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).
Biography
Early life
Fox was born in
Chelsea, London, the son of
Robin Fox, a theatrical agent, and Angela Muriel Darita Worthington, an actress and writer.
[Edward Fox Biography (1937-)] 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.)
[The Frozen Dead IMDB entry] 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.
