Biography for
Edward Fox (I) More at IMDbPro »

Date of Birth

13 April 1937, Chelsea, London, England, UK

Birth Name

Edward Charles Morrice Fox

Height

5' 8" (1.73 m)

Spouse

Joanna David	(2004 - present) 2 children
Tracy Reed	(1958 - 1961) (divorced) 1 child

Trivia

Brother of James Fox and Robert Fox.

Son of the actress Angela Fox and the agent Robin Fox. Grandson of the dramatist Frederick Lonsdale.

Father of Lucy Fox, the Viscountess Gormanston; the actress Emilia Fox and Freddie Fox.

Served in the Coldstream Guards.

Claims he has never worn jeans.

Uncle of actor Laurence Fox.

Father-in-law of Jared Harris.

He was awarded the O.B.E. (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) in the 2003 Queen's New Year's Honours List for his services to drama.

Graduated from RADA.

An Associate Member of RADA.

Performed with the Dundee Repertory company in the early 1960s with the likes of Michael Culver, Glenda Jackson and Nicol Williamson.

For many years a vocal supporter of the Conservative Party, in 2004 Fox switched his support to the UK Referendum Party.

He played the father of real-life daughter, Emilia Fox, in The Republic of Love (2003).

He played King Edward VIII (the Duke of Windsor) in "Edward & Mrs. Simpson" (1978). His brother James Fox and nephew Laurence Fox would later play his father King George V and younger brother King George VI in W.E. (2011).

He was originally to have played Lord William Holmes in Patriot Games (1992) but the role was ultimately taken by his younger brother James Fox.

Personal Quotes

So ugly! He is utterly wrong for Bond. The opposite of what Fleming intended, and I knew Fleming. - On Daniel Craig