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James Fox

Actor

Born: May 19, 1939 (age 87) · London, England, UK

William Fox (born 19 May 1939), known professionally as James Fox, is an English actor. He appeared in several notable films of the 1960s and early 1970s, including King Rat, The Servant, Thoroughly Modern Millie and Performance, before quitting the screen for several years to be an evangelical Christian. He has since appeared in a wide range of film and television productions.

Known for

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
July 13, 2005
Sherlock Holmes
December 23, 2009
Patriot Games
June 4, 1992
The Remains of the Day
November 5, 1993
The Double
April 3, 2014
The Prince & Me
March 28, 2004
Sexy Beast
January 12, 2001
Mickey Blue Eyes
August 16, 1999
Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes
March 30, 1984
The Servant
November 14, 1963
Cleanskin
March 8, 2012
A Passage to India
December 14, 1984

Acting81

2021The Souvenir: Part II as Narrator Patrick's Musical
2018Surviving Christmas with the Relatives as Uncle John
2014Unknown Heart as Ludlow
2014The Double as The Colonel
2014Effie Gray as Sir Charles Eastlake
2013A Long Way From Home as Joseph
2012All at Sea as George
2012Cleanskin as Scott Catesby
2011W.E. as King George V
2010The Kid

as Alan

2009Sherlock Holmes as Sir Thomas Rotheram

2009Bunny and the Bull as Narrator

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2009Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1980 as Philip Evans
2009Margaret as Charles Powell
2008Mister Lonely as The Pope
2007Celebration as Richard
2006Goodbye Mr Snuggles as Mr. Tomly
2005Charlie and the Chocolate Factory as Mr. Salt
2005Colditz as Lt. Colonel Fordham
2004The Prince & Me as King Haraald
2003Doctor Who: Shada as Professor Chronotis (voice)
2002Hideous Man
2002The Falklands Play as Rt Hon Peter, 6th Baron Carrington KCMG MC (Foreign Secretary)
2001The Lost World as Prof. Summerlee
2001The Mystic Masseur as Mr. Stewart
2001All Forgotten as Old Vladimir (voice)
2001Sexy Beast as Harry
2001Blind Loyalty, Hollow Honor: England's Fatal Flaw as Self
2001The Remains of the Day: The Filmmaker's Journey as Self
2000The Golden Bowl as Colonel Bob Assingham
2000Up at the Villa as Sir Edgar Swift
1999Mickey Blue Eyes as Philip Cromwell
1999The Making of a Mobster: 'Mickey Blue Eyes' as Self
1998Jinnah as Mountbatten
1998Shadow Run as Landon-Higgins
1997Never Ever as Arthur Trevane
1997Anna Karenina as Karenin
1995The Old Curiosity Shop as Single Gentleman
1994An Audience with Ken Dodd as Self
1994Doomsday Gun as Sir James Whittington
1994Heart of Darkness as Gosse
1993The Remains of the Day as Lord Darlington
1992As You Like It as Jaques
1992Patriot Games as Lord William Holmes
1992Hostage as Hugo Paynter
1992Afraid of the Dark as Frank
1991A Question of Attribution as Sir Anthony Blunt
1990The Russia House as Ned
1989She's Been Away as Hugh Ambrose
1989Farewell to the King as Col. Ferguson
1989These Foolish Things as Nick Verney
1989The Mighty Quinn as Thomas Elgin
1989Boys in the Island as George Farrell
1988Sun Child
1988Beryl Markham: A Shadow on the Sun as Mansfield Markham
1987High Season as Patrick
1987Comrades as William Norfolk, Governor of New South Wales
1986The Whistle Blower as Lord
1986Absolute Beginners as Henley of Mayfair, Dressmaker to the Queen
1984A Passage to India as Richard Fielding
1984Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes as Lord Charles Esker
1984The Road to 1984 as Eric Blair/George Orwell/Winston Smith
1983Runners as Tom Lindsay
1983Anna Pavlova as Victor d'André
1981Country as Philip Carlion
1978No Longer Alone as Alan Richards
1970Performance. as Chas
1968Sympathy for the Devil as Self (uncredited)
1968Duffy as Stefane Calvert
1968Isadora as Gordon Craig
1967Arabella as Giorgio
1967Thoroughly Modern Millie as Jimmy Smith
1966The Chase as Jason 'Jake' Rogers
1965King Rat as Peter Marlowe
1965Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes as Richard Mays
1963The Servant as Tony
1963Tamahine as Oliver
1962The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner as Willy Gunthorpe - Ranley School Runner (uncredited)
1951One Wild Oat as Porter
1950The Miniver Story as Toby Miniver
1950The Magnet as Johnny Brent