Van der Valk (1972)
Van der Valk (1972)
Plot.
Van der Valk is a British television series that was produced by Thames Television for the ITV network. It starred Barry Foster in the title role as Dutch detective Commissaris "Piet" van der Valk. Based on the characters and atmosphere of the novels of Nicolas Freeling, the first series was shown in 1972.
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Cast & Crew.
Barry Foster
Commissaris Simon 'Piet' Van der Valk
Michael Latimer
Inspecteur Johnny Kroon
Meg Davis
Arlette Van Der Valk
Ronald Hines
Hoofd Commissaris Samson
Richard Huw
Wim Van der Valk
Nicolas Freeling
Creator
Susan Travers
Arlette Van Der Valk
Nigel Stock
Hoofd-commissaris Samson
Meg Davies
Arlette
Joanna Dunham
Arlette Van der Valk / Lucienne
Dusty Miller
Director of Photography
Roy Pointer
Director of Photography
Fred Tammes
Director of Photography
Colin Munn
Director of Photography
Peter Brayham
Stunt Coordinator
Joe Powell
Stunt Coordinator
Frank Henson
Stunts
Franklin Mark Henson
Stunts
Bill Weston
Stunt Coordinator
Eddie Powell
Stunts
Paul Heasman
Stunts
Mike Vardy
Director
Tom Clegg
Director
Douglas Camfield
Director
William Brayne
Director
Graham Evans
Director
Herbert Wise
Director
Ted Childs
Director / Writer
Jim Goddard
Director
Anthony Simmons
Director
Don Leaver
Director
Alan Cooke
Director
David Wickes
Director
Ben Bolt
Director
Dennis Vance
Director
Peter Duguid
Director
Marc Miller
Director
John S. Smith
Editor
Trevor Waite
Editor
Ian Toynton
Editor
Ralph Sheldon
Supervising Editor / Editor
Philip Broadley
Writer
Michael Chapman
Writer
Geoffrey Gilbert
Writer
Roger Marshall
Writer
Paul Wheeler
Writer
Keith Dewhurst
Writer
Patrick O'Brian
Writer
Leslie Sands
Writer
Stuart Hepburn
Writer
Peter Buckman
Writer
Don Shaw
Writer
Robert Wales
Writer
Peter Yeldham
Writer
David Butler
Writer
Jeremy Paul
Writer
Kenneth Ware
Writer
Jonathan Hales
Writer
Arden Winch
Writer
Peter Blythe
Max
Elizabeth Bradley
Hannah
Phoebe Nicholls
Treesje
Peter Pratt
Westermann
Jeff Rawle
Diederick
Trevor Peacock
Johnny Retz
Colin McCormack
Sailor
Ingrid Hafner
Annie
Abigail Cruttenden
Else
Patrick Allen
Van Teeseling
Roy Boyd
Anton Kovacic
William Russell
Rokin
Robert Gillespie
Doop
Suzy Kendall
Marijka
Jane Merrow
Diane
Anna Cropper
Julie Meijers
Pamela Duncan
Mrs. Haakman
William Hootkins
Frank Garvin
Patricia Quinn
Yvonne
David Leland
Madame Arthur
Judy Cornwell
Harriet Kuyper
Paul Eddington
Wolf Gebhardt
Celia Imrie
Marijke Dekker
Vernon Dobtcheff
Sebastian Jonge
Stephen Moore
Hensen
Shane Briant
Ko
Derek Fowlds
Johan Kieft
Ian Hendry
Boersma
Ronan Vibert
Martin Lepweg
Amanda Burton
Elly Van Roekel
Peter Penry-Jones
Markheim
Patricia Lawrence
Marijke Hoekstra
Richard Pasco
Albert de Vink
Peter Cartwright
KLM Captain
Anthony Chinn
Chung
James Cossins
Noordhoff
Freddie Jones
Joop Pater
John Quarmby
Zondag
Pam St. Clement
Ada
Damien Thomas
Felix Alkmaar
Jennifer Daniel
Susan
Anna Wing
Concierge
Douglas Henshall
Joep Huizinga
Ian Barritt
Hartog
