Bernard Fox obit

‘Bewitched’ actor Bernard Fox dies at 89

He was not on the list.

Bernard Fox, the mustachioed actor known to TV viewers as Dr. Bombay on “Bewitched” and Col. Crittendon on “Hogan’s Heroes,” has died. He was 89.

Harlan Boll, a spokesman for Fox’s family, said he died Wednesday of heart failure at a Los Angeles-area hospital.

The Welsh-born actor’s extensive, wide-ranging film and TV credits included “The Mummy,” ”Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo,” ”The Dyke Van Dyke Show,” ”McHale’s Navy” and “Columbo.”

He appeared in both 1997’s “Titanic,” playing Col. Archibald Gracie, and in a 1958 movie about the ship tragedy, “A Night to Remember.” He had an uncredited role in the latter, playing a sailor who delivers the line, “Iceberg’s dead ahead, sir!,” according to his family.

The actor spoofed his portrayal of the warlock physician Dr. Bombay on a 1989 episode of “Pee-wee’s Playhouse,” appearing as Dr. Jinga-Janga.

On “Hogan’s Heroes,” he played the incompetent Crittendon, a Royal Air Force group captain referred to as the colonel.

He appeared in two episodes of the Andy Griffith show as the English valet Malcolm Merriwether. He also appeared in several Disney films. He provided the voice of the Chairmouse in "The Rescuers", and its sequel, "The Rescuers Down Under". He also played the role of Max in "Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo" and a car salesman in "The Million Dollar Duck."

He is survived by his wife, Jacqueline; daughter Amanda; daughter-in-law Lisa, and two grandchildren. Another daughter, Valerie, died in 2006, his family said.

His filmography:

Film

    Soho Incident (aka Spin a Dark Web) (1956) – McLeod (uncredited)

    Home and Away (1956) – Johnnie Knowles

    The Counterfeit Plan (1956) – Detective Sergeant

    Blue Murder at St. Trinian's (1957) – Photographer (uncredited)

    The Safecracker (1958) – Shafter

    A Night to Remember (1958) – Lookout Frederick Fleet (uncredited)

    The Two-Headed Spy (1958) – Lieutenant

    Captured (1959)

    The Longest Day (1962) – Pvt. Hutchinson (uncredited)

    The List of Adrian Messenger (1963) – Lynch (uncredited)

    Honeymoon Hotel (1964) – Room Clerk

    Quick, Before It Melts (1964) – Leslie Folliott

    Strange Bedfellows (1965) – Policeman

    Munster, Go Home! (1966) – Squire Lester Moresby

    Hold On! (1966) – Dudley Hawks

    One of Our Spies Is Missing (1966) – Jordin

    Star! (1968) – Assistant to Lord Chamberlain (uncredited)

    The Bamboo Saucer (1968) – Ephram

    Big Jake (1971) – Scottish Shepherd (uncredited)

    The Million Dollar Duck (1971) – Car Salesman (uncredited)

    The Hound of the Baskervilles (1972) – Dr. Watson

    Arnold (1973) – Constable Hooke

    The Rescuers (1977) – The Chairman (voice)

    Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo (1977) – Max

    Alien Zone (1978) – Inspector McDowal

    The Private Eyes (1980) – Justin

    Gauguin the Savage (1980) – Captain Chablat

    Yellowbeard (1983) – Tarbuck

    18 Again! (1988) – Horton

    The Rescuers Down Under (1990) – Chairman / Doctor (voice)

    Titanic (1997) – Col. Archibald Gracie

    The Mummy (1999) – Captain Winston Havelock

    Surge of Power: The Stuff of Heroes (2004) – Himself (final film role)

Television

    The Danny Thomas Show (1962–1963, "Danny's English Friend", and Danny's "Girl Shy" in the "Make Room For Daddy" series.) – Alfie Wingate

    The Andy Griffith Show (1963–1965) – Malcolm Merriweather (3 episodes)

    McHale's Navy (1964) – Sub-Lieutenant Clivedon

    The Dick Van Dyke Show (1964–1965) – The Detective / Ogden Darwell / Mr. Caldwell

    Twelve O'Clock High (1964–1966) – Sgt. Major Higgins / Major Dutton / Colonel Charles

    Perry Mason (1965) – Peter Stange

    F-Troop (1965) – Major Bentley Ross

    Hogan's Heroes (1965–1970, 8 episodes, including dual roles in two-part episode "Lady Chitterly's Lover") – Colonel Crittendon / Sir Charles Chitterly

    I Dream of Jeannie (1966, season 1, episode 18 "Is There an Extra Jeannie in the House?") – Arnie

    The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1966) – Jordin / Brutus Thor

    Bewitched (1966–1972) – Dr. Bombay (18 episodes) / Osgood Rightmire (once)

    The Wide Open Door (1967) – Jack

    The Monkees (1968, season 2, episode 55 "Monkees Mind Their Manor") – Sir Twiggly Toppen Middlebottom

    Here Come the Brides (1969) – Father Ned

    Columbo: Dagger of the Mind (1972) – Det. Chief Supt. William Durk

    The Son-in-Law

    Intertect (1973) – Barrett

    Columbo: Troubled Waters (1975) – Purser Watkins

    Cannon (1975) 5x05 The Victim as Allen Farrell

    Soap (1977–1981) – Randolph Gatling, brother of Mary and Jessica (1 episode)

    Tabitha (1977–1978) – Dr. Bombay (2 episodes)

    M*A*S*H (1978) – Major Ross

    What's Happening!! (1978) – Britisher

    The Dukes of Hazzard (1980) Higgins the Butler "Southern Comfurts" season 2 episode 23

    Sherlock & Me (1981)

    “Murder, She Wrote” (1986, “One White Rose for Death”) - Andrew Wyckham

    Pee-wee's Playhouse (1989, "Sick? Did Somebody Say Sick?") – Dr. Jinga-Janga

    Dharma and Greg (2001, "Without Reservations") – Henry Cooper