Foyle's War - Main Characters

Main Characters

Regular and recurring characters in Foyle's War
Name Rank or role Episodes Portrayed by
Christopher Foyle Detective Chief Superintendent all Michael Kitchen
Paul Milner Detective Sergeant/Detective Inspector all (except 21) Anthony Howell
Samantha Stewart Police driver, MTC all Honeysuckle Weeks
Andrew Foyle DCS Foyle's son, RAF Plt Off/Fg Off/Flt Lt/Sqn Ldr 1, 4, 6, 8, 10, 19 Julian Ovenden
Hugh Reid Uniformed Superintendent 2, 3, 4 Michael Simkins
Jane Milner DS Milner's wife (later murdered) 2, 3, 5, 15 Mali Harries
Fisher Police Constable 2, 4 Fergus Webster
Eric Rivers Police Sergeant 5, 7, 9, 10, 12 Geoffrey Freshwater
Turner Wing Commander (Andrew's superior) 6, 10 Martin Turner
Hilda Pearce Special Operations Executive 7, 9, 19 Ellie Haddington
Alistair Rose Assistant Commissioner 8, 12 Corin Redgrave
Perkins ARP Warden 12, 15, 16 Tony Turner
Ian Brooke Police Sergeant 13, 14, 15, 16 17, 18, 19 Jay Simpson
Joe Farnetti Private First Class, U.S. Army; Sam's boyfriend 13, 14 Jonah Lotan
Edith Ashford / Edith Milner Milner's girlfriend, later his second wife 14, 15, 19 Caroline Martin /
Polly Maberly
Aubrey Stewart Samantha's uncle; vicar 9, 17 Brian Poyser
John Kiefer CPT/MAJ, U. S. Army, Farnetti's CO and Foyle's friend 13, 19 Jay Benedict
Adam Wainwright Samantha's friend, later fiancé 20, 21, 22 Max Brown

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