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James Fox

James Fox

Birthday: 1939-05-19 | Place of Birth: London, England, UK

Fox first appeared on film in The Miniver Story in 1950. His other early film appearances were made under his birth name, William Fox (the main character in The Magnet in 1950) In 1962, Fox was working in a bank when Tony Richardson offered him a minor role in the film The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner. Fox's father attempted to forbid this, claiming that his son had no talent for acting and that it would disrupt his life for him to give up his job in the bank, nevertheless, Fox took the part. During the 1960s, Fox gained popularity. In 1964, he won a BAFTA Award for Most Promising Newcomer for his role in The Servant (1963). On 16 June 1965 Ken Annakin's Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines was released. In this British period comedy film, Fox is featured among an international ensemble cast including Stuart Whitman, Sarah Miles, Robert Morley, Terry-Thomas, Red Skelton, Benny Hill, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Gert Fröbe and Alberto Sordi. The film, revolving around the craze of early aviation circa 1910, is about a pompous newspaper magnate (Morley) who is convinced by his daughter (Miles) and fiancée (Fox), a young army officer, and they organize an air race from London to Paris, where he decides to race. A large sum of money is offered to the winner, hence it attracts a variety of characters who participate. The film received positives reviews, described as funny, colourful and clever, and capturing the early enthusiasm for aviation. It was treated as a major production, one of only three full-length 70 mm Todd-AO Fox releases in 1965 with an intermission and musical interlude part of the original screenings. Because of the Todd-AO process, the film was an exclusive roadshow feature initially shown in deluxe Cinerama venues, where customers needed reserved seats purchased ahead of time. The film grossed $31,111,111 theatrically and on home video $29,950,000. Audience reaction both in the first release and even today is nearly universal in assessing the film as one of the "classic" aviation films. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2018
Alien Abduction: A True Story

as    Himself

2018
2015
London Spy

as    James

2014
Effie Gray

as    Sir Charles Eastlake

2014
The Double

as    The Colonel

2013
The Great Train Robbery

as    Henry Brooke, Home Secretary

2013
A Long Way From Home

as    Joseph

2012
W.E.

as    King George V

2012
Cleanskin

as    Scott Catesby

2010
The Kid

as    Alan

2009
Margaret

as    Charles Powell

2009
Bunny and the Bull

as    Narrator

2009
Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1980

as    Philip Evans

2008
Mister Lonely

as    The Pope

2005
Colditz

as    Lt. Colonel Fordham

2005
Colditz

as    Lt. Colonel Fordham

2005
2004
The Prince & Me

as    King Haraald

2002
The Falklands Play

as    Rt Hon Peter, 6th Baron Carrington KCMG MC (Foreign Secretary)

2001
Sexy Beast

as    Harry

2001
Lover's Prayer

as    Old Vladimir (voice)

2000
The Golden Bowl

as    Colonel Bob Assingham

2000
Up at the Villa

as    Sir Edgar Swift

1999
Mickey Blue Eyes

as    Philip Cromwell

1998
Shadow Run

as    Landon-Higgins

1997
Anna Karenina

as    Karenin