---
name: "Derek Fowlds"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/derek-fowlds"
fi1m_id: "derek-fowlds"
imdb_id: "nm0288621"
tmdb_id: 21608
wikidata_id: "Q1281731"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "2 September 1937"
died: "17 January 2020"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 86
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-07T10:58:07.634650+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Derek Fowlds

## Identity

Derek Fowlds

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/derek-fowlds
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** derek-fowlds
- **IMDb ID:** nm0288621
- **TMDB ID:** 21608
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1281731
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derek_Fowlds, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1281731, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0288621/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/21608

Actor. Born 2 September 1937 in Wandsworth, London, England, UK. Died 17 January 2020.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 2 September 1937, Wandsworth, London, England, UK
- **Died:** 17 January 2020
- **Active:** 1980–1987
- **Also known as:** Derek James Fowlds
- **Frequently works with:** [Antony Jay](https://film.one/person/antony-jay.md), [Jonathan Lynn](https://film.one/person/jonathan-lynn.md), [Nigel Hawthorne](https://film.one/person/nigel-hawthorne.md), [Paul Eddington](https://film.one/person/paul-eddington.md), [Peter Whitmore](https://film.one/person/peter-whitmore.md), [Sydney Lotterby](https://film.one/person/sydney-lotterby.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 86, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derek_Fowlds, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1281731, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0288621/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/21608

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Yes Minister*](https://film.one/tv/yes-minister.md) (89)
- **BritBox:** [*Inspector Morse*](https://film.one/tv/inspector-morse.md) (84)

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## Biography

Derek Fowlds was an English actor. Born Derek James Fowlds on 2 September 1937 in Wandsworth, London, he trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and made his West End debut in the 1961 production of *The Miracle Worker*.

He appeared in films including *The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner* (1962) and *Frankenstein Created Woman* (1967). On television he played Mr Derek in *The Basil Brush Show* (1969–1973), Bernard Woolley in *Yes Minister* (1980–1984) and its sequel *Yes, Prime Minister* (1986–1988), and Oscar Blaketon in *Heartbeat* (1992–2010). He also appeared as Kurt Friedman in *Inspector Morse* (1988). Fowlds died on 17 January 2020.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, theguardian.com, bbc.co.uk.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Inspector Morse* (1987), Fi1m 84, as Kurt Friedman — [page](https://film.one/tv/inspector-morse.md)
- *Yes Minister* (1980), Fi1m 89, as Bernard Woolley — [page](https://film.one/tv/yes-minister.md)

