James Fox
Acting • Born 1939-05-19
Biography
William Fox (born 19 May 1939), known professionally as James Fox, is an English actor. He appeared in several notable films of the 1960s and early 1970s, including King Rat, The Servant, Thoroughly Modern Millie and Performance, before quitting the screen for several years to be an evangelical Christian. He has since appeared in a wide range of film and television productions.
Filmography
114 credits
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Movie • 2005
Mr. Salt
The Remains of the Day
Movie • 1993
Lord Darlington
The Russia House
Movie • 1990
Ned
The Lost World
Movie • 2001
Prof. Summerlee
Sherlock Holmes
Movie • 2009
Sir Thomas Rotheram
Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes
Movie • 1965
Richard Mays
Heart of Darkness
Movie • 1993
Gosse
Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes
Movie • 1984
Lord Charles Esker
The Prince & Me
Movie • 2004
King Haraald
Farewell to the King
Movie • 1989
Col. Ferguson
The Souvenir: Part II
Movie • 2021
Narrator Patrick's Musical
The Chase
Movie • 1966
Jason 'Jake' Rogers
Thoroughly Modern Millie
Movie • 1967
Jimmy Smith
The Whistle Blower
Movie • 1986
Lord
Performance
Movie • 1970
Chas
Patriot Games
Movie • 1992
Lord William Holmes
The Falklands Play
Movie • 2002
Rt Hon Peter, 6th Baron Carrington KCMG MC (Foreign Secretary)
King Rat
Movie • 1965
Peter Marlowe
Jinnah
Movie • 1998
Mountbatten
The Golden Bowl
Movie • 2000
Colonel Bob Assingham
Absolute Beginners
Movie • 1986
Henley of Mayfair, Dressmaker to the Queen
Isadora
Movie • 1968
Gordon Craig
Afraid of the Dark
Movie • 1991
Frank
The Servant
Movie • 1963
Tony
A Passage to India
Movie • 1984
Richard Fielding
Mister Lonely
Movie • 2008
The Pope
Doomsday Gun
Movie • 1994
Sir James Whittington
The Old Curiosity Shop
Movie • 1995
Single Gentleman
Up at the Villa
Movie • 2000
Sir Edgar Swift
All Forgotten
Movie • 2001
Old Vladimir (voice)
One Wild Oat
Movie • 1951
Porter
These Foolish Things
Movie • 1989
Nick Verney
The Magnet
Movie • 1950
Johnny Brent
Boys in the Island
Movie • 1989
George Farrell
W.E.
Movie • 2011
King George V
Anna Karenina
Movie • 1997
Karenin
Duffy
Movie • 1968
Stefane Calvert
Cleanskin
Movie • 2012
Scott Catesby
A Question of Attribution
Movie • 1991
Sir Anthony Blunt
High Season
Movie • 1987
Patrick
Shadow Run
Movie • 1998
Landon-Higgins
The Double
Movie • 2014
The Colonel
Effie Gray
Movie • 2014
Sir Charles Eastlake
The Making of a Mobster: 'Mickey Blue Eyes'
Movie • 1999
Self
A Long Way From Home
Movie • 2013
Joseph
An Audience with Ken Dodd
Movie • 1994
Self
The Miniver Story
Movie • 1950
Toby Miniver
As You Like It
Movie • 1992
Jaques
Sexy Beast
Movie • 2001
Harry
Runners
Movie • 1983
Tom Lindsay
Mickey Blue Eyes
Movie • 1999
Philip Cromwell
Arabella
Movie • 1967
Giorgio
Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1980
Movie • 2009
Philip Evans
Never Ever
Movie • 1997
Arthur Trevane
Hostage
Movie • 1992
Hugo Paynter
The Mighty Quinn
Movie • 1989
Thomas Elgin
Country
Movie • 1981
Philip Carlion
Margaret
Movie • 2009
Charles Powell
Hideous Man
Movie • 2002
She's Been Away
Movie • 1989
Hugh Ambrose
Celebration
Movie • 2007
Richard
Unknown Heart
Movie • 2014
Ludlow
Comrades
Movie • 1987
William Norfolk, Governor of New South Wales
The Kid
Movie • 2010
Alan
Tamahine
Movie • 1963
Oliver
The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner
Movie • 1962
Willy Gunthorpe - Ranley School Runner (uncredited)
Bunny and the Bull
Movie • 2009
Narrator
Surviving Christmas with the Relatives
Movie • 2018
Uncle John
Sympathy for the Devil
Movie • 1968
Self (uncredited)
All at Sea
Movie • 2012
George
The Mystic Masseur
Movie • 2001
Mr. Stewart
Anna Pavlova
Movie • 1983
Victor d'André
Goodbye Mr Snuggles
Movie • 2006
Mr. Tomly
Doctor Who: Shada
Movie • 2003
Professor Chronotis (voice)
Colditz
Movie • 2005
Lt. Colonel Fordham
Blind Loyalty, Hollow Honor: England's Fatal Flaw
Movie • 2001
Self
The Remains of the Day: The Filmmaker's Journey
Movie • 2001
Self
Beryl Markham: A Shadow on the Sun
Movie • 1988
Mansfield Markham
No Longer Alone
Movie • 1978
Alan Richards
Sun Child
Movie • 1988
Lewis
TV • 2007
Trial & Retribution
TV • 1997
New Tricks
TV • 2004
Play for Today
TV • 1970
Gulliver's Travels
TV • 1996
Dr. Bates
Red Riding
TV • 2009
Death in Paradise
TV • 2011
Martin Goodman QC (voice) (uncredited)
London Spy
TV • 2015
James
1864
TV • 2014
Lord Palmerton
Waking the Dead
TV • 2001
Dr Bruno Rivelli
Utopia
TV • 2013
The Assistant
An Audience with...
TV • 1978
Self
Agatha Christie's Marple
TV • 2004
Colonel Arthur Bantry
Merlin
TV • 2008
King Rodor
A Perfect Hero
TV • 1991
Angus Meikle
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
TV • 1973
Self
Hollywood U.K.: British Cinema in the Sixties
TV • 1993
Self
Hans Christian Andersen: My Life as a Fairytale
TV • 2002
Jonas Collin
The Choir
TV • 1995
Hugh Cavendish
Cambridge Spies
TV • 2003
Lord Halifax
Wogan
TV • 1982
Self
Colditz
TV • 2005
Lt. Colonel Fordham
The Dwelling Place
TV • 1994
Lord Fischel
The Great Train Robbery
TV • 2013
Henry Brooke, Home Secretary
Kings in Grass Castles
TV • 1998
Longman
The Lost World
TV • 2001
Professor Summerlee
Agatha Christie's Poirot
TV • 1989
Colonel Race
Midsomer Murders
TV • 1997
Sir Michael Fielding
Death in Paradise
TV • 2011
Martin Goodman QC
The Play on One
TV • 1988
Nick Verney
The Verdict Is Yours
TV • 1958
Council for the Prosecution
Nancy Astor
TV • 1982
Waldorf Astor
Anna Pavlova
TV • 1983
Victor Dandré(as Dzheims Foks)
Chillers
TV • 1990
Skipperton