James Fox appeared in several notable films of the 1960s and early 1970s, including King Rat, The Servant, Thoroughly Modern Millie and Performance, before quitting the screen for several years to be an evangelical Christian.
12 Facts About James Fox
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James Fox has since appeared in a wide range of film and television productions.
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James Fox first appeared on film in The Miniver Story in 1950.
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James Fox was working in a bank when Tony Richardson offered him a minor role in the film The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner.
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James Fox's father attempted to forbid this, claiming that his son had no talent for acting and that it would disrupt his life for him to give up his job in the bank; nevertheless, James Fox took the part.
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James Fox became an evangelical Christian, working with the Navigators and devoting himself to the ministry.
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James Fox played Anthony Blunt in the BBC play by Alan Bennett, A Question of Attribution.
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James Fox portrayed the character of Lord Holmes in Patriot Games, as well as Colonel Ferguson in Farewell to the King and the Nazi-sympathising aristocrat Lord Darlington in The Remains of the Day.
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James Fox appeared in the Doctor Who audio drama Shada, and in 2007, he guest-starred in the British television crime series Waking the Dead.
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James Fox appeared opposite his son Laurence Fox in "Allegory of Love", an episode in the third series of Lewis.
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James Fox was part of the cast of Sherlock Holmes, as Sir Thomas, leading member of a freemason-like secret society.
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James Fox married Mary Elizabeth Piper in September 1973, with whom he has five children: four sons, Robin, Thomas, Laurence, Jack, and a daughter, Lydia.