1. Derek Fowlds played "Mr Derek" in The Basil Brush Show, Bernard Woolley in the sitcom Yes Minister and its sequel, Yes, Prime Minister, and Oscar Blaketon in Heartbeat.
12 Facts About Derek Fowlds
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Derek James Fowlds was born on 2 September 1937 in Wandsworth, London, the son of Ketha Muriel and James Witney Fowlds, a salesman.
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Derek Fowlds made his debut on the West End stage in The Miracle Worker.
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Derek Fowlds appeared in various film roles, including Tamahine, East of Sudan, Hotel Paradiso, Frankenstein Created Woman, The Smashing Bird I Used to Know, Tower of Evil and Mistress Pamela, prior to becoming familiar to British television child viewers as "Mr Derek" in the popular British children's series The Basil Brush Show for four series, replacing Rodney Bewes as presenter.
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Derek Fowlds played the role of Lord Randolph Churchill in the ATV series Edward the Seventh.
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From 1983 to 1985, Derek Fowlds played the lead role in the sitcom Affairs of the Heart.
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Derek Fowlds featured in a more sinister role in the 1990 political thriller Die Kinder.
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Derek Fowlds then played old and curmudgeonly Oscar Blaketon in the long-running Yorkshire Television police drama nostalgia series Heartbeat set in the sixties for its entire eighteen-year run beginning in 1992.
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Derek Fowlds later married Lesley Judd the Blue Peter presenter and dancer.
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Derek Fowlds was the father of two sons, including the actor Jeremy Fowlds.
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Derek Fowlds died at Royal United Hospital in Bath on 17 January 2020 aged 82 from complications of heart failure and sepsis, which had followed pneumonia.
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Derek Fowlds's funeral was held at St Katharine's Church in Holt, Wiltshire, on 17 February 2020.