## Complete filmography (62)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Inside the Tower* (2015), as Dan(archive footage)
- *Run For Your Wife* (2012), as Man in Hat
- *The Funny Blokes of British Comedy* (2005), as Bernard Woolley (archive footage) (uncredited)
- *The Royal* (2003), series, as Oscar Blaketon
- *The Detectives* (1993), series, as Derek Alsopp
- *Over the Hill* (1992), as Peter Dutch
- *Firm Friends* (1992), series, as John Gutteridge
- *Heartbeat* (1992), series, as Oscar Blaketon
- *The Darling Buds of May* (1991), series, as Esmond
- *Die Kinder* (1990), series, as Crombie
- *Perfect Scoundrels* (1990), series, as Watkinson
- *Plunder* (1990), series, Actor
- *Rules of Engagement* (1989), series, as Oliver Davidson
- *Sales People from Hell* (1989), Actor
- *Inspector Morse* (1987), series, as Kurt Friedman — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/inspector-morse.md)
- *Casualty* (1986), series, as Mr. Croft — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/tv/casualty.md)
- *Yes, Prime Minister* (1986), series, as Bernard Woolley
- *Affairs of the Heart* (1985), series, as Peter Bonamy
- *Screen Two* (1985), series, as Cumbridge
- *The Funny Side of Christmas* (1982), as Bernard Woolley
- *Intensive Care* (1982), as Hartley
- *Cribb* (1980), series, as Albert Moscrop
- *Yes Minister* (1980), series, as Bernard Woolley — Fi1m 89, [page](https://film.one/tv/yes-minister.md)
- *Minder* (1979), series, as Meadhurst — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/minder.md)
- *Strangers* (1978), series, as Mike Winter, DI Ken Driver
- *Send in the Girls* (1978), series, as Miles Filmer
- *Beryl Reid* (1977), series, Actor
- *True Patriot* (1977), as Hans von Dohnanyi
- *BBC2 Play of the Week* (1977), series, as Hans von Dohnanyi
- *Robin's Nest* (1977), series, as Ricky Hart
- *The Copter Kids* (1976), as Captain Peters
- *The Doll* (1975), as Max Lerner
- *The Doll* (1975), series, as Max Lerner
- *After That, This* (1975), series, Actor
- *Death to Sister Mary* (1974), as Dicky
- *Censored Scenes from King Kong* (1973), as Sagar/Vogel/Chiarugï
- *Thriller* (1973), series, as Dicky
- *Armchair 30* (1973), series, as Brian
- *Van der Valk* (1972), series, as Johan Kieft
- *Tower of Evil* (1972), as Dan Winthrop
- *Play for Today* (1970), series, as Hartley
- *The Smashing Bird I Used to Know* (1969), as Geoffrey
- *Wink To Me Only* (1969), series, Actor
- *ITV Saturday Night Theatre* (1969), series, as Neil
- *The Old Campaigner* (1968), series, Actor
- *The Year of the Sex Olympics* (1968), as Custard Pie Expert
- *The Solarnauts* (1967), series, as empo
- *Frankenstein Created Woman* (1967), as Johan
- *The Solarnauts* (1967), as Tempo
- *Take a Pair of Private Eyes* (1966), series, as Ambrose Frayne
- *Hotel Paradiso* (1966), as Maxime
- *The Man in Room 17* (1965), series, as Bruce
- *Gideon's Way* (1965), series, as Tim Coles
- *East of Sudan* (1964), as Murchison
- *The Protectors* (1964), series, as Hughie
- *Hot Enough for June* (1964), as Sun Bathing Man
- *Doctor in Distress* (1963), as Gillibrand
- *Tamahine* (1963), as Bash
- *We Joined the Navy* (1963), as Carson
- *The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner* (1962), as Borstal Inmate (uncredited)
- *Dr. Finlay's Casebook* (1962), series, as Malcolm Cannock
- *Armchair Theatre* (1956), series, as Richard Racey, Tom Rogers

## Gallery

- ![Derek Fowlds](https://film.one/media/person/60131/gallery-4614f5523965.jpg) Derek Fowlds — Allan warren, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Derek_Fowlds_5_Allan_Warren.jpg/1280px-Derek_Fowlds_5_Allan_Warren.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Derek Fowlds](https://film.one/media/person/60131/gallery-0ad2bceefe1f.jpg) Derek Fowlds — Allan warren, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/DEREK_FOWLDS_4_Allan_Warren.jpg/1280px-DEREK_FOWLDS_4_Allan_Warren.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Derek Fowlds taken on photographer's terrace, Belgravia London (1973)](https://film.one/media/person/60131/gallery-eb17bca31bdb.jpg) Derek Fowlds taken on photographer's terrace, Belgravia London (1973) — Allan warren, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Derek_fowlds_2_Allan_Warren.jpg/1280px-Derek_fowlds_2_Allan_Warren.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Derek Fowlds taken in London (1974)](https://film.one/media/person/60131/gallery-42eb10fd88b9.jpg) Derek Fowlds taken in London (1974) — Allan warren, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Derek_Fowlds_Allan_Warren_%28cropped%29.jpg/1280px-Derek_Fowlds_Allan_Warren_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Derek Fowlds (1973)](https://film.one/media/person/60131/gallery-2cea2ba50051.jpg) Derek Fowlds (1973) — Allan warren, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/DEREK_FOWLDS_1_Allan_Warren.jpg/1280px-DEREK_FOWLDS_1_Allan_Warren.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

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