James Fox

Known for: Acting
Born: May 19, 1939, London, England, UK
Movies: 81

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.

Best-Known Movies

7.0

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

2005

7.2

Sherlock Holmes

2009

6.7

Patriot Games

1992

7.4

The Remains of the Day

1993

6.5

The Double

2014

6.2

The Prince & Me

2004

7.0

Sexy Beast

2001

5.7

Mickey Blue Eyes

1999

6.4

Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes

1984

7.6

The Servant

1963

Filmography

2021	The Souvenir: Part II	Narrator Patrick's Musical
2018	Surviving Christmas with the Relatives	Uncle John
2014	Unknown Heart	Ludlow
2014	The Double	The Colonel
2014	Effie Gray	Sir Charles Eastlake
2013	A Long Way From Home	Joseph
2012	All at Sea	George
2012	Cleanskin	Scott Catesby
2011	W.E.	King George V
2010	The Kid	Alan
2009	Sherlock Holmes	Sir Thomas Rotheram
2009	Bunny and the Bull	Narrator
2009	Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1980	Philip Evans
2009	Margaret	Charles Powell
2008	Mister Lonely	The Pope
2007	Celebration	Richard
2006	Goodbye Mr Snuggles	Mr. Tomly
2005	Charlie and the Chocolate Factory	Mr. Salt
2005	Colditz	Lt. Colonel Fordham
2004	The Prince & Me	King Haraald
2003	Doctor Who: Shada	Professor Chronotis (voice)
2002	Hideous Man
2002	The Falklands Play	Rt Hon Peter, 6th Baron Carrington KCMG MC (Foreign Secretary)
2001	The Lost World	Prof. Summerlee
2001	The Mystic Masseur	Mr. Stewart
2001	All Forgotten	Old Vladimir (voice)
2001	Sexy Beast	Harry
2001	Blind Loyalty, Hollow Honor: England's Fatal Flaw	Self
2001	The Remains of the Day: The Filmmaker's Journey	Self
2000	The Golden Bowl	Colonel Bob Assingham
2000	Up at the Villa	Sir Edgar Swift
1999	Mickey Blue Eyes	Philip Cromwell
1999	The Making of a Mobster: 'Mickey Blue Eyes'	Self
1998	Jinnah	Mountbatten
1998	Shadow Run	Landon-Higgins
1997	Never Ever	Arthur Trevane
1997	Anna Karenina	Karenin
1995	The Old Curiosity Shop	Single Gentleman
1994	An Audience with Ken Dodd	Self
1994	Doomsday Gun	Sir James Whittington
1994	Heart of Darkness	Gosse
1993	The Remains of the Day	Lord Darlington
1992	As You Like It	Jaques
1992	Patriot Games	Lord William Holmes
1992	Hostage	Hugo Paynter
1992	Afraid of the Dark	Frank
1991	A Question of Attribution	Sir Anthony Blunt
1990	The Russia House	Ned
1989	She's Been Away	Hugh Ambrose
1989	Farewell to the King	Col. Ferguson
1989	These Foolish Things	Nick Verney
1989	The Mighty Quinn	Thomas Elgin
1989	Boys in the Island	George Farrell
1988	Sun Child
1988	Beryl Markham: A Shadow on the Sun	Mansfield Markham
1987	High Season	Patrick
1987	Comrades	William Norfolk, Governor of New South Wales
1986	The Whistle Blower	Lord
1986	Absolute Beginners	Henley of Mayfair, Dressmaker to the Queen
1984	A Passage to India	Richard Fielding
1984	Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes	Lord Charles Esker
1984	The Road to 1984	Eric Blair/George Orwell/Winston Smith
1983	Runners	Tom Lindsay
1983	Anna Pavlova	Victor d'André
1981	Country	Philip Carlion
1978	No Longer Alone	Alan Richards
1970	Performance.	Chas
1968	Sympathy for the Devil	Self (uncredited)
1968	Duffy	Stefane Calvert
1968	Isadora	Gordon Craig
1967	Arabella	Giorgio
1967	Thoroughly Modern Millie	Jimmy Smith
1966	The Chase	Jason 'Jake' Rogers
1965	King Rat	Peter Marlowe
1965	Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes	Richard Mays
1963	The Servant	Tony
1963	Tamahine	Oliver
1962	The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner	Willy Gunthorpe - Ranley School Runner (uncredited)
1951	One Wild Oat	Porter
1950	The Miniver Story	Toby Miniver
1950	The Magnet	Johnny Brent

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