- Born
- Birth nameEdward Charles Morrice Fox
- Height5′ 8″ (1.73 m)
- Educated at Harrow he worked at Marks and Spencers but was dismissed for wearing a loud checked suit. He sprang to international fame in 1973 as the assassin in Day of the Jackal, then had cameo style roles in Gandhi, The Dresser, Never Say Never Again and leads in The Wild Geese and The Shooting Party and on television in Edward and Mrs Simpson as the king, He lives in Maida Vale area of London with actress Joanna David and their daughter Emilia born in 1974.
- IMDb mini biography by: Tonyman 5
- SpousesJoanna David(2004 - present) (2 children)Tracy Reed(1958 - 1961) (divorced, 1 child)
- Children
- Parents
- RelativesJames Fox(Sibling)Laurence Fox(Niece or Nephew)Robert Fox(Sibling)Hilda Hanbury(Grandparent)Frederick Lonsdale(Grandparent)
- He always plays upper-class Englishmen, frequently aristocrats
- He frequently plays British military officers
- 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.
- Served in the Coldstream Guards.
- He appeared in three films directed by Richard Attenborough: Oh! What a Lovely War (1969), A Bridge Too Far (1977) and Gandhi (1982).
- [on Daniel Craig as James Bond] So ugly! He is utterly wrong for Bond. The opposite of what [Ian Fleming] intended, and I knew Fleming.
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