Philip Fox (actor)

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.

Philip Fox
OccupationActor
Years active1982–present

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
DateTitleRoleDirectorStation
3 December 2002A Man's Head[2]Ned ChailletBBC Radio 4 Afternoon Play
19 April 2004Maigret and the Burglar's Wife[3]MoersNed ChailletBBC Radio 4 Afternoon Play
26 April 2004The Yellow Dog[4]M. ServièresNed ChailletBBC Radio 4 Afternoon Play
3 May 2004Inspector Cadaver[5]Brejon / Mayor's Sec / VoiceNed ChailletBBC Radio 4 Afternoon Play
10 May 2004Maigret's Little Joke[6]The WaiterNed ChailletBBC Radio 4 Afternoon Play
3 May 2005Claw Marks on the Curtain: The Schartz-Metterklume MethodMr Quabarl / CarterNed ChailletBBC Radio 4 Woman's Hour Drama
18 December 2005 – 31 December 2005The Razor's EdgeJosephGaynor MacfarlaneBBC Radio 4 Classic Serial
22 June 2009 – 26 June 2009The Art of Deception[7]Museum CuratorToby SwiftBBC Radio 4 Woman's Hour Drama
6 September 2009 – 13 September 2009Boswell's Life of Johnson[8]Davies / WilkesClaire GroveBBC Radio 4 Classic Serial
6 December 2009The Hairy Ape[9]Toby SwiftBBC Radio 3 Drama on 3
gollark: You need sensible safety glasses which actually block a majority of the light in the wavelengths you're dealing with.
gollark: > is a old welding mask good to use on a blue/purple lazer?no.
gollark: Spirit knows everything, thus making him very helpful.
gollark: Also, protestors tend to be in groups and blaming all of them for some subset doing things is problematic.
gollark: > So thanks i got what I need, for spirit, not killing civilians, but at least giving them the means to defend themselves if needed. And any person who can take away another human beings sight and sleep at night is far from humanThis is, well, "emotional", in that you can't really go around rigorously demonstrating/defining this sort of thing.

References
  1. BBC - (none) - Small Gods
  2. BBC – Afternoon Play – Maigret: A Man's Head
  3. BBC – Afternoon Play – Maigret: Maigret and the Burglar's Wife
  4. BBC – Afternoon Play – Maigret: The Yellow Dog
  5. BBC – Afternoon Play – Maigret: Inspector Cadaver
  6. BBC – Afternoon Play – Maigret: Maigret's Little Joke
  7. BBC – Woman's Hour Drama – The Art of Deception
  8. BBC – Classic Serial – Boswell's Life of Johnson
  9. BBC – Drama on 3 – The Hairy Ape


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