Person
James Fox
Born 19 May 1939 87 years old London, England, UK Who else is 87? → TMDB ↗
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.
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The numbers
11age in their first credit on record (1950)
71years on screen and counting
7credits in 1989, their busiest year
107dated credits on record
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Movie credits
Age: 82 The Souvenir: Part II
2021as Narrator Patrick's Musical
Age: 79 Surviving Christmas with the Relatives
2018as Uncle John
Age: 74 Unknown Heart
2014as Ludlow
Age: 74 The Double
2014as The Colonel
Age: 74 Effie Gray
2014as Sir Charles Eastlake
Age: 74 A Long Way From Home
2013as Joseph
Age: 73 All at Sea
2012as George
Age: 72 Cleanskin
2012as Scott Catesby
Age: 72 W.E.
2011as King George V
Age: 70 The Kid
2010as Alan
Age: 70 Sherlock Holmes
2009as Sir Thomas Rotheram
Age: 70 Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1980
2009as Philip Evans
Age: 69 Margaret
2009as Charles Powell
Age: 68 Mister Lonely
2008as The Pope
Age: 67 Celebration
2007as Richard
Age: 67 Goodbye Mr Snuggles
2006as Mr. Tomly
Age: 66 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
2005as Mr. Salt
Age: 65 Colditz
2005as Lt. Colonel Fordham
Age: 64 The Prince & Me
2004as King Haraald
Age: 63 Doctor Who: Shada
2003as Professor Chronotis (voice)
Age: 63 Hideous Man
2002
Age: 62 The Falklands Play
2002as Rt Hon Peter, 6th Baron Carrington KCMG MC (Foreign Secretary)
Age: 62 The Lost World
2001as Prof. Summerlee
Age: 62 The Mystic Masseur
2001as Mr. Stewart
Age: 62 All Forgotten
2001as Old Vladimir (voice)
Age: 61 Sexy Beast
2001as Harry
Age: 60 The Golden Bowl
2000as Colonel Bob Assingham
Age: 60 Up at the Villa
2000as Sir Edgar Swift
Age: 60 Mickey Blue Eyes
1999as Philip Cromwell
Age: 59 Jinnah
1998as Mountbatten
Age: 58 Shadow Run
1998as Landon-Higgins
Age: 58 Never Ever
1997as Arthur Trevane
Age: 57 Anna Karenina
1997as Karenin
Age: 55 The Old Curiosity Shop
1995as Single Gentleman
Age: 55 Doomsday Gun
1994as Sir James Whittington
Age: 54 The Remains of the Day
1993as Lord Darlington
Age: 54 Heart of Darkness
1993as Gosse
Age: 53 As You Like It
1992as Jaques
Age: 53 Patriot Games
1992as Lord William Holmes
Age: 52 Hostage
1992as Hugo Paynter
Age: 52 A Question of Attribution
1991as Sir Anthony Blunt
Age: 52 Afraid of the Dark
1991as Frank
Age: 51 The Russia House
1990as Ned
Age: 50 She's Been Away
1989as Hugh Ambrose
Age: 49 Farewell to the King
1989as Col. Ferguson
Age: 49 These Foolish Things
1989as Nick Verney
Age: 49 The Mighty Quinn
1989as Thomas Elgin
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Age: 49 Boys in the Island
1989as George Farrell
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Age: 49 Sun Child
1988
Age: 48 Beryl Markham: A Shadow on the Sun
1988as Mansfield Markham
Age: 48 High Season
1987as Patrick
Age: 48 Comrades
1987as William Norfolk, Governor of New South Wales
Age: 47 The Whistle Blower
1986as Lord
Age: 46 Absolute Beginners
1986as Henley of Mayfair, Dressmaker to the Queen
Age: 45 A Passage to India
1984as Richard Fielding
Age: 44 Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes
1984as Lord Charles Esker
Age: 44 The Road to 1984
1984as Eric Blair/George Orwell/Winston Smith
Age: 44 Runners
1983as Tom Lindsay
Age: 44 Anna Pavlova
1983as Victor d'André
Age: 42 Country
1981as Philip Carlion
Age: 39 No Longer Alone
1978as Alan Richards
Age: 31 Performance.
1970as Chas
Age: 29 Duffy
1968as Stefane Calvert
Age: 29 Isadora
1968as Gordon Craig
Age: 28 Arabella
1967as Giorgio
Age: 27 Thoroughly Modern Millie
1967as Jimmy Smith
Age: 26 The Chase
1966as Jason 'Jake' Rogers
Age: 26 King Rat
1965as Peter Marlowe
Age: 26 Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes
1965as Richard Mays
Age: 24 The Servant
1963as Tony
Age: 24 Tamahine
1963as Oliver
Age: 23 The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner
1962as Willy Gunthorpe - Ranley School Runner (uncredited)
Age: 11 One Wild Oat
1951as Porter
Age: 11 The Miniver Story
1950as Toby Miniver
Age: 11 The Magnet
1950as Johnny Brent
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TV credits
Age: 76 London Spy
2015as James
Age: 75 1864
2014as Lord Palmerton
Age: 74 The Great Train Robbery
2013as Henry Brooke, Home Secretary
Age: 73 Utopia
2013as The Assistant
Age: 72 Death in Paradise
2011as Martin Goodman QC (voice) (uncredited)
Age: 72 Death in Paradise
2011as Martin Goodman QC
Age: 69 Red Riding
2009
Age: 69 Merlin
2008as King Rodor
Age: 67 Lewis
2007as Professor Norman Deering
Age: 65 Colditz
2005as Lt. Colonel Fordham
Age: 65 Agatha Christie's Marple
2004as Colonel Arthur Bantry
Age: 64 New Tricks
2004
Age: 63 Cambridge Spies
2003as Lord Halifax
Age: 63 Hans Christian Andersen: My Life as a Fairytale
2002as Jonas Collin
Age: 62 The Lost World
2001as Professor Summerlee
Age: 62 Waking the Dead
2001as Dr Bruno Rivelli
Age: 58 Kings in Grass Castles
1998as Longman
Age: 57 Midsomer Murders
1997as Sir Michael Fielding
Age: 56 Gulliver's Travels
1996as Dr. Bates
Age: 55 The Choir
1995as Hugh Cavendish
Age: 54 The Dwelling Place
1994as Lord Fischel
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Age: 54 Headhunters
1994as Simon Hall
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Age: 51 A Perfect Hero
1991as Angus Meikle
Age: 50 Chillers
1990as Skipperton
Age: 50 Screen One
1989as Sir Anthony Blunt
Age: 49 Agatha Christie's Poirot
1989as Colonel Race
Age: 48 The Play on One
1988as Nick Verney
Age: 44 Anna Pavlova
1983as Victor Dandré(as Dzheims Foks)
Age: 42 Nancy Astor
1982as Waldorf Astor
Age: 31 Play for Today
1970
Age: 24 Espionage
1963as Paul
Age: 19 The Verdict Is Yours
1958as Council for the Prosecution