James Fox

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article James Fox, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known for

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

The Remains of the Day

Acting roles

Year	Movie / TV show / Other	Role
2021	The Souvenir: Part II	Narrator Patrick's Musical
2018	Surviving Christmas with the Relatives	Uncle John
2018	Alien Abduction: A True Story	Himself
2015	London Spy	James
2014	The Double	The Colonel
2014	Effie Gray	Sir Charles Eastlake
2014	1864	Lord Palmerton
2014	Unknown Heart	Ludlow
2013	Utopia	The Assistant
2013	The Great Train Robbery	Henry Brooke, Home Secretary
2013	A Long Way From Home	Joseph
2012	Cleanskin	Scott Catesby
2012	Wide Blue Yonder	George
2011	W.E.	King George V
2011	Death in Paradise	Martin Goodman QC (voice) (uncredited)
2011	Death in Paradise	Martin Goodman QC
2010	Downton Abbey	Lord Aysgarth
2010	The Kid	Alan
2009	Sherlock Holmes	Sir Thomas Rotheram
2009	Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1980	Philip Evans
2009	Bunny and the Bull	Narrator
2009	Margaret
2009	Red Riding
2008	Merlin	King Rodor
2008	Mister Lonely	The Pope
2007	Lewis
2007	Celebration	Richard
2006	Goodbye Mr Snuggles	Mr. Tomly
2005	Charlie and the Chocolate Factory	Mr. Salt
2005	Colditz	Lt. Colonel Fordham
2005	Colditz	Lt. Colonel Fordham
2004	The Prince & Me	King Haraald
2004	Agatha Christie's Marple	Colonel Arthur Bantry
2004	New Tricks
2003	Cambridge Spies	Lord Halifax
2003	Doctor Who: Shada	Professor Chronotis (voice)
2002	Hans Christian Andersen: My Life as a Fairytale	Jonas Collin
2002	The Falklands Play	Rt Hon Peter, 6th Baron Carrington KCMG MC (Foreign Secretary)
2002	Hideous Man
2001	Sexy Beast	Harry
2001	The Lost World	Prof. Summerlee
2001	Waking the Dead	Dr Bruno Rivelli
2001	The Lost World	Professor Summerlee
2001	Lover's Prayer	Old Vladimir (voice)
2001	The Mystic Masseur	Mr. Stewart
2001	Blind Loyalty, Hollow Honor: England's Fatal Flaw	Self
2001	The Remains of the Day: The Filmmaker's Journey	Self
2000	The Golden Bowl	Colonel Bob Assingham
2000	Up at the Villa	Sir Edgar Swift
1999	Mickey Blue Eyes	Philip Cromwell
1999	The Making of a Mobster: 'Mickey Blue Eyes'	Self
1998	Jinnah	Mountbatten
1998	Shadow Run	Landon-Higgins
1998	Kings in Grass Castles	Longman
1997	Midsomer Murders	Sir Michael Fielding
1997	Anna Karenina	Karenin
1997	Trial & Retribution
1997	Never Ever	Arthur Trevane
1996	Gulliver's Travels	Dr. Bates
1995	The Old Curiosity Shop	Single Gentleman
1995	The Choir	Hugh Cavendish
1994	Doomsday Gun	Sir James Whittington
1994	An Audience with Ken Dodd	Himself
1994	The Dwelling Place	Lord Fischel
1993	The Remains of the Day	Lord Darlington
1993	Heart of Darkness	Gosse
1993	Hollywood U.K.: British Cinema in the Sixties	Self
1992	Patriot Games	Lord William Holmes
1992	Hostage	Hugo Paynter
1992	As You Like It	Jaques
1991	Afraid of the Dark	Frank
1991	A Question of Attribution	Sir Anthony Blunt
1991	A Perfect Hero	Angus Meikle
1990	The Russia House	Ned
1990	Chillers	Skipperton
1989	Agatha Christie's Poirot	Colonel Race
1989	The Mighty Quinn	Thomas Elgin
1989	Farewell to the King	Col. Ferguson
1989	She's Been Away	Hugh Ambrose
1989	These Foolish Things	Nick Verney
1989	Boys in the Island	George Farrell
1988	The Play on One	Nick Verney
1988	Beryl Markham: A Shadow on the Sun	Mansfield Markham
1987	Comrades	William Norfolk, Governor of New South Wales
1987	High Season	Patrick
1986	Absolute Beginners	Henley of Mayfair, Dressmaker to the Queen
1986	The Whistle Blower	Lord
1984	Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes	Lord Charles Esker
1984	A Passage to India	Richard Fielding
1983	Anna Pavlova	Victor d'André
1983	Runners	Tom Lindsay
1982	Wogan	Self
1982	Nancy Astor	Waldorf Astor
1981	Country	Philip Carlion
1978	An Audience with...	Self
1973	The American Film Institute Salute to ...	Self
1970	Performance	Chas Devlin
1970	Play for Today
1968	Sympathy for the Devil	Self (uncredited)
1968	Isadora	Gordon Craig
1968	Duffy	Stefane Calvert
1967	Thoroughly Modern Millie	Jimmy Smith
1967	Arabella	Giorgio
1966	The Chase	Jason 'Jake' Rogers
1965	Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes	Richard Mays
1965	King Rat	Peter Marlowe
1963	The Servant	Tony
1963	Tamahine	Oliver
1962	The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner	Willy Gunthorpe - Ranley School Runner (uncredited)
1951	One Wild Oat	Porter
1950	The Magnet	Johnny Brent
1950	The Miniver Story	Toby Miniver