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.

Filmography

• The Gentlemen — Archibald Horatio Landrover Horniman
• 2018An Ideal Husband — Earl of Caversham
• 2018Johnny English Strikes Again — Agent Nine
• Taboo — Horace Delaney
• 2015The Dresser — Thornton
• 2014Katherine of Alexandria — Emperor Constantius
• 2013National Theatre Live: The Audience — Winston Churchill
• 2008The Man from London — Inspector Morrison (voice)
• Lewis — Dr. Yardley
• Oliver Twist — Mr Brownlow
• 2007The Old, Old, Very Old Man — All
• 2005Lassie — Hulton
• Agatha Christie's Marple — Caterham
• 2004Stage Beauty — Sir Edward Hyde
• 2004The Republic Of Love — Richard
• Daniel Deronda — Sir Hugo Mallinger
• Foyle's War — Asst. Commissioner Summers
• 2002Nicholas Nickleby — Sir Mulberry Hawk
• 2002The Importance of Being Earnest — Lane
• 2001All the Queen's Men — Aitken
• 2000Wilfred — (voice)
• 1998Lost in Space — Businessman
• A Dance to the Music of Time — Uncle Giles
• 1997Forbidden Territory: Stanley's Search for Livingstone — Markham
• Midsomer Murders — William Bingham
• 1997Prince Valiant — King Arthur
• Gulliver's Travels — General Limtoc
• September — Archie
• 1995A Month by the Lake — Major Wilshaw
• 1994A Feast at Midnight — Father
• 1993The Maitlands — Major Luddington
• Performance — Major Luddington
• 1991Robin Hood — Prince John
• 1991The Crucifer of Blood — Alistair Ross
• 1991The Harmfulness of Tobacco
• 1991The Strauss Dynasty — Metternich
• The Strauss Dynasty — Metternich
• 1991They Never Slept — Monk Scott
• Chillers — Michael Herbert
• 1990Circles Of Deceit — Philip
• 1990The Tale of Little Pig Robinson — Captain Barnabas/Butcher
• Agatha Christie's Poirot — Gudgeon
• 1989Return from the River Kwai — Major Benford
• The Modern World: Ten Great Writers — Reader
• 1987A Hazard of Hearts — Lord Harry Wrotham
• 1987Quartermaine's Terms — St John Quartermaine
• Anastasia - The Mystery of Anna — Dr. Hauser
• Shaka Zulu — Lt. Francis Farewell
• Screen Two — St. John Quartermaine, Monk Scott, Philip
• 1985The Shooting Party — Lord Gilbert Hartlip
• Theatre Night — Doctor
• 1985Wild Geese II — Alex Faulkner
• 1984James Mason: The Star They Loved to Hate — Lord Gilbert Hartlip (archive footage) (uncredited)
• 1984The Bounty — Captain Greetham
• 1983Never Say Never Again — M
• 1983The Dresser — Oxenby
• 1982Gandhi — General Dyer
• 1980The Mirror Crack'd — Inspector Craddock
• For Queen and Country — Colonel Rafelli
• 1978Edward & Mrs. Simpson — King Edward VIII
• Edward and Mrs Simpson — King Edward VIII
• 1978Force 10 from Navarone — Miller
• 1978The Big Sleep — Joe Brody
• 1978The Cat and the Canary — Hendricks
• 1977A Bridge Too Far — Lt. Gen. Brian G. Horrocks
• BBC2 Play of the Week — Nikolai
• Hard Times — Captain James Harthouse
• Romance — Sam Gregory
• 1977Shooting the Chandelier — Nikolai
• 1977Soldier of Orange — Colonel Rafelli
• 1977The Duellists — Colonel Perteley
• 1977The Squeeze — Foreman
• 1976Loyalties — Captain Dancy, DSO
• 1976Sea-Change — Andrew
• 1975Galileo — Cardinal Inquisitor
• Churchill's People — Aaron Graham
• 1974Dr. Watson and the Darkwater Hall Mystery — Dr. Watson
• 1973A Doll's House — Nils Krogstad
• Centre Play — Andrew
• 1973The Day of the Jackal — The Jackal
• 1972Bermondsey — Pip
• 1971A Midsummer Night's Dream — Lysander
• 1971The Go-Between — Hugh Trimingham
• Shadows of Fear — John Parker
• 1970Skullduggery — Bruce Spofford
• 1970The Breaking of Bumbo — Horwood
• 1969Battle of Britain — Pilot Officer Archie
• Happy Ever After — Mr Bailey
• ITV Saturday Night Theatre — Dr. Macmillan, Michael Turner, Ian
• 1969Medieval England: The Peasants' Revolt — Sir John Newton
• 1969Oh! What a Lovely War — Aide to Field-Marshal Haig
• The Mind of Mr. J.G. Reeder — Sir Harry Carlin
• W. Somerset Maugham — Tim Hardy
• Journey to the Unknown — Sir Robert Sawyer
• The Expert — Tony Davis-Jones
• The Portrait of a Lady — Lord Warburton
• 1967I'll Never Forget What's'isname — Walter
• Man in a Suitcase
• 1967The Jokers — Lt. Sprague
• 1967The Naked Runner — Ritchie Jackson
• Five More — David
• 1966Shotgun — David
• 1966The Frozen Dead — Norburg's Brother (Prisoner #3)
• BBC Play of the Month — Charles Surface, Captain Dancy, DSO, Flt. Lieutenant Stoker, Lysander
• 1965Life at the Top — Office Supervisor (uncredited)
• Thirty-Minute Theatre — Pip Lester
• Theatre 625 — Ronnie Lovell, Trevor, George Barrington
• 1963The Mind Benders — Stewart (uncredited)
• 1963This Sporting Life — Restaurant Barman (uncredited)
• Suspense — Charles Marten
• 1962The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner — Extra (uncredited)
• Drama 61-67 — Hassell
• The Avengers — Chilcott
• Sunday-Night Play — Tom McMaster

Appearances as themselves (5)

• 2014Richard Attenborough: A Life in Film — Self
• Cluedo — Himself
• Wedden, dat..? — Self
• Wogan — Self
• Omnibus — Self