Michael Fox

Michael Fox (born Myron Melvin Fox, February 27, 1921 – June 1, 1996) was an American character actor who appeared in numerous films and television shows. 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.

Early life Fox was born in Yonkers, New York, to Jacob Fox, an Austrian-born salesman, and his wife, the former Josephine Berkowitz. He was the youngest of four children, and the third son.

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. and also participated in the generation of additional materials in at least one follow-up study. In the initial demonstration of this effect, Fox delivered an engaging and expressive lecture that contained no meaningful content, and yet, the audience rated Fox just as highly as a genuine professor's lecture. The Dr. Fox effect has been often cited as a critique of the validity of student evaluations of teaching.

Personal life and death He was married to Hannah, an actress he met while acting in the stage play The Dybbuk. Borrowing a car from Dorothy Gish, Fox drove Hannah to a judge and married her between the matinee and evening performances of The Story of Mary Surratt. His death was written into The Bold and the Beautiful.

Acting roles

Non-recurring or 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 Perry Mason - The Case of the Runaway Corpse (1957) - Dr. Hoxie The Case of the Prodigal Parent (1958) - Dr. Samuel Anders The Case of the Caretaker's Cat (1959) - Autopsy Surgeon The Case of the Bedeviled Doctor (1959) - Dr. Hoxie The Case of the Lame Canary (1959) - Dr. Hoxie The Case of the Artful Dodger (1959) - Autopsy Surgeon The Case of the Singular Double (1960) - Autopsy Surgeon The Case of the Fickle Fortune (1961) - Autopsy Surgeon The Case of the Wintry Wife (1961) - Autopsy Surgeon The Case of the Duplicate Daughter (1961) - Autopsy Surgeon The Case of the Promoter's Pillbox (1962) - Autopsy Surgeon The Case of the Bogus Books (1962) - Coroner's Physician The Case of the Libellous Locket (1963) - Physician The Case of the Golden Oranges (1963) - Coroner's Physician The Case of the Witless Witness (1963) - Autopsy Surgeon The Case of the Festive Felon (1963) - Surgeon The Case of the Bogus Buccaneers (1966) - Abe Heyman 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 (uncredited) 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 Mission: Impossible Operation Heart (1967) - Dr. Levya Underwater (1971) - Mr. Conners (uncredited) The Bold and the Beautiful - Saul Feinberg (316 episodes)

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) - Lieutenant 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 Lieutenant Heldon Meet McGraw - The Fighter (1957) - Sorrento Undercurrent - Front Page Father (1957) - Malcolm Slade Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1957) (Season 2 Episode 15: Crackpot) - Sergeant 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 Laredo - The Seventh Day (1967) - Bartender The Ghost & Mrs. Muir - The Ghost Hunter (1968) - Professor 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) - Captain Mallory The Bold Ones: The New Doctors - An Inalienable Right to Die (1972) - Carl Hedge The Rookies - The Good Die Young (1972) - Dr. Parkman Columbo - Etude in Black (1972) - Dr. Benson 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 Tales from the Darkside - Episode #1-17 Madness Room (1983) - The Husband 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 (final appearance)

Feature-length films

Without Warning! (1952) - Cab co Dispatcher (uncredited) Blackhawk (1952) - Mr. Case / The Leader Last Train from Bombay (1952) - Captain Tamil Voodoo Tiger (1952) - Karl Werner, aka Heinrich Schultz The Pathfinder (1952) - Narrator (voice, uncredited) The Magnetic Monster (1953, also dialogue director) - Dr. Serny The Glass Wall (1953) - Inspector Toomey Serpent of the Nile (1953) - Octavius Siren of Bagdad (1953) - Telar The Lost Planet (1953) - Dr. Ernst Grood The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms (1953, also dialogue director) - ER Doctor Run for the Hills (1953) - Phineas Cragg Sky Commando (1953) - Major Scott The Great Adventures of Captain Kidd (1953) - Elias Smith (uncredited) Slaves of Babylon (1953) - Narrator (voice, uncredited) Killer Ape (1953) - The Medical Officer (uncredited) Riders to the Stars (1954) - Dr. Klinger (psychiatrist) Charge of the Lancers (1954) - Narrator (voice, uncredited) The Iron Glove (1954) - Opening Narrator (voice, uncredited) Gog (1954, also dialogue director) - Dr. Hubertus Down Three Dark Streets (1954) - Paper Plant Superintendent (uncredited) Rogue Cop (1954) - Rudy (uncredited) Naked Alibi (1954) - Round Man (uncredited) Riding with Buffalo Bill (1954) - King Carney Masterson of Kansas (1954) - Bartender (uncredited) The Silver Chalice (1954) - Slave (uncredited) Conquest of Space (1955) - Elsbach The Adventures of Captain Africa (1955) - Prime Minister The Scarlet Coat (1955) - Major Russell (uncredited) The Big Knife (1955) - Prize Fight Announcer (uncredited) My Sister Eileen (1955) - Shakespearean actor (uncredited) Running Wild (1955) - Delmar Graves Crashout (1955, dialogue director) Cha-Cha-Cha Boom! (1956) - Frank (uncredited) Top Secret Affair (1957) - Reporter Lotzie The Girl in the Kremlin (1957) - Igor Smetka The Tijuana Story (1957) - Reuben Galindo Plunder Road (1957, also Asst to Producer) - Smog Officer / Narrator Kiss Them for Me (1957) - War Correspondent (uncredited) War of the Satellites (1958) - Jason ibn Akad Machine-Gun Kelly (1958) - Detective Clinton A Nice Little Bank That Should Be Robbed (1958) - Detective (uncredited) Let's Make Love (1960) - Actor auditioning for Clement role (uncredited) The Interns (1962) - Dr. Greenberg (uncredited) Whatever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962) - TV Commercial Man The Misadventures of Merlin Jones (1964) - Kohner, Lie Detector Operator (uncredited) A Tiger Walks (1964) - Television Interviewer (uncredited) The New Interns (1964) - Dr. Arthur Hellman, Psychiatrist Billie (1965) - Ray Case, Reporter Angel's Flight (1965) - Jake the Bartender The Legend of Lylah Clare (1968) - Announcer Now You See It, Now You Don't (1968, TV Movie) - Inspector Delon Seven in Darkness (1969, TV Movie) - The Pilot The Dunwich Horror (1970) - Dr. Raskin Bloody Mama (1970) - Dr. Roth If Tomorrow Comes (1971, TV Movie) - Judge Two for the Money (1972, TV Movie) - Hospital Administrator Wild in the Sky (1972) The Judge and Jake Wyler (1972, TV Movie) - Doctor Simon The Longest Yard (1974) - Announcer Young Frankenstein (1974) - Helga's Father The Missiles of October (1974, TV Movie) - Soviet Marshal Collision Course: Truman vs. MacArthur (1976, TV Movie) - Admiral Sherman Dempsey (1983, TV Movie) - Judge Dooling Quicksilver (1986) - Broker at Lunch The Malibu Bikini Shop (1986) - Uncle Dave Over the Top (1987) - Jim Olson She Was Marked for Murder (1988, TV Movie) Skinheads (1989) - Saul