Edward Fox

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.

Cast

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