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May 19, 1939 in London, England, UK
Biography:Born into a theatrical family, British actor "James Fox" made his film bow as a child actor in 1950, using his own name, William Fox. Fox's first movie was "The Miniver Story" (1950), a Hollywood-financed sequel to 1942's "Mrs. Miniver". The best of the actor's earliest appearances was in "The Magnet" (1950), in which 11-year-old Fox played a fun-loving young boy at play with his mates. Fox changed his first name to James when he began assuming adult roles in the early 1960s, a period in which he played upper-class types. It was in one of these roles that Fox appeared with "Dirk Bogarde" in the brooding, Freudian "Harold Pinter" drama "The Servant" (1963); that same year, Fox appeared in the "angry young man" exercise "The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner", which starred "Tom Courtenay" With his "Servant" vis-a-vis "Sarah Miles", Fox headlined an international cast in the comedy extravaganza... Full Biography
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