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Gender

Male

Birthday

1937-04-13 (88 years old)

Place of Birth

London, England, UK

Edward Fox

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.

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Known For

Acting

2024

The Gentlemen as Archibald Horatio Landrover Horniman

2018

An Ideal Husband as Earl of Caversham

2017

Taboo as Horace Delaney

2015

The Dresser as Thornton

2014

Katherine of Alexandria as Emperor Constantius

2013

2007

Oliver Twist as Mr. Brownlow
Lewis as Dr. Yardley

2005

Lassie as Hulton

2004

Stage Beauty as Sir Edward Hyde

2002

Nicholas Nickleby as Sir Mulberry Hawk
Daniel Deronda as Sir Hugo Mallinger
Foyle's War as Asst. Commissioner Summers

2001

1998

Lost in Space as Businessman

1997

Prince Valiant as King Arthur
Midsomer Murders as William Bingham

1996

Gulliver's Travels as General Limtoc
September as Archie

1995

A Month by the Lake as Major Wilshaw

1994

1993

The Maitlands as Major Luddington

1991

The Crucifer of Blood as Alistair Ross
They Never Slept as Monk Scott
The Strauss Dynasty as Metternich
Robin Hood as Prince John
Performance as Major Luddington
Strauss Dynasty as Metternich

1990

The Tale of Little Pig Robinson as Captain Barnabas/Butcher
Chillers as Michael Herbert
Cluedo as Himself

1989

1988

1987

A Hazard of Hearts as Lord Harry Wrotham
Quartermaine's Terms as St John Quartermaine

1986

Shaka Zulu as Lt. Francis Farewell

1985

Wild Geese II as Alex Faulkner
The Shooting Party as Lord Gilbert Hartlip
Screen Two as Monk Scott

1984

The Bounty as Captain Greetham
James Mason: The Star They Loved to Hate as Lord Gilbert Hartlip (archive footage) (uncredited)

1983

The Dresser as Oxenby

1982

Gandhi as General Dyer
Wogan as Self

1980

The Mirror Crack'd as Inspector Craddock

1979

For Queen and Country as Colonel Rafelli

1978

The Big Sleep as Joe Brody
Edward & Mrs. Simpson as King Edward VIII
Edward and Mrs Simpson as King Edward VIII

1977

Soldier of Orange as Colonel Rafelli
A Bridge Too Far as Lt. Gen. Brian G. Horrocks
The Duellists as Colonel Perteley
The Squeeze as Foreman
Hard Times as James Harthouse

1976

Loyalties as Captain Dancy, DSO
Sea-Change as Andrew

1975

Galileo as Cardinal Inquisitor

1974

1973

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

1970

Skullduggery as Bruce Spofford
Shadows of Fear as John Parker

1969

Oh! What a Lovely War as Aide to Field-Marshal Haig
Battle of Britain as Pilot Officer Archie

1968

The Expert as Tony Davis-Jones
Journey to the Unknown as Sir Robert Sawyer

1967

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

Life at the Top as Office Supervisor (uncredited)
BBC Play of the Month as Charles Surface
BBC Play of the Month as Captain Dancy, DSO
Thirty-Minute Theatre as Pip Lester

1963

The Mind Benders as Stewart (uncredited)
This Sporting Life as Restaurant Barman (uncredited)

1962

1961

The Avengers as Chilcott