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