Michael Fox first "trod the boards" in grade school plays in his
hometown of Yonkers, New York. After toying with the idea of becoming a
history teacher, Fox did "something as foreign to my nature as one
could think of", becoming a "boomer" (a migratory railroad worker) and
taking jobs as a brakeman with various lines. His interest in acting
was rekindled in the
mid-'40s and he appeared in several "little
theater" plays in Los Angeles. An acting-directing stint in a Players
Ring production of "Home of the Brave" caught the eye of
Harry Sauber,
an associate of exploitation mogul "Jungle Sam"
Sam Katzman, and Fox landed his first film
role
(
A Yank in Indo-China (1952)).
He appeared in dozens of movies (and innumerable TV episodes) in the
decades since; one of his regular TV roles was as the coroner in the
courtroom drama
Perry Mason (1957).
The Bold and the Beautiful(1987)as Saul Feinberg
NYPD Blue(1993)as Rabbi Rosenthal
ER(1994)as Mr. Bozinsky
Bodies of Evidence(1992)as Earl Stern
Civil Wars(1991)
Riders to the Stars(1954)
Plunder Road(1957)
Crashout(1955)
Gog(1954)
The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms(1953)
L'antre du Mea(2010)as Self
Kolchak: Crackle of Death(1974)as Frank Wesley (segment: The Energy Eater)
The Magical World of Disney(1954)as Television Interviewer
