Michael Fox (American actor)

Not to be confused with Michael J. Fox.

Michael Fox
Born	February 27, 1921 Yonkers, New York
Died	June 1, 1996(1996-06-01) (aged 75)

Michael Fox (February 27, 1921 – June 1, 1996) was an American character actor who was in numerous movies and television roles. Some of his most famous recurring roles were as various autopsy physicians in Perry Mason, as Coroner George McLeod in Burke's Law, as Amos Fedders in Falcon Crest and as Saul Feinberg in The Bold and the Beautiful. He is also notable for being the reason Michael J. Fox registered his name with a middle initial when he first joined the Screen Actors Guild (to differentiate his name from "Michael Fox").

Career

Michael Fox began acting in stage plays in southern California circa 1945. Through his stage endeavors, Fox met Harry Sauber who introduced him to Sam Katzman.^[1]

Two of his regular TV roles were as the coroner in the courtroom drama Perry Mason, and as Saul Feinberg on the CBS soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful from 1989-1996.

Among his earlier television work was the next-to-last episode of Adventures of Superman, as the ringleader of a criminal gang that tried to conduct a Perils of Pauline-style series of murder attempts on the show's various protagonists. He also appeared in several episodes on the 1955-1957 television series Science Fiction Theatre.

Personal life and death

He was married to Hannah, an actress he met while acting in the stage play The Dybbuk, in a Los Angeles area theatre run by Lou Smuckler, father-in-law of Lee J. Cobb. Borrowing a car from Dorothy Gish, Fox drove Hannah to a judge and married her in between the matinee and evening performances of The Story of Mary Surratt.^[1]

Fox died of pneumonia June 1, 1996, in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California.^[1][2]

Acting roles

Non-recurring multiple roles in television series

Science Fiction Theatre Beyond (1955) Radar Man The Brain of John Emerson (1955) Dr. Franklin The Frozen Sound (1955) Dr. Gordine The Flicker (1956) Dr. James Kincaid The Missing Waveband (1956) Dr. Maxwell Jupitron (1956) Dr. Norstad Signals from the Moon (1956) Dr. Edwards The Ford Television Theatre The Payoff (1956) Lieutenant Bernard Shuman Catch at Straws (1956) Jed Hartan Front Page Father (1956) Malcolm Slade Miller's Millions (1957) Judge Patterson Wanted: Dead or Alive Reunion for a Revenge (1959) The Quaker The Hostage (1959) Bartender Tom Alcoa Theatre 30 Pieces of Silver (1959) Mr. Hammeker The Observer (1960) Father Holze The Rifleman Letter of the Law (1959) Abel The Trade (1959) Trager Miss Millie (1960) Jim Oxford The Hangman (1960) Joe Hannah Richard Diamond, Private Detective Marineland Mystery (1959) Paul Schofield Coat of Arms (1960) The Popskull (1960) The Twilight Zone Nightmare as a Child (1960) Doctor Mr. Dingle, the Strong (1961) Martian Sounds and Silences (1964) Psychiatrist The Detectives Starring Robert Taylor The Queen of Craven Point (1961) Lab Man The Reason (1961) Andy The Untouchables The Stryker Brothers (1962) Lieutenant Miller Death for Sale (1961) Bradley

The Dick Powell Show Somebody's Waiting (1961) The Big Day (1962) Phil The Hook (1962) The Legend (1962) Attorney The Old Man and the City (1963) The Virginian The Brazen Bell (1962) Prisoner Guard No Drums, No Trumpets (1966) General Howard The Price of Love (1969) Coroner Gunsmoke Carter Caper (1963) Waiter Wishbone (1966) Buffalo Hunter The Raid: Part 1 (1966) Mr. Simms - Hotel Clerk Hard Luck Henry (1967) Jed Walsh The Big Valley Forty Rifles (1965) De Koven The Iron Box (1966) MacGowan Point and Counterpoint (1969) Jonathan Williams Honey West A Matter of Wife and Death (1965) Lieutenant Kovacs Come to Me, My Litigation Baby (1966) Mr. Strate Batman Holy Rat Race (1966) Leo Gore Smack in the Middle (1966) Inspector Basch Hi Diddle Riddle (1966) Inspector Basch Lost in Space Cave of the Wizards (1967) Alien on Computer Screen The Ghost Planet (1966) Cybernetic Leader/Supreme Brain Ironside A Very Cool Hot Car (1967) Technician Beyond a Shadow (1969) Dr. Leonard Marcus Death by the Numbers (1972) Dr. Albert Gold Hogan's Heroes The Well (1969) Captain Ritter It's Dynamite (1970) Berger Get Fit or Go Fight (1970) Major Kimmel Quincy, M.E. Jury Duty (1981) Dr. Feld Cover-Up (1980) Fire Captain

