Colin Fox (actor)

Colin R. Fox (born November 20, 1938 in Aldershot , Ontario , Canada ) is a Canadian actor and speaker .

Life

Fox graduated from the National Theater School of Canada. He had his first major roles in the late 1960s as Aramis in a television adaptation of Alexandre Dumas' The Three Musketeers (alongside Christopher Walken and Kenneth Welsh ) and in a double role as Jean Paul Desmond and Jacques Eloi Des Mondes in the 195 episodes comprehensive CBC - television series Strange Paradise . This was followed by roles in more than 130 film and television productions as leading and supporting actors.

In addition to his film and television work, Colin Fox is also an established stage actor. He performed at the Stratford Shakespeare Festival in 1982 , played Sir Nathaniel in Love's Labor's Lost with the Circle Repertory Company (1984) and Craig in Anteroom with the Playwrights Horizons (1985).

He had other roles in Tiny Alice (Crest Theater, Toronto ), in the Broadway production of Hugh Whitemore's Pack of Lies , in Henry VI and as a narrator in the musicals Hansel and Gretel and Peter and the Wolf .

Fox became known to a wide audience in the role of Professor Anton Hendricks in the television series PSI Factor - It Happens Every Day . He is also known for portraying the Swiss Fritz Brenner in the television series A Nero Wolfe Mystery (2001-2002) and its pilot film The Golden Spiders: A Nero Wolfe Mystery (2000).

In 2005 Fox was nominated for the Canadian Gemini Television Award for Best Individual Performance in a Comedy Program or Series ; he received the nomination for his portrayal in the episode Buttons the Dresser of the television series Puppets Who Kill .

In addition to his work on stage, on screen and on television, Fox is also a sought-after speaker in Canada and the United States. He reads audio books and radio plays , sets documentaries to music (including for the Discovery Channel ), works for the radio and gives his voice to numerous characters from cartoon series and video games .

Fox lives with his wife Carol in a stone farmhouse in Fergus, near Toronto, built in the 1860s. They have a daughter named Sarah.

Filmography (selection)

Movies

• 1969: The Three Musketeers ( The Three Musketeers , TV movie)
• 1971: The Reincarnate
• 1972: The Discoverers
• 1973: Tom Sawyer (TV movie)
• 1975: The Hottest Woman in the World (My Pleasure Is My Business)
• 1977: The War Between the Tates (TV movie)
• 1979: Éclair au chocolat
• 1980: Overkill - Through Hell to Eternity (Fukkatsu no hi)
• 1981: The Stranger and the Whale ( A Whale for the Killing , TV movie)
• 1981: Silence of the North
• 1982: Starkstrom (Murder by Phone)
• 1984: Real Inside (short film)
• 1984: Covergirl
• 1985: Canada's Sweetheart: The Saga of Hal C. Banks
• 1987: Hello Again - Back from Beyond (Hello Again)
• 1988: Biographies: The Enigma of Bobby Bittman (short film)
• 1989: Murder in Paradise ( Passion and Paradise , TV movie)
• 1989: The Hour of the Rat (The Food of the Gods II)
• 1989: Spider in the Web ( Lady in the Corner , TV movie)
• 1990: Beautiful Dreamers
• 1990: Murderous Suspicion ( In Defense of a Married Man , Movie made for TV)
• 1990: Bloody Angel ( Descending Angel , TV movie)
• 1991: Money
• 1991: Scanners III (Scanners III: The Takeover)
• 1991: Mein Freund Mark Twain ( Mark Twain and Me , Movie made for TV)
• 1991: A Little Piece of Heaven (TV movie)
• 1991: The Sound and the Silence (TV movie)
• 1991: Simons Longing (Il colore dei suoi occhi)
• 1992: Deadbolt (TV movie)
• 1992: In the Eyes of a Stranger , Movie made for TV
• 1992: Partners' n Love (TV movie)
• 1993: Dieppe (TV movie)
• 1993: Bonds of Love (TV movie)
• 1993: A Woman on the Run - The Lawrencia Bembenek Story ( Woman on the Run: The Lawrencia Bembenek Story , TV movie)
• 1994: Historica Minutes: Agnes Macphail
• 1994: PCU - Two Chaots on Campus (PCU)
• 1995: Butterbox Babies
• 1995: Open Season
• 1995: Tommy Boy - Through Thick and Thin (Tommy Boy)
• 1995: Hiroshima (TV movie)
• 1995: Voices from the Shadow World
• 1996: Windsor Protocol (TV movie)
• 1996: raped ...! - The fear of the victim ( Sins of Silence , TV movie)
• 1996: Warning from Beyond ( The Haunting of Lisa , Movie made for TV)
• 1996: Betrayed & Sold ( Captive Heart: The James Mink Story , TV movie)
• 1996: Mrs. Winterbourne
• 1996: L5: First City in Space (short film)
• 1996: Daylight
• 1996: In Love and War
• 1996–2000: PSI Factor - It happens every day
• 1997: Elvis and the President ( Elvis Meets Nixon , TV movie)
• 1997: Unconditional Love ( End of Summer , TV movie)
• 1997: A Face So Beautiful and Cold ( Let Me Call You Sweetheart , Movie made for TV)
• 1998: Seeds of Doubt
• 2000: Left Behind
• 2000: The Golden Spiders: A Nero Wolfe Mystery (TV movie)
• 2000: Angels also play baseball ( Angels in the Infield , TV movie)
• 2000: Flames of Passion - A True Story ( Enslavement: The True Story of Fanny Kemble , TV movie)
• 2000: Dirty Pictures (TV movie)
• 2000: A House Divided (TV movie)
• 2000: Merciless Duel ( The Last Debate , TV movie)
• 2000: Das Megaplex-Phantom ( Phantom of the Megaplex , TV movie)
• 2001: Most Original ( Laughter on the 23rd Floor , Movie made for TV)
• 2001: Once to Heaven and Back (Down to Earth)
• 2001: A Kiss with Consequences (Prince Charming)
• 2001: Chasing Holden
• 2002: Drummer Boy
• 2002: Master Spy: The Robert Hanssen Story
• 2002: Salem Witch Trials (TV movie)
• 2003: America's Son - The John F. Kennedy Jr. Story ( America's Prince: The John F. Kennedy Jr. Story , Movie made for TV)
• 2003: Deathlands (TV movie)
• 2003: Army of the Taken ( Web , TV movie)
• 2004: Another Peace ( A Separate Peace , TV movie)
• 2004: Murder in the Reeds (Plain Truth)
• 2004: Perfect Strangers ( Perfect Strangers , TV movie)
• 2005: Our Fathers (TV movie)
• 2006: Drive Time Murders (TV movie)
• 2008: One Week
• 2008: Cutting for Stone

