He portrayed King Edward VIII in the television drama "Edward &amp; Mrs. Simpson" (1978). In the film "Gandhi" (1982), Fox portrayed Brigadier-General Reginald Dyer, who was responsible for the Amritsar massacre in India. He then appeared as M in the unofficial Bond film "Never Say Never Again" (1983), a remake of "Thunderball" (1965). He also appeared in "The Bounty" (1984) and "Wild Geese II" (1985), both opposite Laurence Olivier, and in "The Importance of Being Earnest" (2002), "Nicholas Nickleby" (2002), and "Stage Beauty" (2004).