Edward Fox

Edward Charles Morrice Fox, OBE (born 13 April 1937) is an English stage, film and television actor. He is generally associated with the role of an upper-class Englishman. He is known particularly for playing the title role in the film The Day of the Jackal (1973) and for his portrayal of Edward VIII in the television miniseries Edward and Mrs Simpson (1978). Fox was born in Chelsea, London, the son of Robin Fox, a theatrical agent, and Angela Mu... more

Edward Charles Morrice Fox, OBE (born 13 April 1937) is an English stage, film and television actor. He is generally associated with the role of an upper-class Englishman. He is known particularly for playing the title role in the film The Day of the Jackal (1973) and for his portrayal of Edward VIII in the television miniseries Edward and Mrs Simpson (1978). Fox was born in Chelsea, London, the son of Robin Fox, a theatrical agent, and Angela Muriel Darita Worthington, an actress and writer. He is the elder brother of actor James Fox and film producer Robert Fox. He is also a paternal half-brother of Daniel Chatto and therefore half-brother-in-law of Lady Sarah Chatto.(Fox and Daniel Chatto's father Thomas Chatto both had bit parts in the 1966 horror film The Frozen Dead.) His maternal grandfather was the dramatist Frederick Lonsdale. Fox is also the great grandson of industrialist Samson Fox. He was educated at Harrow and served as a Lieutenant in the Coldstream Guards. Fox's... less