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Alan Cox (actor)

Alan Cox (actor)

British actor

Alan Douglas Cox (born 6 August 1970) is a British actor. He portrayed a teenage Dr. Watson in Young Sherlock Holmes in 1985.

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Life and career

Cox was born in Westminster, London, and is the son of Scottish Emmy Award-winning actor Brian Cox and his second wife, actress Caroline Burt.[1] Cox was educated at St Paul's School in London.[2] He has a sister, Margaret, and two half brothers Orson Jonathan Cox and Torin Kamran Cox.

Cox portrayed the young John Mortimer the 1982 TV adaptation of his play A Voyage Round My Father, starring opposite Laurence Olivier.[3] He is probably most widely known for his role in Young Sherlock Holmes (1985), where he played a teenage version of Dr. Watson.[4] Other films include An Awfully Big Adventure (1995), Mrs. Dalloway (1997),[5] and The Auteur Theory (1999).[6] In 2011, Cox also co-starred as a nudist named Cory Beck in the independent comedy Act Naturally.

Filmography

Film

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Television

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Bibliography

  • Holmstrom, John. The Moving Picture Boy: An International Encyclopaedia from 1895 to 1995. Norwich, Michael Russell, 1996, p. 381.

References

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    Gordon, Bryony (30 October 2021). "Brian Cox Unleashed". National Post. Toronto. p. F22. Retrieved 25 January 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
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    Jury, Louise (21 April 2015). "Boris the inspiration for satire's wannabe PM". Evening Standard. London. p. 31. Retrieved 25 January 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
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    James, Clive (7 March 1982). "Television: Better than ever". The Observer. London. p. 48. Retrieved 25 January 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
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    Maslin, Janet (23 July 1995). "A look at Hugh Grant before his big success". The Daily Advertiser. Lafayette, Louisiana. p. C6. Retrieved 25 May 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
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    Mills, Nancy (4 December 1985). "Taking the Cloak off Young Sherlock". Los Angeles Times. New York Times News Service. p. C-6. Retrieved 25 January 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
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    Macor, Alison (13 October 2000). "Now Playing at the Austin Film Festival: The Auteur Theory". Austin American-Statesman. p. E5. Retrieved 25 January 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
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