Biography
Frank Dixon Cox (28 May 1940 β 27 April 2021) was a British television director from the 1960s to the 1990s. He was married to actress Bridget Turner until her death in 2014.Cox studied English at the University of Leeds from which he graduated in 1962. He did not get into the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA), but took a job as a floor assistant at the BBC. He was then offered a position on the BBC's training course for directors. Among his first assignments were three episodes of the first season of Doctor Who.Of all the directors who worked on the 1963 to 1989 run of Doctor Who, Cox was the only one who did not direct an entire serial at some stage.
He died in April 2021 at the age of 80.
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Filmography
all 15
Director 13
TV Shows 10
Movies 5
self 2
Self
Over the Edge: The Story of "The Edge of Destruction" (2006)
Movie
Self
Inside the Spaceship: The Story of the TARDIS (2006)
Movie
Director
P.Q. 17 (1981)
Movie
Director
Take the High Road (1980)
TV
Director
Sutherland's Law (1973)
TV
Director
The View from Daniel Pike (1971)
TV
Director
Barlow (1971)
TV
Director
Play for Today (1970)
TV
Director
Doomwatch (1970)
TV
Director
Paul Temple (1969)
TV
Director
The First Lady (1968)
TV
Director
Softly, Softly (1966)
TV
Director
Doctor Who: The Sensorites (1964)
Movie
Director
Doctor Who: The Edge of Destruction (1964)
Movie
Director
Doctor Who (1963)
TV
5.28
Ratings
Average 5.48
Based on 42.2 Thousand movie and tv ratings over time
1963
1968
1971
1973
2006
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Information
Known ForDirecting
GenderMale
Birthday1940-05-28
Deathday2021-04-29 (80 years old)
Birth PlaceLondon, United Kingdom
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