Sydney Tafler
Hoofd-commissaris Halsbeek
Jan Harvey
Margit
Arkie Whiteley
Ruth Van Der Valk
Christopher Benjamin
Mulder
Lalla Ward
Judith Stolle
James Grout
Kolmaar
John Standing
Ehrlich
Morris Perry
Pastor Weevers
Bob Hoskins
Johnny Palmer
Jonathan Firth
Michael
Hilary Dwyer
Nana Schneers
Steven Mackintosh
Koos
Jack May
Minister
Geoffrey Palmer
Head of Faculty
Patrick Troughton
Father Bosch
Maurice O'Connell
Kurt
Ralph Brown
Inspector Rep
Charles Dale
Simon Plesman
Alan Haines
Brigadier Mertens
Donald Burton
Evert Stolle
Mark Jones
Martin
Michael Da Costa
Doff
Julie Peasgood
Christina Molders
Hildegard Neil
Else Rokin
Karl Howman
Eric
Gary Olsen
Brouwer
George Howe
Sartorius
Hazel McBride
Stewardess
Bernice Stegers
Anna Kuylen
Maurice Colbourne
Nick Scholtz
Philip Locke
Conrad Molenaar
John Bailey
Huisman
Rupert Holliday-Evans
Albert
James Laurenson
Paul Kortman
Jack Ellis
Frans Opstel
Philip Whitchurch
Erik
Ronald Leigh-Hunt
Bekker
Mary Healey
Berte Merks
Lorna Heilbron
Magda
Pamela Salem
Millie Sanger
James Aubrey
Jan
Patrick Jordan
Barman
David Schofield
Toon Rosendaal
Maggie Steed
Maria Tromp
Matthew Guinness
Barman / Finger-print Expert
Olivia Williams
Irene Kortman
Terence Rigby
Karl Vessem
Kenneth Cranham
Dirk Boutsen
Michael Culver
James
Ronnie Stevens
Jacob Reinecke
Ian Gelder
Basten
Michael Atkinson
Bank Manager
Alun Lewis
Eddie
Richard Mayes
Farmer
Rupert Degas
Student
Brian Cox
Stefan Szabo
Victoria Shalet
Brigid Van Hoorn
Richard Davies
Lloyd
Sara Kestelman
Monika Hendricks
Anthony Valentine
Charles Mehra
Gillian McCutcheon
Lies Jongkind
Edward Judd
Alfred
Oliver Ford Davies
Guus Kroese
Tom Bell
Freddie Brugmans
Arnold Diamond
Dr. Pritchett
Jim Norton
Eddy / Hanson
Shane Rimmer
Lovell J Wallace
Leon Lissek
Frans
Michelle Newell
Dina
Kika Markham
Sion Beekvelt
Pip Torrens
Michael De Groot
Andrew Ray
Stevin
Elizabeth Cassidy
Annabel
Jane Lapotaire
Elly
John Burgess
Roemers
Tony Caunter
Hans Voss
Nicholas Le Prevost
Van Hoorn
Paul Freeman
Michael Tromp
Holly De Jong
Hannie Mierle
Geoffrey Beevers
Kroll
Michael Simkins
Joop Snelders
Selina Cadell
Monica
Ciaran Madden
Melanie Van Hoorn
Stephanie Turner
Els Kortman
Martin Wyldeck
Hoofd-Commissaris Samson
Natasha Pyne
Janet
Michael Turner
Dr. Smeding
Artro Morris
Martin
Walter Brown
Mulder
Clifford Rose
Boersma / De Groote
James Cairncross
Dr. Jagerman
Jonathan Newth
Chemist
Clifford Parrish
Pathologist
Julian D'Albie
The Baron
Trevor Martin
Patrolman
Christopher Timothy
Ernest / Policeman
Michael Hannah
Barman
Michael Sheard
Paul Harkemer / Ruytens
Edgar Wreford
Jan Servaas
John Rees
Mulhauzen
Lillias Walker
Beryl Harkemer
Maria O'Brien
Pauline Eindhoven
Richard Hurndall
Magistrate / Picard
Miranda Hampton
Bar Manageress
Pauline Letts
Muriel Hackforth
Dave Carter
Brigadier Stribos / Stribos
Joyce Heron
Hilda Ruysbroek
Billy Hamon
Saskia
Richard Smith
Peter Hackforth
Harold Goldblatt
Paul Moen
Norman Scace
Officer of Justice
Christian Thorogood
Patrolman
Denis Lill
Roberts / Van Houten
