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| Bernard Fox | |
| Biographical information | |
| Full name: | Bernard Fox |
| Birthdate: | May 11, 1927 |
| Birthplace: | Port Talbot, Wales, U.K. |
| Died: | December 14, 2016 |
| Cause of death: | Heart failure |
| Age: | 89 |
| Residence: | Los Angeles, California, U.S.A. |
| Occupation: | Actor |
| Years active: | 1955–2004 |
| Significant other(s): | Jacqueline Fox (1961–2016) |
| Family: | Gerald Lawson (father) Queenie Barrett (mother) Wilfrid Lawson (uncle) |
Bernard Fox was a British film and television actor. He portrayed Colonel Gracie in James Cameron's 1997 film, Titanic. He also portrayed lookout Frederick Fleet in the 1958 film, A Night to Remember.
Personal life[]
Fox, a fifth generation performer, was born Bernard Lawson in Port Talbot, Glamorgan, Wales, the son of Queenie (née Barrett) and Gerald Lawson, both of whom were stage actors. He had an older sister, Mavis, and was married to his wife Jacqueline from 1961. They had two children. His uncle was veteran film and stage actor Wilfrid Lawson.
Career[]
He started his film career at the age of 18 months and by the age of 14 he was an assistant manager of a theatre. After his naval services during World War II he resumed his career and soon was in 30 film credits from 1956 to 2004 include two films revolving around the sinking of RMS Titanic, separated by 39 years. Fox was in both Titanic (1997) (as Colonel Archibald Gracie IV) and the earlier version of the tragedy A Night to Remember (1958) (uncredited as Frederick Fleet). In the latter, he delivered the line "Iceberg dead ahead, sir!" while playing the part of a sailor in the ship's crow's nest.
Other film roles ranged from supporting parts in broad comedies (Yellowbeard, Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo and The Private Eyes, playing a homicidal butler in the latter) to supplying the voice of the chairmouse in the Disney animated features The Rescuers and The Rescuers Down Under. He played the role of Winston Havelock, a retired Air Force pilot in the 1999 adventure film The Mummy. In 2004, Fox made his final appearance in Surge of Power: The Stuff of Heroes. He retired his acting career after this film.
Death[]
On the morning of 14 December 2016, Fox died of heart failure at Valley Presbyterian Hospital in Van Nuys, California. He was 89 years old.
External links[]
Bernard Fox on Wikipedia
Bernard Fox at the Internet Movie Database
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