Edward Fox

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

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 ser...

Acting

1977

Soldier of Orange

as Colonel Rafelli

1998

Lost in Space

as Businessman

1982

Gandhi

as General Dyer

1978

The Big Sleep

as Joe Brody

1984

The Bounty

as Captain Greetham

1973

1977

A Bridge Too Far

as Lt. Gen. Brian G. Horrocks

1969

Oh! What a Lovely War

as Aide to Field-Marshal Haig

1980

The Mirror Crack'd

as Inspector Craddock

1984

James Mason: The Star They Loved to Hate

as Lord Gilbert Hartlip (archive footage) (uncredited)

1969

Battle of Britain

as Pilot Officer Archie

1997

Prince Valiant

as King Arthur

2001

1995

A Month by the Lake

as Major Wilshaw

1983

The Dresser

as Oxenby

1971

The Go-Between

as Hugh Trimingham

1985

Wild Geese II

as Alex Faulkner

1987

A Hazard of Hearts

as Lord Harry Wrotham

1977

The Duellists

as Colonel Perteley

2004

1985

The Shooting Party

as Lord Gilbert Hartlip

1989

1978

1977

The Squeeze

as Foreman

1967

The Jokers

as Lt. Sprague

1987

Quartermaine's Terms

as St John Quartermaine

1991

The Crucifer of Blood

as Alistair Ross

1966

The Frozen Dead

as Norburg's Brother (Prisoner #3)

1967

The Naked Runner

as Ritchie Jackson

1965

Life at the Top

as Office Supervisor (uncredited)

1975

Galileo

as Cardinal Inquisitor

2013

1973

A Doll's House

as Nils Krogstad

1990

1991

They Never Slept

as Monk Scott

1978

Edward & Mrs. Simpson

as King Edward VIII

2014

Katherine of Alexandria

as Emperor Constantius

1970

Skullduggery

as Bruce Spofford

1991

The Strauss Dynasty

as Metternich

1993

The Maitlands

as Major Luddington

1972

2005

Lassie

as Hulton

2015

The Dresser

as Thornton

1966

Shotgun

as David

1976

Loyalties

as Captain Dancy, DSO

2002

Nicholas Nickleby

as Sir Mulberry Hawk

1994

1963

The Mind Benders

as Stewart (uncredited)

1970

1963

This Sporting Life

as Restaurant Barman (uncredited)

2004

Stage Beauty

as Sir Edward Hyde

2018

An Ideal Husband

as Earl of Caversham

1991

Robin Hood

as Prince John

1990

The Tale of Little Pig Robinson

as Captain Barnabas/Butcher

1976

Sea-Change

as Andrew

2000

Wilfred

as (voice)

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