TV Shows

• 1969: Strange Paradise (an episode)
• 1974: House of Pride
• 1975: Witness to Yesterday (an episode)
• 1978: High Hopes
• 1979: The Fearless ( A Man Called Intrepid , miniseries)
• 1985, 1986: The Equalizer (2 episodes)
• 1986: Spenser (an episode)
• 1987,1988: Alfred Hitchcock shows ( Alfred Hitchcock presents , 2 episodes)
• 1987,1988,1989: Heirs of the Curse ( Friday the 13th: The Series , 3 episodes)
• 1987, 1990: The Guns of the Law ( Street Legal , 2 episodes)
• 1988: Diamonds (an episode)
• 1989: Shining Time Station (an episode)
• 1990–1992: Maniac Mansion (4 episodes)
• 1990: On your own ( Counterstrike , 2 episodes)
• 1991: Law & Order (an episode)
• 1991: conspiracy of silence ( Conspiracy of Silence , Miniseries)
• 1992: ENG (one episode)
• 1992,1995: Nick Knight - Der Vampircop ( Forever Knight , 2 episodes)
• 1993: Road to Avonlea , an episode of Avonlea
• 1993: Matrix (an episode)
• 1993: Wildes Land ( Return to Lonesome Dove , miniseries)
• 1994: Blauvogel (mini series)
• 1994: The Mighty Jungle (an episode)
• 1994: RoboCop (an episode)
• 1995: horror, horror, goosebumps ( Are You Afraid of the Dark?, An episode)
• 1995, 1996: Goosebumps - The Hour of the Spirits ( Goosebumps , 4 episodes)
• 1997–1998: The Adventures of Shirley Holmes ( The Adventures of Shirley Holmes , 5 episodes)
• 1999: Wind at My Back (an episode)
• 2000: Nikita (an episode)
• 2000: Relic Hunter ( Relic Hunter , an episode)
• 2001: The Zack Files ( The Zack Files , 2 episodes)
• 2001–2002: A Nero Wolfe Mystery (26 episodes)
• 2004: Wonderfalls (an episode)
• 2005: The Manly Bee
• 2005: Puppets Who Kill (an episode)
• 2006: This Is Wonderland (an episode)
• 2007: Dead Zone (an episode)

Speaking roles

• 1978: The Prophet from Pugwash (TV film, as narrator)
• 1986: My Pet Monster (animated series, an episode, as Snyder)
• 1987: My Pet Monster (as Mr. Hinkle)
• 1987: Care Bears - Adventures in Wonderland ( The Care Bears Adventure in Wonderland , the Wizard)
• 1989: The Legend of Zelda (animated series, 13 episodes, as King Harkinian)
• 1989–1991: Beetlejuice - an extraordinary spirit ( Beetlejuice , cartoon series, 13 episodes, various roles)
• 1991–1997: Rupert (cartoon series, 17 episodes, as a professor)
• 1995: The Neverending Story (animated series, 3 episodes, as Large Head)
• 1998: Silver Surfer (animated series, an episode, as Uatu the Guardian)
• 1998–1999: Mythic Warriors: Guardians of the Legend (animated series, 2 episodes, various roles)
• 1999: Hype: The Time Quest (video game)
• 2002–2006: Henry's World ( Henry's World , 25 episodes, animated series, as Mr. Wiggins)
• 2004: Atomic Betty (animated series, 10 episodes, as Supreme Overlord Maximus IQ)
• 2004: Peep and the Big Wide World (animated series, as Newton)
• 2009: The Dating Guy (animated series, 2 episodes, as Winchester)

Web links

• Colin Fox in theInternet Movie Database(English)