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Acting

Edward Fox

Career: Active from 1966 to 2018, busiest in 1978 and 1991 with 5 main titles each.

Leading roles: 29
top three billing

Average score: 61/100

Highest rated: Edward & Mrs. Simpson
87/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 65 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Edward Fox Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Contemporary Realism
2.0, average 5.4
Pop Culture
0.9, average 2.2
Absurdist Humor
1.1, average 2.0
Situational Comedy
1.8, average 2.7

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Character-Driven 6
Political Intrigue 5
Character Study 4
Period Piece 3
Moral Dilemma 3
Slow-Burn Narrative 3
Historical Drama 3
Victorian Period Drama 2
Literary Adaptation 2
Psychological Depth 2
Backstage Drama 2
Medieval England 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

114

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

2020s

1 title · average score 76

The Gentlemen

76

TV show · as Archibald Horatio Landrover Horniman

2010s

6 titles · average score 64

An Ideal Husband

as Earl of Caversham

Johnny English Strikes Again

48

as Agent Nine

Taboo

77

TV show · as Horace Delaney

The Dresser

81

as Thornton

Katherine of Alexandria

29

as Emperor Constantius

National Theatre Live: The Audience

84

as Winston Churchill

2000s

14 titles · average score 66

Oliver Twist

59

TV show · as Mr Brownlow

The Old, Old, Very Old Man

as All

Lewis

80

TV show · as Dr. Yardley

Lassie

76

as Hulton

The Republic of Love

48

as Richard

Agatha Christie's Marple

75

TV show · as Caterham

Stage Beauty

68

as Sir Edward Hyde

Daniel Deronda

74

TV show · as Sir Hugo Mallinger

Foyle's War

83

TV show · as Asst. Commissioner Summers

The Importance of Being Earnest

64

as Lane

Nicholas Nickleby

72

as Sir Mulberry Hawk

All the Queen's Men

36

as Aitken

1990s

19 titles · average score 59

Lost in Space

41

as Businessman

Prince Valiant

42

as King Arthur

Midsomer Murders

80

TV show · as William Bingham

Forbidden Territory: Stanley's Search for Livingstone

65

as Markham

September

54

TV show · as Archie

A Month by the Lake

61

as Major Wilshaw

A Feast at Midnight

65

as Father

The Maitlands

as Major Luddington

Robin Hood

52

as Prince John

The Strauss Dynasty

TV show · as Metternich

The Crucifer of Blood

51

as Alistair Ross

The Strauss Dynasty

as Metternich

1980s

17 titles · average score 65

Return from the River Kwai

51

as Major Benford

Agatha Christie's Poirot

84

TV show · as Gudgeon

A Hazard of Hearts

68

as Lord Harry Wrotham

Quartermaine's Terms

as St John Quartermaine

Shaka Zulu

74

TV show · as Lt. Francis Farewell

Wild Geese II

38

as Alex Faulkner

The Shooting Party

67

as Lord Gilbert Hartlip

Screen Two

69

TV show · as Philip / St. John Quartermaine

The Dresser

71

as Oxenby

Never Say Never Again

61

as M

Gandhi

82

as General Dyer

The Mirror Crack'd

51

as Inspector Craddock

1970s

28 titles · average score 67

The Cat and the Canary

48

as Hendricks

Edward and Mrs Simpson

71

TV show · as King Edward VIII

Force 10 from Navarone

58

as Miller

Edward & Mrs. Simpson

87

as King Edward VIII

The Big Sleep

52

as Joe Brody

A Bridge Too Far

68

as Lt. Gen. Brian G. Horrocks

The Squeeze

61

as Foreman

The Duellists

74

as Colonel Perteley

Galileo

57

as Cardinal Inquisitor

The Day of the Jackal

82

as The Jackal

A Doll's House

55

as Nils Krogstad

The Go-Between

86

as Hugh Trimingham

1960s

29 titles · average score 65

Battle of Britain

64

as Pilot Officer Archie

ITV Saturday Night Theatre

TV show · as Dr. Macmillan / Ian

Journey to the Unknown

72

TV show · as Sir Robert Sawyer

The Expert

TV show · as Tony Davis-Jones

The Naked Runner

54

as Ritchie Jackson

Man in a Suitcase

74

TV show

BBC Play of the Month

61

TV show · as Charles Surface / Flt. Lieutenant Stoker

Thirty-Minute Theatre

TV show · as Pip Lester

The Troubleshooters

TV show · as Jocelyn Traddle

Theatre 625

TV show · as George Barrington / Ronnie Lovell

The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner

75

as Extra (uncredited)

The Avengers

83

TV show · as Chilcott