Biography
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, …
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Career Milestones
| After studying at the Central School of Speech and Drama, worked for a time as an assistant stage manager with a touring theatrical company | ||
| Left acting; finished schooling at Ashford Prep and Harrow | ||
| Served in the military with the Third Battalion of the Coldstream Guard | ||
| Worked in advertising | ||
1950 | Made film acting debut, billed as 'William Fox' in "The Miniver Story" | |
1951 | Played most prominent feature role as a child in "The Magnet" | |
1962 | Returned to feature films after a ten-year absence to act in a small role in "The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner" | |
1963 | First adult leading role in film, "The Servant" | |
1965 | First American film since "The Miniver Story", "King Rat" | |
1973 | Left acting for a time to join an international Christian missionary sect, the Navigators | |
1978 | One-shot return to acting, the religious drama, "No Longer Alone" | |
1981 | Returned to acting regularly; appeared in the film, "Country" | |
1984 | Played Waldorf on the PBS biographical miniseries, "Nancy Astor" | |
1992 | Played Angus Meikle on the "Masterpiece Theatre" miniseries, "A Perfect Hero" | |
2000 | Co-starred in "Up at the Villa" | |
2000 | Starred in Jonathan Glazer's "Sexy Beast" | |
2004 | Cast as the King of Denmark in "The Prince and Me" | |
2005 | Played Mr. Salt in Tim Burton's adaptation of Roald Dahl's classic tale "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" starring Johnny Depp as Willy Wonka | |
Awards
1963 | BAFTA Award for Most Promising Newcomer To Leading Film Roles in The Servant |
1965 | Golden Globe Award for New Star Of The Year - Actor |
1985 | BAFTA Award for Actor In a Supporting Role in A Passage to India |