Singular appearances in television series

The Mickey Rooney Show - Pilot (1954) Julie's Father Hopalong Cassidy - Grubstake (1954) Brock Fain The Lone Wolf - The Runaway Story (1954) Lt. Joe Neeley Celebrity Playhouse - The Hoax (1955) Warner Brothers Presents - Hand of Fate (1955) Sasha The Man Behind the Badge - The Case of the Red Letter Day (1955) Stranger My Little Margie - Corpus Delecti (1955) Roland Roberts Cavalcade of America - Monument to a Young Man (1956) George Wooley Tombstone Territory - Desert Survival (1957) Warren Highway Patrol - Efficiency Secretary (1957) Dusty Dunn The Thin Man - Come Back Darling Asta (1957) Police Lt. Heldon Meet McGraw - The Fighter (1957) Sorrento Undercurrent - Front Page Father (1957) Malcolm Slade Alfred Hitchcock Presents - Crackpot (1957) Carpenter Dr. Christian - The Alien (1957) Rausch The Walter Winchell File - Muggy Night on Times Square: File #39 (1958) Harris The Adventures of Jim Bowie - The Puma (1958) Captain Adventures of Superman - The Perils of Superman (1958) The Lead Masked Criminal Harbor Command - Four to Die (1958) Man with a Camera - The Bride (1959) Father Ehrlich The David Niven Show - The Last Room (1959) The Grand Jury - Accident by Appointment (1959) Shotgun Slade - Charcoal Bullet (1960) Doctor Miller Johnny Ringo - Soft Cargo (1960) Clint Logan The DuPont Show with June Allyson - Slip of the Tongue (1960) Harvey Dennis the Menace - Dennis and the Rare Coin (1960) Hathaway 87th Precinct - Lady Killer (1961) Dr. Ben Danlela Miami Undercover - The Big Frame (1961) Chandler Dante - Dial D for Dante (1961) Joe Conway Empire - Long Past, Long Remembered (1962) Chester Arkins Target: The Corruptors! - License to Steal (1962) Follow the Sun - A Choice of Weapons (1962) Ernie Glazer Breaking Point - And James Was a Very Small Snail (1963) Wagon Train - The Molly Kincaid Story (1963) Al the Bartender I'm Dickens, He's Fenster - Is There a Doctor in the House? (1963) Dr. Levy The Rogues - Hugger-Mugger, by the Sea (1964) Hogan My Favorite Martian - Who Am I? (1964) Dr. Gilbert The New Twilight Zone -Examination Day/A Message from Charity (1985) Tom Carter Kraft Suspense Theatre - Kill No More (1965) Howard Link Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea - Deadly Invasion (1966) General Haines

Felony Squad - Prologue to Murder (1966) Dr. Kilmer Mission: Impossible - Operation Heart (1967) Dr. Levya Laredo - The Seventh Day (1967) Bartender The Ghost & Mrs. Muir - The Ghost Hunter (1968) Prof. Maxwell The Wild Wild West - The Night of the Death-Maker (1968) Gillespie The Flying Nun - A Fish Story (1968) Ogden The Bold Ones: The Senator - The Day the Lion Died (1970) Kellerman The Governor & J.J. - Charley's Back in Town (1970) Abel Mellon The Partners - New Faces (1971) Dr. Mitchell The Mod Squad - And a Little Child Shall Bleed Them (1971) Doctor The Doris Day Show - A Fine Romance (1971) Capt. Mallory The Bold Ones: The New Doctors - An Inalienable Right to Die (1972) Carl Hedge The Rookies - The Good Die Young (1972) Dr. Parkman Temperatures Rising - Good Luck, Leftkowitz (1972) General O'Hara, U.S. Treasury - Operation: Dorias (1972) Dr. Julian Chase - The Garbage Man (1973) Franco Emergency! - Inheritance Tax (1973) Marshall Shaft - The Killing (1973) Judge Graves Kolchak: The Night Stalker - The Energy Eater (1974) Frank Wesley Lucas Tanner - Cheers (1974) Dr. Wells The Rockford Files - Just by Accident (1975) The Announcer Gemini Man - Night Train to Dallas (1976) Conductor Charlie's Angels - Angels in the Wings (1977) Austin Wells Fantasy Island - Seance/Treasure (1979) Mr. McCloud Concrete Cowboys - Episode #1.1 (1981) The Deacon Buck Rogers in the 25th Century - Time of the Hawk (1981) High Judge Voyagers! - The Travels of Marco... and Friends (1982) Isaac Wolfstein Hunter - Pen Pals (1984) Judge Dallas - Fools Rush In (1984) Simon & Simon - The Skull of Nostradamus (1985) Convention Official St. Elsewhere - Tears of a Clown (1985) Knight Rider - Custom Made Killer (1985) Phil Comedy Factory - Man About Town (1986) Man in Museum MacGyver - Every Time She Smiles (1986) Bulgarian Officer Cagney & Lacey - Right to Remain Silent (1987) Nat Weinreich TV 101 - The Last Temptation of Checker: Part 1 (1989) Jack Gregory The Hogan Family - The Franklin Family (1990) Jerry Grundig Bodies of Evidence - Eleven Grains of Sand (1993) Earl Stern ER - Blizzard (1994) Mr. Bozinsky NYPD Blue - Torah! Torah! Torah! (1995) Rabbi Rosenthal

