Actor
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, appearin ...

Known For
Acting
2018 -- Johnny English Strikes Again | Agent Nine
2018 -- An Ideal Husband | Earl of Caversham
2015 -- The Dresser | Thornton
2014 -- Richard Attenborough: A Life in Film | Self
2014 -- Katherine of Alexandria | Emperor Constantius
2013 -- National Theatre Live: The Audience | Winston Churchill
2007 -- The Old, Old, Very Old Man | All
2005 -- Lassie | Hulton
2004 -- The Republic Of Love | Richard
2004 -- Stage Beauty | Sir Edward Hyde
2002 -- Nicholas Nickleby | Sir Mulberry Hawk
2002 -- The Importance of Being Earnest | Lane
2001 -- All the Queen's Men | Aitken
1998 -- Lost in Space | Businessman
1997 -- Forbidden Territory: Stanley's Search for Livingstone | Markham
1997 -- Prince Valiant | King Arthur
1996 -- Rosamunde Pilcher: September | Archie
1995 -- A Month by the Lake | Major Wilshaw
1994 -- A Feast at Midnight | Father
1993 -- The Maitlands | Major Luddington
1991 -- The Crucifer of Blood | Alistair Ross
1991 -- Robin Hood | Prince John
1991 -- They Never Slept | Monk Scott
1991 -- The Strauss Dynasty | Metternich
1991 -- The Harmfulness of Tobacco |
1990 -- The Tale of Little Pig Robinson | Captain Barnabas/Butcher
1990 -- Circles Of Deceit | Philip
1989 -- Return from the River Kwai | Major Benford
1987 -- A Hazard of Hearts | Lord Harry Wrotham
1987 -- Quartermaine's Terms | St John Quartermaine
1985 -- Wild Geese II | Alex Faulkner
1985 -- The Shooting Party | Lord Gilbert Hartlip
1984 -- The Bounty | Captain Greetham
1984 -- James Mason: The Star They Loved to Hate | Lord Gilbert Hartlip (archive footage) (uncredited)
1983 -- The Dresser | Oxenby
1983 -- Never Say Never Again | M
1982 -- Gandhi | General Dyer
1980 -- The Mirror Crack'd | Inspector Craddock
1978 -- Edward & Mrs. Simpson | King Edward VIII
1978 -- The Cat and the Canary | Hendricks
1978 -- Force 10 from Navarone | Miller
1978 -- The Big Sleep | Joe Brody
1977 -- Shooting the Chandelier | Nikolai
1977 -- Soldier of Orange | Colonel Rafelli
1977 -- The Duellists | Colonel Perteley
1977 -- A Bridge Too Far | Lt. Gen. Brian G. Horrocks
1977 -- The Squeeze | Foreman
1976 -- Sea-Change | Andrew
1976 -- Loyalties | Captain Dancy, DSO
1975 -- Galileo | Cardinal Inquisitor
1974 -- Dr. Watson and the Darkwater Hall Mystery | Dr. Watson
1973 -- A Doll's House | Nils Krogstad
1973 -- The Day of the Jackal | The Jackal
1972 -- Bermondsey | Pip
1971 -- A Midsummer Night's Dream | Lysander
1971 -- The Go-Between | Hugh Trimingham
1970 -- The Breaking of Bumbo | Horwood
1970 -- Skullduggery | Bruce Spofford
1969 -- Battle of Britain | Pilot Officer Archie
1969 -- Oh! What a Lovely War | Aide to Field-Marshal Haig
1969 -- Medieval England: The Peasants' Revolt | Sir John Newton
1967 -- I'll Never Forget What's'isname | Walter
1967 -- The Naked Runner | Ritchie Jackson
1967 -- The Jokers | Lt. Sprague
1966 -- The Frozen Dead | Norburg's Brother (Prisoner #3)
1966 -- Shotgun | David
1965 -- Life at the Top | Office Supervisor (uncredited)
1963 -- This Sporting Life | Restaurant Barman (uncredited)
1963 -- The Mind Benders | Stewart (uncredited)
1962 -- The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner | Extra (uncredited)
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