article_title name occupation yearsactive
philip fox -lrb- actor -rrb-
 philip fox actor 1982-present
philip fox -lrb- actor -rrb-

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 '' , `` midsomer murders '' and `` foyle 's war '' .
he also appeared in the film `` venus '' alongside peter o'toole .
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 .
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 unbroadcast pilot of the `` blackadder '' series , before being replaced by tony robinson in the role for the series itself .
