Philip Fox (actor)
Philip Fox | |
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Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1982–present |
Philip "Phil" Fox is an English film and television actor, known particularly for comic roles. His appearances include Genie in the House, Maurice, People Like Us, Waking the Dead, Maxwell, Don't Tell Father, Midsomer Murders and Foyle's War. He also appeared in the film Venus alongside Peter O'Toole.
He has also appeared in many children's programmes and has a long association with producer Clive Doig, who cast him in the children's shows Eureka, The Album, Eat Your Words and See It Saw It.
He has also appeared in very many productions for BBC Radio 4, most notably in a dramatisation of the Terry Pratchett books Mort and Small Gods.[1] He has also played the part of Maurice Horton in The Archers.
Fox played the estate agent in the first episode of Steve Coogan's comedy I'm Alan Partridge. He also played the character Baldrick in the original pilot of the Blackadder series, which was never broadcast. For the series itself, actor and TV presenter Tony Robinson was cast in the role.
Radio[]
Date | Title | Role | Director | Station |
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3 December 2002 | A Man's Head[2] | Ned Chaillet | BBC Radio 4 Afternoon Play | |
19 April 2004 | Maigret and the Burglar's Wife[3] | Moers | Ned Chaillet | BBC Radio 4 Afternoon Play |
26 April 2004 | The Yellow Dog[4] | M. Servières | Ned Chaillet | BBC Radio 4 Afternoon Play |
3 May 2004 | Inspector Cadaver[5] | Brejon / Mayor's Sec / Voice | Ned Chaillet | BBC Radio 4 Afternoon Play |
10 May 2004 | Maigret's Little Joke[6] | The Waiter | Ned Chaillet | BBC Radio 4 Afternoon Play |
June 2004 | Mort[7] | Lesek | Claire Grove | BBC Radio 4 Extra |
3 May 2005 | Claw Marks on the Curtain: The Schartz-Metterklume Method | Mr Quabarl / Carter | Ned Chaillet | BBC Radio 4 Woman's Hour Drama |
18 December 2005 – 31 December 2005 | The Razor's Edge | Joseph | Gaynor Macfarlane | BBC Radio 4 Classic Serial |
22 June 2009 – 26 June 2009 | The Art of Deception[8] | Museum Curator | Toby Swift | BBC Radio 4 Woman's Hour Drama |
6 September 2009 – 13 September 2009 | Boswell's Life of Johnson[9] | Davies / Wilkes | Claire Grove | BBC Radio 4 Classic Serial |
6 December 2009 | The Hairy Ape[10] | Toby Swift | BBC Radio 3 Drama on 3 |
References[]
- ^ BBC - (none) - Small Gods
- ^ BBC – Afternoon Play – Maigret: A Man's Head
- ^ BBC – Afternoon Play – Maigret: Maigret and the Burglar's Wife
- ^ BBC – Afternoon Play – Maigret: The Yellow Dog
- ^ BBC – Afternoon Play – Maigret: Inspector Cadaver
- ^ BBC – Afternoon Play – Maigret: Maigret's Little Joke
- ^ BBC Mort
- ^ BBC – Woman's Hour Drama – The Art of Deception
- ^ BBC – Classic Serial – Boswell's Life of Johnson
- ^ BBC – Drama on 3 – The Hairy Ape
External links[]
- English male actors
- Living people
- English actor stubs