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James Fox

Highest Rated: 100% King Rat (1965)

Lowest Rated: 0% Christmas Survival (2018)

Birthday: May 19, 1939

Birthplace: London, England, UK

Lanky blond British lead of the 1960s who began as a child actor in the early 50s. Fox's career showed great promise with his role as a boy whose life gets complicated once he acquires "The Magnet" (1951), but he soon gave up acting to finish school. He did not return to acting until a decade later, but quickly enjoyed success in the role of a haughty but ultimately malleable aristocrat strangely corrupted by his butler (Dirk Bogarde) in Joseph Losey's striking drama, "The Servant" (1963). This part, one of Fox's finest, typified many of his subsequent roles: classy yet often duplicitous, prone to weakness, decadence, and bad judgment.

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Highest rated movies

100% 84% King Rat
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96% 89% The Remains of the Day
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93% 74% Red Riding: 1980
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90% 45% The Whistle Blower
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90% 90% The Servant
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89% 48% The Mighty Quinn
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87% 85% Sexy Beast
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85% 81% Thoroughly Modern Millie Watchlist
83% 59% The Double
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83% 51% Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
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Filmography

Movies

Credit
0% 38% Christmas Survival Uncle John (Character) - 2018
44% 41% Effie Gray Sir Charles Eastlake (Character) - 2014
33% 25% A Long Way From Home Joseph (Character) - 2013
83% 59% The Double The Colonel (Character) $200.3K 2013
53% 65% Cleanskin Scott Catesby (Character) - 2012
13% 48% W.E. King George (Character) $582.1K 2011
No Score Yet 67% All At Sea George (Character) - 2010
50% 63% The Kid Alan (Character) - 2010
93% 74% Red Riding: 1980 Philip Evans (Character) - 2009
69% 77% Sherlock Holmes Sir Thomas Rotheram (Character) $209.0M 2009
46% 57% Mister Lonely The Pope (Character) $165.8K 2007
No Score Yet 65% Colditz Lt. Colonel Fordham (Character) - 2005
83% 51% Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Mr. Salt (Character) $206.5M 2005
29% 59% The Prince & Me King Haraald (Character) $28.2M 2004
No Score Yet 0% The Freediver Sebastian Nagel (Character) - 2004
No Score Yet 93% Poirot: Death on the Nile Colonel Race (Character) - 2004
No Score Yet No Score Yet Marple: The Body in the Library Colonel Arthur Bantry (Character) - 2004
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Falklands Play Rt Hon Pete 6th Baron Carrington KCMG MC (Character) - 2002
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Lost World Summerlee (Character) - 2002
No Score Yet 84% Shaka Zulu: The Citadel Captain Farewell (Character) - 2001
51% 29% The Mystic Masseur Mr. Stewart (Character) $398.6K 2001
No Score Yet No Score Yet Armadillo Sir Simon Sherrifmuir (Character) - 2001
No Score Yet 28% All Forgotten Narrator - 2000
87% 85% Sexy Beast Harry (Character) $6.9M 2000
54% 39% The Golden Bowl Colonel Assingham (Character) $3.0M 2000
45% 36% Up at the Villa Sir Edgar Swift (Character) $2.9M 2000
45% 42% Mickey Blue Eyes Philip Cromwell (Character) $33.9M 1999
No Score Yet No Score Yet Kings in Grass Castles Longman (Character) - 1998
No Score Yet 20% Shadow Run Landon-Higgins (Character) - 1998
No Score Yet 84% Jinnah Mountbatten (Character) - 1998
26% 66% Leo Tolstoy's Anna Karenina Karenin (Character) $791.8K 1997
No Score Yet 50% Never Ever Arthur Trevane (Character) - 1996
No Score Yet 42% The Old Curiosity Shop Single Gentleman (Character) - 1995
50% 39% Heart of Darkness Gosse (Character) - 1994
No Score Yet 51% Doomsday Gun Sir James Whittington (Character) - 1994
96% 89% The Remains of the Day Lord Darlington (Character) $23.0M 1993
No Score Yet No Score Yet A Question of Attribution Sir Anthony Blunt (Character) - 1992
20% 34% Afraid of the Dark Afraid of the Dark (Character) $52.7K 1992
72% 72% Patriot Games Lord Holmes (Character) $82.7M 1992
No Score Yet 14% Hostage Hugo Paynter (Character) - 1992
No Score Yet No Score Yet As You Like It Jaques (Character) - 1992
70% 49% The Russia House Ned (Character) $22.6M 1990
No Score Yet No Score Yet Boys in the Island George Farrell (Character) - 1990
No Score Yet No Score Yet She's Been Away Hugh Ambrose (Character) - 1989
89% 48% The Mighty Quinn Thomas Elgin (Character) $4.0M 1989
No Score Yet No Score Yet Never Come Back Foster (Character) - 1989
No Score Yet No Score Yet Sun Child Robert Harris (Character) - 1988
90% 45% The Whistle Blower Lord (Character) - 1987
67% 12% High Season Patrick (Character) $29.2K 1987
70% 38% Absolute Beginners Henley of Mayfair, Dressmaker to the Queen (Character) $278.9K 1986
No Score Yet No Score Yet New World Unknown (Character) - 1986
79% 60% Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes Lord Charles Esker (Character) - 1984
77% 79% A Passage to India Fielding (Character) - 1984
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Road to 1984 George Orwell (Character) - 1984
No Score Yet No Score Yet Pavlova: A Woman for All Time Victor D'Andre (Character) - 1983
No Score Yet No Score Yet Runners Tom Lindsay (Character) - 1983
No Score Yet No Score Yet No Longer Alone Alan Richards (Character) - 1978
No Score Yet 21% Guru, the Mad Monk Set Decoration - 1970
82% 78% Performance Chas (Character) - 1970
No Score Yet No Score Yet Arabella Giorgio (Character) - 1969
No Score Yet 36% Duffy Stefane Calvert (Character) - 1968
80% 65% Isadora Gordon Craig (Character) - 1968
85% 81% Thoroughly Modern Millie Jimmy (Character) - 1967
80% 73% The Chase Jason "Jake" Rogers (Character) - 1966
78% 74% Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines Richard Mays (Character) - 1965
100% 84% King Rat Peter Marlowe (Character) - 1965
90% 90% The Servant Tony (Character) $20.7K 1963
No Score Yet No Score Yet Tamahine Oliver (Character) - 1963
No Score Yet No Score Yet What Every Woman Wants Philip Goodwin (Character) - 1962
No Score Yet No Score Yet Timbuktu Lt. Victor Marat (Character) - 1959
No Score Yet 50% The Magnet Johnny Brent (Character) - 1950
No Score Yet No Score Yet All Women Are Bad Producer - 1931

TV

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88% 93% Downton Abbey Lord Aysgarth (Character) 2013
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Great Train Robbery Henry Brooke (Character) 2013
85% 88% The Adventures of Merlin King Rodor (Guest Star) 2012
No Score Yet No Score Yet Red Riding Unknown (Character) 2010
No Score Yet 85% Midsomer Murders Sir Michael Fielding (Guest Star) 2010
No Score Yet No Score Yet Hans Christian Andersen: My Life as a Fairy Tale Unknown (Character) 2002
No Score Yet No Score Yet Lost World Unknown (Character) 2001
No Score Yet No Score Yet Armadillo Sir Simon (Character) 2001
No Score Yet No Score Yet Masterpiece Theatre Unknown (Character) 1995
No Score Yet 93% Yes, Minister The Bursar of Ballie College (Character) 1981