He later played the put-upon Mr Salisbury in Room at the Bottom (1967), the first television comedy to be written by John Esmonde and Bob Larbey, with Kenneth Connor starring as a cunning maintenance man at the Saracens Manufacturing Company.Although Last of the Summer Wine provided Wilde with his longest-running television role, he is also remembered by viewers for another classic sitcom, Porridge (1974-77), starring Ronnie Barker as the old lag Fletcher, who cynically exploited the prison system. He leaves a widow, Eva, a son and daughter.Away from the screen, the Lancashire-born actor, who lived in Ware, Hertfordshire, was an intensely private man.James Gilbert, former BBC head of comedy and a director of Summer Wine, believed the secret of its successSummer Wine creator Roy Clarke said: "He was one of my favourite actors. "You had the old, hard-bitten warders who felt prisoners were inside to be punished, and a new wave of officers coming through who were interested in rehabilitating prisoners," said Wilde, reflecting on the different styles of Barrowclough and his superior, the governor played by Fulton Mackay.The existing Open Comments threads will continue to exist for those who do not subscribe to Independent Premium. Brian Wilde was born on June 13, 1927 in Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire, England as Brian George Wilde. Our journalists will try to respond by joining the threads when they can to create a true meeting of independent Premium. Porridge ran from 1974 to 1977.And producer Alan JW Bell added: "He was perhaps the best of the Summer Wine 'third men' – the most loved of all the characters.Published by Associated Newspapers Ltdway, but he didn't mix socially.with every line. "He said: "Like PG Wodehouse, it is set in the land of eternal summer. He had two spells with the BBC programme written by Roy Clarke, which did much for tourism in the West Yorkshire village of Holmfirth.Are you sure you want to delete this comment?Independent Premium Comments can be posted by members of our membership scheme, Independent Premium. His lugubrious world-weary face was a staple of British television for forty years. Wilde remained until 1997.Wilde joined Last of the Summer Wine as Foggy Dewhirst in 1976, for its third series, to replace the actor Michael Bates, who had played Cyril Blamire since the 1973 pilot but had had to leave two years later after being diagnosed with terminal cancer.Wilde even did some of his own stunts – once, with his leg in plaster, being put in a wheelchair at the top of a hill, which he then had to roll down. I'm not sure that I enjoyed the second lot as much as the first. Brian Wilde, actor: born Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire 13 June 1927; married Eva Stuart (one son, one daughter); died Ware, Hertfordshire 20 March 2008.
She has been married to CTV Montreal sportscaster Brian Wilde since 2006 and is an avid runner.Arbec began her on-air career in Montreal in 1989. "Foggy was the perfect foil to Bill Owen's carefree, shabby Compo and Peter Sallis as the wry Cleggy. Brian Wilde was born on June 13, 1927 in Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire, England as Brian George Wilde.