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Theatre, Film, and Television Biographies
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Gabrielle Fitzpatrick to Christopher Fulford
Bernard Fox Biography (1927-)
Original name, Bernard Lawson; born May 11, 1927, in Port Talbot, South Wales, England; son of Gerald (an actor) and Queenie (an actress; maiden name, Barrett) Lawson; married Jacqueline (an actress), c. 1961; children: Amanda, Valerie.
- Nationality
- British
- Gender
- Male
- Occupation
- Actor
- Birth Details
- May 11, 1927
- Port Talbot, South Wales, United Kingdom
Famous Works
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CREDITS
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Film Appearances
- McLeod, Spin a Dark Web (also known as Soho Incident), Columbia, 1956
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Home and Away, Guest/Conquest, 1956
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The Counterfeit Plan, 1957
- (Uncredited) Photographer, Blue Murder at St. Trinian's, 1957
- (Uncredited) Lookout Frederick Fleet, A Night to Remember, 1958
- Shafter, The Safecracker, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1958
- Lieutenant, The Two-Headed Spy, Columbia, 1959
- (Uncredited) Lynch, The List of Adrian Messenger, Universal, 1963
- Room clerk, Honeymoon Hotel, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1964
- Leslie Folliott, Quick, Before It Melts, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1964
- Policeman, Strange Bedfellows, Universal, 1965
- Dudley, Hold On! (also known as There's No Place Like Space), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1966
- Squire Moresby, Munster, Go Home, Universal, 1966
- Jordin, One of Our Spies Is Missing, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1966
- Dave Ephram, The Bamboo Saucer (also known as Collision Course), NTA, 1968
- (Uncredited) Assistant to the Lord Chamberlain, Star! (also knownas Loves of a Star! and Those Were the Happy Times) Twentieth Century-Fox, 1968
- (Uncredited) Car salesman, $1,000,000 Duck, Buena Vista, 1971
- Scots sheep farmer, Big Jake (also known as The Million DollarKidnapping), 1971
- Constable Hooks, Arnold, Cinerama, 1973
- Max, Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo, Buena Vista, 1977
- Voice of chairmouse, The Rescuers (animated), Buena Vista, 1977
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House of the Dead (also known as Alien Zone and Zone ofthe Dead), 1978
- Justin, The Private Eyes, New World Pictures, 1980
- Tarbuck, Yellowbeard, Orion, 1983
- Horton, 18 Again!, New World Pictures, 1988
- Voices of chairmouse and doctor, The Rescuers Down Under (animated), Buena Vista, 1990
- Colonel Archibald Gracie, Titanic, Paramount, 1997
- Captain Winston Havelock, The Mummy, MCA/Universal, 1999
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Television Appearances
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Series
- Colonel Crittendon, a recurring role, Hogan's Heroes, CBS, 1965-1970
- Dr. Bombay, Bewitched, ABC, 1967-1972
- Nigel Pennysmith, General Hospital, ABC, 1981
- Appeared as Malcolm in the series Three Live Wires, BBC (England).
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Movies
- Detective Chief Superintendent William Durk, Columbo: Dagger of the Mind, 1972
- Purser Watkins, Columbo: Troubled Waters, 1975
- Captain Chablat, Gauguin the Savage, CBS, 1980
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Pilots
- Dr. John H. Watson, The Hound of the Baskervilles (also known as Sherlock Holmes: The Hound of the Baskervilles), ABC, 1972
- Barrett, Intertect, ABC, 1973
- Mr. Muirfield, The Son-In-Law, NBC, 1980
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Episodic
- Alfie, Make Room for Daddy (also known as The Danny Thomas Show), 1963
- Malcolm Merriweather, "Andy's English Valet," The Andy Griffith Show, CBS, 1963
- Malcolm Merriweather, "The Return of Malcolm Merriweather," The Andy Griffith Show, CBS, 1964
- Mr. Caldwell, "Teacher's Petrie," The Dick Van Dyke Show, CBS, 1964
- Sub-Lieutenant Clivedon, "The British Have Ensigns," McHale's Navy, ABC, 1964
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Farmer's Daughter, ABC, 1965
- Ogden Darwell, "Girls Will Be Boys," The Dick Van Dyke Show, CBS,1965
- Detective, "Never Bathe on Saturday," The Dick Van Dyke Show, CBS,1965
