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.

Filmography

• 2021The Souvenir: Part II — Narrator Patrick's Musical
• 2018Surviving Christmas with the Relatives — Uncle John
• London Spy — James
• 1864 — Lord Palmerton
• 2014Effie Gray — Sir Charles Eastlake
• 2014The Double — The Colonel
• 2014Unknown Heart — Ludlow
• 2013A Long Way From Home — Joseph
• The Great Train Robbery — Henry Brooke, Home Secretary
• Utopia — The Assistant
• 2012All at Sea — George
• 2012Cleanskin — Scott Catesby
• Death in Paradise — Martin Goodman QC (voice) (uncredited)
• 2011W.E. — King George V
• 2010The Kid — Alan
• 2009Bunny and the Bull — Narrator
• 2009Margaret — Charles Powell
• Red Riding
• 2009Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1980 — Philip Evans
• 2009Sherlock Holmes — Sir Thomas Rotheram
• Merlin — King Rodor
• 2008Mister Lonely — The Pope
• 2007Celebration — Richard
• Lewis — Professor Norman Deering
• 2006Goodbye Mr Snuggles — Mr. Tomly
• 2005Charlie and the Chocolate Factory — Mr. Salt
• 2005Colditz — Lt. Colonel Fordham
• Colditz — Lt. Colonel Fordham
• Agatha Christie's Marple — Colonel Arthur Bantry
• New Tricks
• 2004The Prince & Me — King Haraald
• Cambridge Spies — Lord Halifax
• 2003Doctor Who: Shada — Professor Chronotis (voice)
• Hans Christian Andersen: My Life as a Fairytale — Jonas Collin
• 2002Hideous Man
• 2002The Falklands Play — Rt Hon Peter, 6th Baron Carrington KCMG MC (Foreign Secretary)
• 2001All Forgotten — Old Vladimir (voice)
• 2001Sexy Beast — Harry
• 2001The Lost World — Prof. Summerlee
• The Lost World — Professor Summerlee
• 2001The Mystic Masseur — Mr. Stewart
• Waking the Dead — Dr Bruno Rivelli
• Metropolis — Milton Friedkin
• 2000The Golden Bowl — Colonel Bob Assingham
• 2000Up at the Villa — Sir Edgar Swift
• 1999Mickey Blue Eyes — Philip Cromwell
• 1998Jinnah — Mountbatten
• Kings in Grass Castles — Longman
• 1998Shadow Run — Landon-Higgins
• 1997Anna Karenina — Karenin
• Midsomer Murders — Sir Michael Fielding
• 1997Never Ever — Arthur Trevane
• Gulliver's Travels — Dr. Bates
• The Choir — Hugh Cavendish
• 1995The Old Curiosity Shop — Single Gentleman
• 1994Doomsday Gun — Sir James Whittington
• Headhunters — Simon Hall
• 1994Heart of Darkness — Gosse
• The Dwelling Place — Lord Fischel
• 1993The Remains of the Day — Lord Darlington
• 1992Afraid of the Dark — Frank
• 1992As You Like It — Jaques
• 1992Hostage — Hugo Paynter
• 1992Patriot Games — Lord William Holmes
• A Perfect Hero — Angus Meikle
• 1991A Question of Attribution — Sir Anthony Blunt
• Chillers — Skipperton
• Never Come Back — Foster
• 1990The Russia House — Ned
• Agatha Christie's Poirot — Colonel Race
• 1989Boys in the Island — George Farrell
• 1989Farewell to the King — Col. Ferguson
• Screen One — Sir Anthony Blunt
• 1989She's Been Away — Hugh Ambrose
• 1989The Mighty Quinn — Thomas Elgin
• 1989These Foolish Things — Nick Verney
• 1988Beryl Markham: A Shadow on the Sun — Mansfield Markham
• 1988Sun Child
• The Play on One — Nick Verney
• 1987Comrades — William Norfolk, Governor of New South Wales
• 1987High Season — Patrick
• 1986Absolute Beginners — Henley of Mayfair, Dressmaker to the Queen
• 1986The Whistle Blower — Lord
• 1984A Passage to India — Richard Fielding
• 1984Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes — Lord Charles Esker
• 1984The Road to 1984 — Eric Blair/George Orwell/Winston Smith
• 1983Anna Pavlova — Victor d'André
• Anna Pavlova — Victor Dandré(as Dzheims Foks)
• 1983Runners — Tom Lindsay
• Love Is Old, Love Is New — Martyn
• Nancy Astor — Waldorf Astor
• 1981Country — Philip Carlion
• 1978No Longer Alone — Alan Richards
• 1970Performance. — Chas
• Play for Today
• 1968Duffy — Stefane Calvert
• 1968Isadora — Gordon Craig
• 1967Arabella — Giorgio
• 1967Thoroughly Modern Millie — Jimmy Smith
• 1966The Chase — Jason 'Jake' Rogers
• 1965King Rat — Peter Marlowe
• 1965Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes — Richard Mays
• Espionage — Paul
• 1963Tamahine — Oliver
• 1963The Servant — Tony
• 1962The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner — Willy Gunthorpe - Ranley School Runner (uncredited)
• The Verdict Is Yours — Council for the Prosecution
• 1951One Wild Oat — Porter
• 1950The Magnet — Johnny Brent
• 1950The Miniver Story — Toby Miniver

Appearances as themselves (9)

• 2001Blind Loyalty, Hollow Honor: England's Fatal Flaw — Self
• 2001The Remains of the Day: The Filmmaker's Journey — Self
• 1999The Making of a Mobster: 'Mickey Blue Eyes' — Self
• 1994An Audience with Ken Dodd — Self
• Hollywood U.K.: British Cinema in the Sixties — Self
• Wogan — Self
• An Audience with... — Self
• The American Film Institute Salute to ... — Self
• 1968Sympathy for the Devil — Self (uncredited)