Roger Bizley
Mahmud Fazan
Nigel Anthony
Peter Jamal
Christopher Matthews
Receptionist
Helena McCarthy
Clerk
Richard Simpson
Jeweller
Lisa Daniely
Mrs. Visser / Margo
Karin MacCarthy
Doctor
Harold Reese
Caretaker
Noelle Finch
Hetti Van Teeseling
Kevin Stoney
Kemeling
Karin Fernald
Yvonne
John Gill
Lost Property Man
Donald Pelmear
Jan Vierman
Richardson Morgan
Bargee
Wanda Moore
Irene van Vliet
Dennis Thorne
Officer of Justice
Ian Fairbairn
Pathologist
Brian Honeyball
Policeman
David Millett
Jansen
Arne Gordon
Reinhart
Paul Hastings
Erik
Carolyn Courage
Karen
Nicolette McKenzie
Elsa
Katherine Parr
Mrs. Driessen
Andrea Lawrence
Lottie
Juliette James
Secretary
Patricia Peters
Receptionist
David Lyell
Doorman
Lois Baxter
Emma Holmeijer
Leon Vitali
Jos Busselink
Paul Hardwick
Holmeijer
Stefan Kalipha
Hippy
Margaret Ward
Tutor
Barrie Houghton
Henk Busselink
Sally Sanders
Mrs. Zondag
Bruce Bould
Sitskoorn
Roy Evans
Caretaker
Geoffrey Bayldon
Nicolas Meijers / Joseph Kettner
Donald Morley
Dr. Stapper
Stefan Gryff
Havranek
David Webb
Leo
Beth Harris
Miss Texel
Julian Somers
Dijker
Rod Beacham
Technician
Peter Weston
Policeman
Kay Gallie
Nurse
Petar Vidovic
Waiter
Prunella Ransome
Astrid
Robert Swann
Paul
Margaret Ashcroft
Marlies Kernkamp
Michael Lees
Dr. Roest / Kees Dorpman
Donald Gee
Tahlen
Brian Gwaspari
Marken
Marilyn Finlay
Receptionist
Kathleen Moffatt
Nurse
Hubert Rees
Berger
Peter Godfrey
Zeller
Anthony Milner
Brinkman
William Ellis
Vittorio Farrugia / Jean
Julia Goodman
Cristina van Meer
Helen Ryan
Eva Maris
Madeleine Christie
Helene Webber
Ken Kitson
Jan Hoffman
Wilfred Grove
Josef
John Scholes
Dolf Maartens
Sam Dastor
Paul
John Price
Ressel
Pamela Moiseiwitsch
Miss Schaar
Harry Waters
Uniformed Policeman
Ben Bazell
Wolf
Jon Morrison
Henk
Oliver Parker
Bruno Duykers
Philip Sayer
Paul
Edward Burnham
Jakob Mertens
Robin Parkinson
Hotel Receptionist
Dennis Blanch
Patrolman
Alec Linstead
De Jong
Eric Francis
Old Gardener
Darlene Johnson
Christina
Pippa Page
Girl in Van
Anthony Stafford
Van Driver
Patricia Read
Prostitute
Gillian Barge
Woman
Ian Lowe
Piet Gobel
Kenton Moore
Customs Officer
Peter Quince
Man 'A'
Brian Poyser
Finch
Bev Willis
Editor
Roger Kemp
Wainwright
Michael O'Hagan
Special Branch Man
Valerie Holliman
Samantha
Jeremy Young
Eddie Palmer
Ken Parry
Sartorius
Suzanne Fleuret
The Nun
Anthony Collin
Clerk
Robert Swales
Detective
Robert Gary
Detective
Don Henderson
Ullman
John Woodnutt
Dr. Roest
Ellis Dale
Keur
Laurence Harrington
Keyser
Michael Petrovitch
Wim
David Wood
Blom
Jon Croft
Johannes
Bernard Brown
Henniker
Helen Keating
Whore
Denis DeMarne
Duty Officer
Allan Hendrick
Rinus
Annabel Leventon
Hannie Wijsman
Deborah Fallender
American Sister
Anthony Howden
Ari Anderson
Simon Fisher-Turner
Jan
Bruce Lidington
Paul
Alexander Davion
Ranieri
Derek Smith
Jaap
Donald Churchill
Johnny Roos
Dave Atkins
Sergeant Donkers
Denica Fairman
Barbara Steenkamp
Brian Badcoe
The Dominee
Anthony Douse
Pastor
Frances Atkinson
Young Girl on Boat
Jacqueline Roth
