
James Fox
Department: Acting
Biography
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
2005

The Remains of the Day
1993

The Russia House
1990

The Lost World
2001

Sherlock Holmes
2009

Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes
1965

Heart of Darkness
1993

Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes
1984

The Prince & Me
2004

Farewell to the King
1989

The Souvenir: Part II
2021

The Chase
1966

Thoroughly Modern Millie
1967

The Whistle Blower
1986

Performance
1970

Patriot Games
1992

The Falklands Play
2002

King Rat
1965

Jinnah
1998

The Golden Bowl
2000

Absolute Beginners
1986

Isadora
1968

Afraid of the Dark
1991

The Servant
1963

A Passage to India
1984

Mister Lonely
2008

Doomsday Gun
1994

The Old Curiosity Shop
1995

Up at the Villa
2000

All Forgotten
2001

One Wild Oat
1951

These Foolish Things
1989

The Magnet
1950

Boys in the Island
1989

W.E.
2011

Anna Karenina
1997

Duffy
1968

Cleanskin
2012

A Question of Attribution
1991

High Season
1987

Shadow Run
1998

The Double
2014

Effie Gray
2014

The Making of a Mobster: 'Mickey Blue Eyes'
1999

A Long Way From Home
2013

An Audience with Ken Dodd
1994

The Miniver Story
1950

As You Like It
1992

Sexy Beast
2001

Runners
1983

Mickey Blue Eyes
1999

Arabella
1967

Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1980
2009

Never Ever
1997

Hostage
1992

The Mighty Quinn
1989

Country
1981

Margaret
2009

Hideous Man
2002

She's Been Away
1989

Celebration
2007

Unknown Heart
2014

Comrades
1987

The Kid
2010

Tamahine
1963

The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner
1962

Bunny and the Bull
2009

Surviving Christmas with the Relatives
2018

Sympathy for the Devil
1968

All at Sea
2012

The Mystic Masseur
2001

Anna Pavlova
1983

Goodbye Mr Snuggles
2006

Doctor Who: Shada
2003

Colditz
2005

Blind Loyalty, Hollow Honor: England's Fatal Flaw
2001

The Remains of the Day: The Filmmaker's Journey
2001

Beryl Markham: A Shadow on the Sun
1988

No Longer Alone
1978

Sun Child
1988

Lewis
2007

Trial & Retribution
1997

New Tricks
2004

Play for Today
1970

Gulliver's Travels
1996

Red Riding
2009

Death in Paradise
2011

London Spy
2015

1864
2014

Waking the Dead
2001

Utopia
2013

An Audience with...
1978

Agatha Christie's Marple
2004

Merlin
2008

A Perfect Hero
1991

The American Film Institute Salute to ...
1973

Hollywood U.K.: British Cinema in the Sixties
1993

Hans Christian Andersen: My Life as a Fairytale
2002

The Choir
1995

Cambridge Spies
2003

Wogan
1982

Colditz
2005

The Dwelling Place
1994

The Great Train Robbery
2013

Kings in Grass Castles
1998

The Lost World
2001

Agatha Christie's Poirot
1989

Midsomer Murders
1997

Death in Paradise
2011

The Play on One
1988

The Verdict Is Yours
1958

Nancy Astor
1982

Anna Pavlova
1983

Chillers
1990