him to retire. Last of the Summer Wine producer Alan JW Bell said: "He was a fine actor to work with, very professional. He was an old-school actor - you turned up, knew your lines and played them the very best you could. "He had an enormous warmth to the public when he was off the set. He didn't like to hobnob with the actors - when there was a break, he preferred to go a pub around the corner to meet the real people." Set and filmed in Holmfirth, West Yorkshire, Last of the Summer Wine's plot centres around the three friends who revel in youthful stunts, much to the annoyance of the women in the village. The 29th series of the long-running comedy, written by Roy Clarke, is due to be screened later this year.
nowvoyagerThu 20/03/08 20:26		Life goes on.. it will do for Brian cos I do not know him. Beyond that his family... it always hurts..

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