- Peter Stange, "The Case of the Laughing Lady," Perry Mason, 1965
- Malcolm Merriweather, "Malcolm at the Crossroads," The Andy Griffith Show, CBS, 1965
- "The Phantom Major," F Troop, ABC, 1965
- Major Dutton, "Big Brother," Twelve O'Clock High, ABC, 1965
- "The Weapon," Burke's Law, 1965
- Abdul the magician (some sources cite role of Arnie), "Is There an ExtraJeannie in the House?" I Dream of Jeannie, 1966
- Osgood Rightmire, "Disappearing Samantha," Bewitched, 1966
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The Man from U.N.C.L.E., 1966
- Rodney Babcock, "The Mother Muffin Affair," The Girl from U.N.C.L.E., NBC, 1966
- Sergeant Major Higgins, "Fortress Weisbaden," Twelve O'Clock High,ABC, 1966
- Jock, "The Wide Open Door," ABC Stage '67, ABC, 1967
- Sir Twiggley Topper Middle Bottom, "Monkees Mind Their Manor," The Monkees, NBC, 1968
- Father Ned, "The Wealthiest Man in Seattle," Here Comes the Brides, c. 1969
- Dr. Occularis Jones, "The Night of the Winged Terror: Part 1," The Wild, Wild West, 1969
- Miles, "The Old Who Came In from the Spy," It Takes a Thief, 1969
- Sir Charles Chitterly, "Lady Chitterly's Lover: Parts 1 & 2," Hogan's Heroes, CBS, 1970
- Mr. Canby, "House--with Ghost," Night Gallery, 1971
- "Gorilla My Dreams," Temperatures Rising, 1973
- "Right of Way," Dirty Sally, 1974
- Eldridge, "Prestidigitation," Emergency!, 1975
- Kerner, "The Old Engine Cram," Emergency!, 1975
- "Sharks Eat Sharks," Barbary Coast, 1975
- Dr. Bombay, Tabitha, ABC, 1977
- Major Ross, "Tea and Empathy," M*A*S*H, CBS, 1978
- Iggins, "Southern Comfurts," The Dukes of Hazzard, 1980
- Clive Whitcomb, "Libel," Lou Grant, 1980
- "Love, Honor, and Obey/Gladys and Agnes/Radioactive Isaac," The Love Boat, 1981
- Nigel Hegland, "Million Dollar Harts," Hart to Hart, 1982
- Andrew Derek, "Death Smiles on a Dry Cleaner: Parts 1 & 2," The Jeffersons, 1982
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Gun Shy, 1983
- Commander Smythe, "Custom K.I.T.T.," Knight Rider, 1983
- Adam Partridge, "Ideals," Hotel, 1984
- Rupert Ginnias, "Revolution #9-12," Simon & Simon, 1984
- Kris Winter/Santa, "The Escape Claus," The Fall Guy, ABC, 1985
- Edgar (some sources cite Andrew) Wyckham, "One White Rose for Death," Murder, She Wrote, CBS, 1986
- Professor Stubbs, Mr. Sunshine, ABC, 1986
- Holcomb, Riptide, NBC, 1986
- Chauffeur, "Aunt Larnese Is Coming to Town," Punky Brewster, NBC,1988
- Dr. Bombay, Passions, ABC, 1999
- Dr. Jinga-Janga, "Sick? Did Somebody Say Sick?" Pee-wee's Playhouse, 2000
- Dr. Bombay, Passions, ABC, 2000
- Appeared as Randolph Svenson, Soap, ABC; and in Love, AmericanStyle, ABC, and The Partridge Family, ABC.
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Television Work
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Series
- Provided additional voices for the animated series Scooby and Scrappy-Doo.
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Stage Appearances
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Reluctant Heroes, Whitehall Farce Players, London, 1952
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Simple Spymen, Whitehall Farce Players, 1952
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Dry Rot, Whitehall Farce Players, 1952
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The Amorous Prawn, Rome, 1959
- Duchotel, 13 Rue de l'Amour, Circle in the Square, New York City,1978
- Appeared in Misalliance, London production; A Night in an English Music Hall, Mayfair Theatre, Santa Monica, CA; and Write Me a Murder, Hollywood, CA; as a child, performed as little prince in a stage production of Richard III and appeared in Two Little Vagabonds.
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Major Tours
- Toured in Miniature Music Hall (solo show; abridged version of A Night in an English Music Hall), U.S. cities.
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Stage Work
- Director of A Night in an English Music Hall, Mayfair Theatre, Santa Monica, CA, and abridged version later produced as Miniature Music Hall (solo show), on tour of U.S. cities.
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WRITINGS
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Stage Plays
- Author of A Night in an English Music Hall, Mayfair Theatre, SantaMonica, CA, and abridged version later produced as Miniature Music Hall (solo show), on tour of U.S. cities.
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