<P> Wilde gained and established another role in 1976 , when he took over from Michael Bates as the third member of a trio of old men in the BBC sitcom Last of the Summer Wine . The character , Walter `` Foggy '' Dewhurst , was a determined ex-army man who planned the group 's misadventures with military precision and a painstaking eye for detail . Wilde saw the long - running series gather momentum and continue its success ; he stayed with the series for nine years , before leaving in 1985 to work on other projects . Foggy was written out of the series -- it was said that he had moved to Bridlington to take over the family egg - painting business -- and was replaced by Michael Aldridge as Seymour Utterthwaite until 1990 . </P>
<P> Wilde gained and established another role in 1976 , when he took over from Michael Bates as the third member of a trio of old men in the BBC sitcom Last of the Summer Wine . The character , Walter `` Foggy '' Dewhurst , was a determined ex-army man who planned the group 's misadventures with military precision and a painstaking eye for detail . Wilde saw the long - running series gather momentum and continue its success ; he stayed with the series for nine years , before leaving in 1985 to work on other projects . Foggy was written out of the series -- it was said that he had moved to Bridlington to take over the family egg - painting business -- and was replaced by Michael Aldridge as Seymour Utterthwaite until 1990 . </P>
when did brian wilde leave last of the summer wine
when did brian wilde leave last of the summer wine
1985
1985