Edward Fox- Biography

Also Credited As:

Ed Fox

About Edward Fox

Born into a theatrical family in London, Fox followed in the footsteps of his younger brother James who was a child performer. He made his first screen appearance in the sci-fi flick "The Mind Benders" (1963). Routine roles followed throughout the 1960s before Fox scored as Julie Christie's fiance in Joseph Losey's "The Go-Between" (1973). Fox won critical praise and is perhaps best known for his performance as the menacing assassin in Fred Zinnemann's "The Day of the Jackal" (1973). Throughout the 70s and 80s, he worked in small or supporting roles, generally in period pieces: "A Bridge Too Far" and "The Duellists" (both 1977); "Soldier of Orange" (1979); "Gandhi" (1982); "The Shooting Party" (1984). Fox has made sporadic appearances on the small screen, notably as the Duke of Windsor in "Edward and Mrs. Simpson" (1978) and recreating his London stage role as the title character in "Quartermaine's Terms" (1987). In a return to leading roles, he won critical praise opposite Vanessa Redgrave and Uma Thurman as one side of a romantic triangle in the period drama "A Month by the Lake" (1995).

Partners

Wife

Joanna David. born in 1947; married July 2004

Wife

Tracy Reed. married in 1958; divorced in 1961

Family

Brother

James Fox. born in 1939

Brother

Robert Fox. younger

Daughter

Emilia Fox. born c. 1974; mother, Joanna David

Daughter

Lucy Fox. mother, Tracy Reed

Father

Robin Fox. died of lung cancer in 1971;

Grandfather

Frederick Lonsdale.

Mother

Angela Muriel Fox. born on June 17, 1912; daughter of Lucy Glitters Worthington and Frederick Lonsdale; mother was married to Dr. Henry Worthington but had three daughters with Lonsdale; Noel Coward wrote his famous song, "Don't Put Your Daughter on the Stage, Mrs. Worthington" about her; died on December 1, 1999; had stormy marriage with husband punctuated by separations and infidelities on both sides

Nephew

Laurence Fox.

Son

Freddie Fox. mother, Joanna David

Son-In-Law

Jared Harris. Married Emilia Fox July 16, 2005

Education

Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, London , England

Career Milestones

2006

Cast in Charles Sturridge's "Lassie," based on Eric Knight's classic 1938 novel Lassie Come Home

2004

Cast in the Renaissance drama, "Stage Beauty"

2002

Cast as the dignified butler Lane in "The Importance of Being Earnest"

2001

Played Professor Prosser in an adaptation of Phillip Pullman's "I Was A Rat"

1997

Appeared with partner Joanna David in the mini-series "A Dance to the Music of Time"

1995

Played an ex-British officer in "A Month by the Lake" opposite Vanessa Redgrave

1991

Played Prince John in the TV movie "Robin Hood" (Fox)

1985

Appeared in "The Shooting Party," with James Mason and Sir John Gielgud

1983

Played M in the unofficial James Bond film "Never Say Never Again"

1982

Portrayed the controversial Brigadier-General Reginald Dyer in "Gandhi," the man responsible for the Amritsar Massacre in India

1980

Played King Edward VIII in the television drama series, "Edward and Mrs Simpson"

1977

First appearance on American TV, "Hard Times" a presentation of "Great Performances"

1973

First leading role in feature, "The Day of the Jackal"

Establish himself in classic British films such as "The Go-Between", "A Bridge Too Far" and "Battle of Britain"

1963

First film appearance in, "The Mind Benders"

1958

Made his theatre debut