Edward Fox
Born: 1937-04-13 in London, England, UK
Known For: Acting
Biography
Edward Charles Morice Fox (born 13 April 1937) is an English stage, film and television actor. He is the older brother of actor James Fox. He played the part of the professional assassin who is hired to assassinate the French president Charles de Gaulle in the film The Day of the Jackal (1973). He is also known for his roles in Battle of Britain (1969), The Go-Between (1971), for which he won a BAFTA award, and The Bounty (1984). He also collaborated with director Richard Attenborough, appearing in his films Oh! What a Lovely War (1969), A Bridge Too Far (1977), and Gandhi (1982). He portrayed Edward VIII in the British television drama series Edward & Mrs. Simpson (1978) and appeared in the historical series Taboo (2017). In addition to film and television work, he has also garnered acclaim as a stage actor. In 2003, Fox was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire for his services to Drama.
Filmography
2024
- The Gentlemen as Archibald Horatio Landrover Horniman
2018
- Johnny English Strikes Again as Agent Nine
- An Ideal Husband as Earl of Caversham
2017
- Taboo as Horace Delaney
2015
- The Dresser as Thornton
2014
- Katherine of Alexandria as Emperor Constantius
- Richard Attenborough: A Life in Film as Self
2013
- National Theatre Live: The Audience as Winston Churchill
2008
- The Man from London as Inspector Morrison (voice)
2007
- Lewis as Dr. Yardley
- Oliver Twist as Mr Brownlow
- The Old, Old, Very Old Man as All
2005
- Lassie as Hulton
2004
- Agatha Christie's Marple as Caterham
- Stage Beauty as Sir Edward Hyde
- The Republic Of Love as Richard
2002
- Foyle's War as Asst. Commissioner Summers
- Nicholas Nickleby as Sir Mulberry Hawk
- Daniel Deronda as Sir Hugo Mallinger
- The Importance of Being Earnest as Lane
2001
- All the Queen's Men as Aitken
2000
- Wilfred as (voice)
1998
- Lost in Space as Businessman
1997
- Midsomer Murders as William Bingham
- A Dance to the Music of Time as Uncle Giles
- Prince Valiant as King Arthur
- Forbidden Territory: Stanley's Search for Livingstone as Markham
1996
- Gulliver's Travels as General Limtoc
- September as Archie
1995
- A Month by the Lake as Major Wilshaw
1994
- A Feast at Midnight as Father
1993
- The Maitlands as Major Luddington
1991
- Performance as Major Luddington
- The Strauss Dynasty as Metternich
- Robin Hood as Prince John
- The Crucifer of Blood as Alistair Ross
- The Strauss Dynasty as Metternich
- The Harmfulness of Tobacco
- They Never Slept as Monk Scott
1990
- Chillers as Michael Herbert
- Cluedo as Himself
- The Tale of Little Pig Robinson as Captain Barnabas/Butcher
- Circles Of Deceit as Philip
1989
- Agatha Christie's Poirot as Gudgeon
- Return from the River Kwai as Major Benford
1988
- The Modern World: Ten Great Writers as Reader
1987
- A Hazard of Hearts as Lord Harry Wrotham
- Quartermaine's Terms as St John Quartermaine
1986
- Shaka Zulu as Lt. Francis Farewell
- Wedden, dat..? as Self
- Anastasia - The Mystery of Anna as Dr. Hauser
1985
- Screen Two as St. John Quartermaine
- Theatre Night as Doctor
- Wild Geese II as Alex Faulkner
- The Shooting Party as Lord Gilbert Hartlip
1984
- The Bounty as Captain Greetham
- James Mason: The Star They Loved to Hate as Lord Gilbert Hartlip (archive footage) (uncredited)
1983
- Never Say Never Again as M
- The Dresser as Oxenby
1980
- The Mirror Crack'd as Inspector Craddock
1979
- For Queen and Country as Colonel Rafelli
1978
- Force 10 from Navarone as Miller
- Edward and Mrs Simpson as King Edward VIII
- The Big Sleep as Joe Brody
- Edward & Mrs. Simpson as King Edward VIII
- The Cat and the Canary as Hendricks
1977
- BBC2 Play of the Week as Nikolai
- A Bridge Too Far as Lt. Gen. Brian G. Horrocks
- The Duellists as Colonel Perteley
- Romance as Sam Gregory
- Soldier of Orange as Colonel Rafelli
- Hard Times as Captain James Harthouse
- The Squeeze as Foreman
- Shooting the Chandelier as Nikolai
1976
- Sea-Change as Andrew
- Loyalties as Captain Dancy, DSO
1975
- Galileo as Cardinal Inquisitor
1974
- Churchill's People as Aaron Graham
- Dr. Watson and the Darkwater Hall Mystery as Dr. Watson
1973
- Centre Play as Andrew
- The Day of the Jackal as The Jackal
- A Doll's House as Nils Krogstad
1972
- Bermondsey as Pip
1971
- The Go-Between as Hugh Trimingham
- A Midsummer Night's Dream as Lysander
1970
- Skullduggery as Bruce Spofford
- Shadows of Fear as John Parker
- The Breaking of Bumbo as Horwood
1969
- ITV Saturday Night Theatre as Dr. Macmillan
- W. Somerset Maugham as Tim Hardy
- Battle of Britain as Pilot Officer Archie
- The Mind of Mr. J.G. Reeder as Sir Harry Carlin
- Oh! What a Lovely War as Aide to Field-Marshal Haig
- Happy Ever After as Mr. Bailey
- Medieval England: The Peasants' Revolt as Sir John Newton
1968
- The Expert as Tony Davis-Jones
- Journey to the Unknown as Sir Robert Sawyer
- The Portrait of a Lady as Lord Warburton
1967
- Omnibus as Self
- Man in a Suitcase
- I'll Never Forget What's'isname as Walter
- The Jokers as Lt. Sprague
- The Naked Runner as Ritchie Jackson
1966
- The Frozen Dead as Norburg's Brother (Prisoner #3)
- Shotgun as David
1965
- BBC Play of the Month as Charles Surface
- Thirty-Minute Theatre as Pip Lester
- Life at the Top as Office Supervisor (uncredited)
1964
- Theatre 625 as Ronnie Lovell
1963
- This Sporting Life as Restaurant Barman (uncredited)
- The Mind Benders as Stewart (uncredited)
1962
- Suspense as Charles Marten
- The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner as Extra (uncredited)
1961
- The Avengers
- Drama 61-67 as Hassell
1960
- Sunday-Night Play as Tom McMaster