Edward Fox

Actor Apr 13 (age 88) London, England, UK 1960–2024 (64 year career)

6.3 avg rating

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, appearin…

Known For

Film

Gandhi

General Dyer

Film

Johnny English Strikes Again

Agent Nine

Film

A Bridge Too Far

Lt. Gen. Brian G. Horrocks

Film

The Day of the Jackal

The Jackal

Film

The Duellists

Colonel Perteley

Film

Never Say Never Again

Film

The Bounty

Captain Greetham

Film

The Importance of Being Earnest

Lane

Filmography

Acting (113)

Movies (71)

Johnny English Strikes Again

as Agent Nine

An Ideal Husband

as Earl of Caversham

The Dresser

as Thornton

Katherine of Alexandria

2014

as Emperor Constantius

2.7

Richard Attenborough: A Life in Film

2014

as Self

4.8

National Theatre Live: The Audience

2013

as Winston Churchill

8.3

The Old, Old, Very Old Man

2007

as All

Lassie

as Hulton

The Republic Of Love

as Richard

Stage Beauty

as Sir Edward Hyde

Nicholas Nickleby

as Sir Mulberry Hawk

The Importance of Being Earnest

as Lane

All the Queen's Men

as Aitken

Wilfred

as (voice)

Lost in Space

as Businessman

Prince Valiant

as King Arthur

Forbidden Territory: Stanley's Search for Livingstone

1997

as Markham

6.0

Rosamunde Pilcher: September

as Archie

A Month by the Lake

as Major Wilshaw

A Feast at Midnight

as Father

The Maitlands

as Major Luddington

Robin Hood

as Prince John

The Strauss Dynasty

as Metternich

The Crucifer of Blood

1991

as Alistair Ross

6.5

The Harmfulness of Tobacco

1991

They Never Slept

1991

as Monk Scott

The Tale of Little Pig Robinson

1990

as Captain Barnabas/Butcher

Circles Of Deceit

1990

as Philip

Return from the River Kwai

1989

as Major Benford

5.0

A Hazard of Hearts

1987

as Lord Harry Wrotham

7.8

Quartermaine's Terms

1987

as St John Quartermaine

Wild Geese II

1985

as Alex Faulkner

4.8

The Shooting Party

1985

as Lord Gilbert Hartlip

6.5

The Bounty

1984

as Captain Greetham

6.7

James Mason: The Star They Loved to Hate

1984

as Lord Gilbert Hartlip (archive footage) (uncredited)

The Dresser

1983

as Oxenby

6.8

Never Say Never Again

as M

Gandhi

as General Dyer

The Mirror Crack'd

as Inspector Craddock

6.1

Force 10 from Navarone

as Miller

The Big Sleep

as Joe Brody

The Cat and the Canary

1978

as Hendricks

5.6

Edward & Mrs. Simpson

1978

as King Edward VIII

10.0

A Bridge Too Far

1977

as Lt. Gen. Brian G. Horrocks

The Duellists

as Colonel Perteley

The Squeeze

as Foreman

Soldier of Orange

as Colonel Rafelli

Shooting the Chandelier

1977

as Nikolai

Loyalties

1976

as Captain Dancy, DSO

Sea-Change

1976

as Andrew

Galileo

1975

as Cardinal Inquisitor

5.9

Dr. Watson and the Darkwater Hall Mystery

1974

as Dr. Watson

4.0

The Day of the Jackal

as The Jackal

A Doll's House

as Nils Krogstad

Bermondsey

as Pip

The Go-Between

1971

as Hugh Trimingham

6.8

A Midsummer Night's Dream

1971

as Lysander

Skullduggery

1970

as Bruce Spofford

4.5

The Breaking of Bumbo

1970

as Horwood

2.0

Battle of Britain

1969

as Pilot Officer Archie

6.9

Oh! What a Lovely War

1969

as Aide to Field-Marshal Haig

6.7

Medieval England: The Peasants' Revolt

1969

as Sir John Newton

The Jokers

as Lt. Sprague

The Naked Runner

as Ritchie Jackson

I'll Never Forget What's'isname

1967

as Walter

5.3

The Frozen Dead

1966

as Norburg's Brother (Prisoner #3)

5.0

Shotgun

1966

as David

Life at the Top

1965

as Office Supervisor (uncredited)

5.8

This Sporting Life

1963

as Restaurant Barman (uncredited)

7.0

The Mind Benders

1963

as Stewart (uncredited)

6.2

The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner

1962

as Extra (uncredited)

7.2

Television (42)

The Gentlemen

2024

as Archibald Horatio Landrover Horniman

Taboo

as Horace Delaney

Lewis

as Dr. Yardley

Oliver Twist

as Mr Brownlow

Agatha Christie's Marple

2004

as Caterham

7.8

Foyle's War

2002

as Asst. Commissioner Summers

7.8

Daniel Deronda

2002

as Sir Hugo Mallinger

7.6

Midsomer Murders

1997

as William Bingham

7.5

A Dance to the Music of Time

as Uncle Giles

Gulliver's Travels

as General Limtoc

September

as Archie

Chillers

as Michael Herbert

Performance

as Major Luddington

The Strauss Dynasty

as Metternich

Cluedo

1990

as Himself

6.4

Agatha Christie's Poirot

1989

as Gudgeon

8.2

The Modern World: Ten Great Writers

1988

as Reader

Shaka Zulu

1986

as Lt. Francis Farewell

7.0

Wedden, dat..?

1986

as Self

8.0

Anastasia - The Mystery of Anna

as Dr. Hauser

Screen Two

Theatre Night

as Doctor

Wogan

1982

as Self

4.5

For Queen and Country

1979

as Colonel Rafelli

6.5

Edward and Mrs Simpson

1978

as King Edward VIII

6.2

BBC2 Play of the Week

1977

as Nikolai

7.0

Hard Times

1977

as Captain James Harthouse

Churchill's People

as Aaron Graham

Centre Play

as Andrew

Shadows of Fear

as John Parker

The Mind of Mr. J.G. Reeder

as Sir Harry Carlin

The Expert

as Tony Davis-Jones

Journey to the Unknown

as Sir Robert Sawyer

Omnibus

as Self

Man in a Suitcase

BBC Play of the Month

1965

as Flt. Lieutenant Stoker

5.0

Thirty-Minute Theatre

as Pip Lester

Theatre 625

as Ronnie Lovell

Suspense

as Charles Marten

The Avengers

as Chilcott

Drama 61-67

as Hassell

Sunday-Night Play

1960

as Tom McMaster