Girl
Jonathan Donne
Boy On Boat
John Vine
Jan Klees / Klees
Edward Pinner
Squatter
Stephen Marcus
Burly Man
Tony Rohr
Hugo Molders
Robert Morgan
Visser
Melanie Thaw
Wilhelmina
Mark Hadfield
Ferdie
Peter Guinness
Nick Koop
Michael Garner
Inspector Dekker
Steven Beard
De Witt
Freda Rodgers
Mrs Mees
Richard Howard
Pathologist
Jeremy Peters
Thin Man
Andrew Wilde
Luther
Felicity Dean
Helga
Helen Horton
Mrs Lovell Wallace
Ian Redford
Harry Reitz / Pathologist
Richard Rees
Raoul
Sara Mair-Thomas
Anita
Sara Griffiths
Anna
Mia Fothergill
Jacqueline
Sam Preston
Willem Van Hoorn
Christopher Bramwell
Van Loon
Martin McKellan
Policeman
Arthur Kohn
Detective
Inez Thorn
Spanish Lady
Michael Gaunt
Driver
Chrissy Iddon
Reporter
Martin Chamberlain
Reporter
Steven Elliot
Reporter
John Bown
Reporter
Philip McGough
Bertus
Lizzy McInnerny
Bea Jongkind
David McKail
Evert / Editor
Nicolas Chagrin
Friso Jongkind
Matthew Marsh
Willem Maas
Philip Bowen
Jacob De Vries
Sam Miller
Frederick
Jo Rideout
Ria
Maureen Flynn
Anna Maas
John Hudson
Architect
Guy Moore
Duty Officer
Al Gregg
Journalist
John Golightly
Porter
Derek Crewe
Waiter
Joe Hutton
Young Man
Malcolm Tierney
Rinus Nagel
Maria Miles
Helena Pel
Andrew Powell
Leo Postma
Allie Byrne
Petra Van Leurink
Jestyn Phillips
Jan Seghers
Liz Goulding
Maria Seghers
Sion Tudor Owen
Hans Staal
Nigel Pegram
Didier Clebert
Kevork Malikyan
Colombian
Martyn Whitby
Theo Swart
Christopher Gray
Inspector Westdijk
Peter Moreton
Johan Wurtz
Edward Halsted
Surgeon
Cate Fowler
Receptionist
Joanne Stoner
Hospital Receptionist
Tim Diggle
Policeman
Emma Cunningham
Greta Tromp
Fiona Padfield
Beatrix Tromp
Geoffrey Church
Inspector Stam
Julian Fox
Samuel
Phil Atkinson
Jan Heyn
Sonia Graham
Mrs Heyn
Tom Mannion
Adrian
Richard Hanson
Rudi Tromp
Mary Jo Randle
Ella
Daniel Holyoake
Leeuwen
Steven Alvey
Mechanic
Ona McCracken
Receptionist
Elizabeth Hogg
WPC
Paul McNeilly
Kidnapper
Peter Dawson
Editor
Angela Bruce
Tony Vishnu
Richard Graham
Jan Malen
Stephen Jameson
Gerrit Post
Caroline Harding
Maarte de Kleine
Madeleine Moffat
Anne Marie Post
Mark Pepper
Kees Slutters
Nicholas Hutchison
Eddie Haas
Peter Aubrey
Drunk
Barry Aird
Postman
Valerie Phillips
Journalist
Stephen May
Policeman
Keith Hazemore
Head Waiter
Ab Abspoel
Maarten Post
Sean Wightman
Delivery Boy
Martin McDougall
Vendor
Media.
Details.
Release DateSeptember 13, 1972
StatusEnded
Seasons5
Episodes32
Running Time50m
Genres
Last updated:
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Wiki.
Van der Valk is a British television crime drama series produced for the ITV network by Thames Television. It ran from 13 September 1972 to 19 February 1992, with the first three series produced between 1972 and 1977, and two more being commissioned in 1991 and 1992.
The series was created by Nicolas Freeling, based on his novels about a detective in Amsterdam. It starred Barry Foster in the role of titular character Simon "Piet" van der Valk.
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