Bernard Fox
Bernard Fox was a prolific Welsh television and film actor, who appeared in dozens of films and TV shows, most notably "Bewitched" (ABC, 1964-1972), "Hogan's Heroes" (CBS, 1965-1971) and the movie "Titanic" (1997), over the course of his 50-plus year career as a professional screen actor. Born in Port Talbot, Glamorgan, Wales in 1927, Fox's acting career began when he was barely out of diapers. He came from a family of stage actors (both of his parents made their living as actors), and started working in the theater when he was still a young boy. By his early teens he was employed as a stage manager, and envisioned spending the rest of his life working in theater. The breakout of World War II changed all of that, however. Fox enlisted in the Royal Navy and spent the last two years of the war working as a minesweeper. After World War II Fox moved to London to work as a theater actor, and before long started to earn a reputation as a funny performer. By the mid-50s he was landing parts on British TV shows and movies, including "Home and Away" (1956) and "The Counterfeit Plan" (1957). His worked steadily in Britain over the next several years, but by the mid-1960s Fox was landing work on American television shows. Throughout the 1960s he nabbed recurring roles on some of the most popular shows in the States, including "The Andy Griffith Show" (CBS, 1960-1968), "The Man from U.N.C.L.E." (NBC, 1964-68), "Bewitched," and "Hogan's Heroes." Fox continued working steadily throughout the 70s and 80s, appearing mostly in one-off roles on TV. Then in the late 90s, when he was already in his 70s, Fox's hit a late-career upsurge with noteworthy parts in two of the biggest blockbuster films of the decade: "Titanic" and "The Mummy" (1999). Fox retired from screen acting shortly after the turn of the century, with his last credited role on the sitcom "Dharma and Greg" (ABC, 1997-2002). He died on December 16, 2016 at the age of 89. The cause of death was heart failure.
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Bernard Fox
Filmography
Movies
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Titanic: 25th Anniversary | Colonel Archibald Gracie (Character) | - | 2023 |
62% |
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The Mummy | Capt. Winston Havlock (Character) | - | 1999 |
88% |
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Titanic | Colonel Archibald Gracie (Character) | $658.8M | 1997 |
72% |
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The Rescuers Down Under |
Chairman/ |
- | 1990 |
29% |
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18 Again! | Horton (Character) | $2.3M | 1988 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Sherlock & Me | Dr. Watson (Character) | - | 1981 |
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The Private Eyes | Justin (Character) | - | 1980 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Gauguin the Savage | Captain Chablat (Character) | - | 1980 |
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Alien Zone | Inspector McDowal (Character) | - | 1978 |
79% |
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The Rescuers | Mr. Chairman (Voice) | $21.1M | 1977 |
60% |
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Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo | Max (Character) | - | 1977 |
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Arnold | Constable Hooke (Character) | $23.6K | 1973 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Hound of the Baskervilles | Dr. Watson (Character) | - | 1972 |
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Bamboo Saucer | Dave Ephram (Character) | - | 1967 |
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Hold On! | Dudley Hawks (Character) | - | 1966 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | One of Our Spies Is Missing | Jordin (Character) | - | 1966 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Honeymoon Hotel | Room Clerk (Character) | - | 1964 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Quick, Before It Melts | Leslie Folliott (Character) | - | 1964 |
64% |
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The List of Adrian Messenger | Lynch (uncredited) (Character) | - | 1963 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Safecracker | Shafter (Character) | - | 1958 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Home and Away | Johnnie (Character) | - | 1956 |
TV
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Dharma & Greg | Henry (Guest Star) | 2001 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Chip 'n' Dale Rescue Rangers | Unknown (Guest Voice) | 1990 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Punky Brewster | Whitmore (Guest Star) | 1988 |
No Score Yet | 89% | Murder, She Wrote | Andrew Wyckham (Guest Star) | 1986 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Riptide | Unknown (Character) | 1986 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Fall Guy | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1985 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hotel | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1984 |
No Score Yet | 80% | Knight Rider | Commander Smythe (Guest Star) | 1983 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Jeffersons |
Andrew Derek (Character), Unknown (Guest Star) |
1982 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hart to Hart | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1982 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Dukes of Hazzard | Iggins (Guest Star) | 1980 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Fantasy Island | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1979 |
No Score Yet | 87% | M*A*S*H | Major Ross (Guest Star) | 1978 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Tabitha | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1977-1978 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Barbary Coast | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1975 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Cannon | Allan Farrell (Guest Star) | 1975 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Barnaby Jones | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1975 |
No Score Yet | 80% | Columbo | Purser Watkins (Guest Star) | 1972 1975 |
No Score Yet | 48% | Bewitched | Osgood Rightmire (Guest Star) | 1966-1972 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Partridge Family | Marty Burnes (Guest Star) | 1971 |
No Score Yet | 100% | Hogan's Heroes | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1965-1968 1970 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Daniel Boone | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1969 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Here Come the Brides | Father Ned (Guest Star) | 1969 |
No Score Yet | 100% | The Wild, Wild West | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1969 |
100% | No Score Yet | The Man From U.N.C.L.E. | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1966 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | 12 O'Clock High | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1964-1966 |
10% | No Score Yet | The Girl From U.N.C.L.E. | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1966 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Farmer's Daughter | Waiter (Guest Star) | 1965-1966 |
No Score Yet | 58% | I Dream of Jeannie | Arnie (Guest Star) | 1966 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | I Spy | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1965 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | F Troop | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1965 |
No Score Yet | 88% | The Andy Griffith Show | Malcolm Merriweather (Guest Star) | 1963-1965 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Perry Mason | Peter Stange (Guest Star) | 1965 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Dick Van Dyke Show | Ogden Darwell (Guest Star) | 1964-1965 |