Feature-length films

The Pathfinder (1952) Narrator Voodoo Tiger (1952) Karl Werner, aka Heinrich Schultz Last Train from Bombay (1952) Capt. Tamil Blackhawk (1952) Mr. Case/The Leader Without Warning! (1952) Cab co Dispatcher Killer Ape (1953) The Medical Officer Slaves of Babylon (1953) Narrator Sky Commando (1953) Major Scott Run for the Hills (1953) Phineas Cragg The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms (1953) ER Doctor (also dialogue director) The Lost Planet (1953) Dr. Ernst Grood Siren of Bagdad (1953) Telar Serpent of the Nile (1953) Octavius The Glass Wall (1953) Inspector Toomey The Magnetic Monster (1953) Dr. Serny (also dialogue director) The Great Adventures of Captain Kidd (1953) Elias Smith The Silver Chalice (1954) Slave Riding with Buffalo Bill (1954) King Carney Naked Alibi (1954) Round Man Rogue Cop (1954) Rudy Down Three Dark Streets (1954) Paper Plant Superintendent Gog (1954) Dr. Hubertus (also dialogue director) The Iron Glove (1954) Opening Narrator Charge of the Lancers (1954) Opening Narrator Riders to the Stars (1954) Dr. Klinger the Shrink Running Wild (1955) Delmar Graves My Sister Eileen (1955) Shakespearean Actor The Big Knife (1955) Prize Fight Announcer The Scarlet Coat (1955) Major Russell The Adventures of Captain Africa (1955) Prime Minister Conquest of Space (1955) Elsbach Crashout (1955) (dialogue director) Cha-Cha-Cha Boom! (1956) Frank Kiss Them for Me (1957) War Correspondent Plunder Road (1957) Smog Officer/Narrator (also Asst to Producer)

The Tijuana Story (1957) .Reuben Galindo The Girl in the Kremlin (1957) Igor Smetka Top Secret Affair (1957) Reporter Lotzie Machine-Gun Kelly (1958) Detective Clinton A Nice Little Bank That Should Be Robbed (1958) Detective War of the Satellites (1958) Jason ibn Akad Let's Make Love (1960) Actor auditioning for Clement role Whatever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962) Motorcycle cop at beach The Interns (1962) Dr. Greenberg The New Interns (1964) Dr. Arthur Hellman, Psychiatrist The Misadventures of Merlin Jones (1964) Kohner, Lie Detector Operator A Tiger Walks (1964) Television Interviewer Billie (1965) Ray Case, Reporter Angel's Flight (1965) Jake the Bartender Now You See It, Now You Don't (1968) Inspector Delon The Legend of Lylah Clare (1968) Announcer Seven in Darkness (1969) The Pilot Bloody Mama (1970) Dr. Roth The Dunwich Horror (1970) Dr. Raskin If Tomorrow Comes (1971) Judge The Judge and Jake Wyler(1972) Doctor Simon Two for the Money (1972) Hospital Administrator The Missiles of October (1974) Soviet Marshal Young Frankenstein (1974) Helga's Father The Longest Yard (1974) Announcer Collision Course: Truman vs. MacArthur (1976) Adm. Sherman Dempsey (1983) Judge Dooling The Malibu Bikini Shop (1986) Uncle Dave Quicksilver (1986) Broker at Lunch Over the Top (1987) Jim Olson She Was Marked for Murder (1988) Skinheads (1989) Saul

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} Weaver, Tom (2004). It Came from Horrorwood: Interviews with Moviemakers in the Science Fiction and Horror Tradition. McFarland & Company. pp. 102–121. ISBN 978-0786420698. 
2. ^ Michael Fox at Find a Grave

See also

Dr. Fox effect

External links

• Michael Fox at the Internet Movie Database

Persondata
Name	Fox, Michael
Alternative names
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Date of birth	February 27, 1921
Place of birth	Yonkers, New York
Date of death	June 1, 1996
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