Derek Fowlds

Derek Fowlds (2 September 1937 – 17 January 2020) was an English actor. He is best known for playing Bernard Woolley in popular British television comedies Yes Minister and Yes Prime Minister, and Oscar Blaketon in the long-running ITV police drama Heartbeat.[1]

Derek Fowlds
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Fowlds in 1974
Born(1937-09-02)2 September 1937
Wandsworth, London, England
Died17 January 2020(2020-01-17) (aged 82)
OccupationActor, presenter
Years active1962–2020
Spouse(s)
Wendy Tory
(m. 1963; div. 1973)

Lesley Judd
(m. 1974; div. 1978)
Children2

Fowlds died at the hospital in Bath, Somerset on 17 January 2020 at age 82, from heart failure and sepsis caused by pneumonia.[2][3][4]

References

  1. Derek Fowlds Biography (1937–)
  2. "Derek Fowlds: Yes Minister and Heartbeat actor dies aged 82 - BBC News". BBC News. 17 January 2020. Retrieved 17 January 2020.
  3. "Derek Fowlds: Yes Minister and Heartbeat actor dies aged 82". Sky News. 17 January 2020. https://news.sky.com/story/derek-fowlds-heartbeat-and-yes-minister-actor-dies-aged-82-11910634. Retrieved 17 January 2020. 
  4. "Derek Fowlds obituary". TheGuardian.com. 17 January 2020.

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