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James Fox OBE (born 19 May 1939) is an English actor.
He was born in London to theatrical agent Robin Fox and actress Angela Worthington. He is a brother of actor Edward Fox and film producer Robert Fox. He is also a paternal half-brother of Daniel Chatto and a brother-in-law of Lady Sarah Chatto. The actress Emilia Fox is his niece and the actor Laurence Fox is his son. His grandfather was playwright Frederick Lonsdale.
James Fox first appeared on film in the The Miniver Story in 1950. His other early film appearances were made under the name William Fox. During the 1960s he gained popularity and appeared to be heading for stardom. His appearances in films such as The Servant (1963), Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines (1965), King Rat (1965), Thoroughly Modern Millie (1967) and Performance (1970) (alongside Mick Jagger), as well as his relationship with actress Sarah Miles, had made him a media personality.
After finishing work on Performance, and following his father's death, Fox suspended his acting career. He became an evangelical Christian, working with The Navigators and devoting himself to the ministry. During this time, the only film in which Fox appeared was No Longer Alone (1978), the story of a suicidal woman saved by Christianity.
After an absence of about ten years from mainstream cinema, Fox gradually returned to the screen, appearing with his brother Edward in A Passage to India (1984) and playing Anthony Blunt in the acclaimed BBC play by Alan Bennett, A Question of Attribution (1992). More recently, he has appeared in Agatha Christie's Poirot, Death on the Nile (2004) as Colonel Race and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005) playing Mr. Salt, Veruca Salt's father.
He appeared in the Doctor Who audio drama Shada.
Selected film and television appearances
- Absolute Power - The Nation's Favourite (2005) - as Gerald Thurnham
- Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005) - as Mr. Salt
- Colditz (2005) - as Lt. Colonel Jimmy Fordham
- Marple: The Body in the Library (2004) - as Colonel Arthur Bantry
- Agatha Christie's Poirot - Death on the Nile (2004) - as Colonel Race
- The Prince and Me (2004) - as King Haraald
- Cambridge Spies (2003) - as Lord Halifax
- The Lost World (2001) - as Prof. Leo Summerlee
- Up at the Villa (2000) - as Sir Edgar Swift
- Mickey Blue Eyes (1999) - as Philip Cromwell
- Anna Karenina (1997) - as Karenin
- Gulliver's Travels (1996) - as Dr. Bates
- Heart of Darkness (1994) - as Gosse
- The Remains of the Day (1993) - as Lord Darlington
- A Question of Attribution (1992) (TV) - as Sir Anthony Blunt
- Patriot Games (1992) - as Lord William Holmes
- The Russia House (1990) - as Ned
- The Mighty Quinn (1989) - as Thomas Elgin
- Absolute Beginners (1986) - as Henley of Mayfair, Dressmaker to the Queen
- A Passage to India (1984) - as Richard Fielding
- Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes (1984) - as Lord Charles Esker
- Performance (1970) - as Chas
- Thoroughly Modern Millie (1967) - as Jimmy
- King Rat (1965) - as Peter Marlowe
- The Servant (1963) - as Tony
- The Miniver Story (1950) - as Toby Miniver
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