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Charles Fox

Known for: Sound

Biography: 1940-10-30 (84 years old)

Biography

Charles Ira Fox (born October 30, 1940) is an American composer for film and television. His compositions include the sunshine pop musical backgrounds which accompanied every episode of the 1970s ABC-TV show Love, American Style; the theme song for the late 1970s ABC series The Love Boat; and the dramatic theme music to ABC's Wide World of Sports and the original Monday Night Football; as well as the Grammy-winning hit song "Killing Me Softly with His Song", written in collaboration with Lori Lieberman and Fox's longtime writing partner, Norman Gimbel.

Filmography

all 86

Movies 83

TV Shows 3

self 2

Composer

Charles Fox

Biography

Filmography

all 86

Movies 83

TV Shows 3

self 2

Killing Me Softly with His Songs (2022)

The Bronx, USA (2019)

100 Voices: A Journey Home (2010)

A Death in the Family (2002)

Conan (1997)

Innocent Victims (1996)

The Man Next Door (1996)

Gordy (1995)

Confessions: Two Faces of Evil (1994)

The Broken Chain (1993)

The Odd Couple: Together Again (1993)

Woman on the Ledge (1993)

The Great O'Grady (1993)

In My Daughter's Name (1992)

Christmas in Connecticut (1992)

Crash Landing: The Rescue of Flight 232 (1992)

Absolute Strangers (1991)

Held Hostage: The Sis and Jerry Levis Story (1991)

Repossessed (1990)

Voices Within: The Lives of Truddi Chase (1990)

A Family for Joe (1990)

Rich Men, Single Women (1990)

It Had to Be You (1989)

The Gods Must Be Crazy II (1989)

Tarzan in Manhattan (1989)

Going to the Chapel (1988)

Short Circuit 2 (1988)

Christmas Comes to Willow Creek (1987)

Deep Dark Secrets (1987)

Love at Stake (1987)

Unnatural Causes (1986)

The Parent Trap II (1986)

Betrayed by Innocence (1986)

The Longshot (1986)

National Lampoon's European Vacation (1985)

Doin' Time (1985)

A Summer to Remember (1985)

He's Not Your Son (1984)

Family Secrets (1984)

It's Not Easy (1983)

Strange Brew (1983)

Trenchcoat (1983)

Love Child (1982)

Zapped! (1982)

Six Pack (1982)

Little Darlings (1982)

Nine to Five (1980)

Oh, God! Book II (1980)

Why Would I Lie? (1980)

The Last Married Couple in America (1980)

Little Darlings (1980)

Wide World of Sports: 1970's A Decade in Review (1979)

Better Late Than Never (1979)

Rainbow (1978)

Foul Play (1978)

Our Winning Season (1978)

The Love Boat (1977)

One on One (1977)

The New Love Boat (1977)

Love Boat II (1977)

Victory at Entebbe (1976)

Two-Minute Warning (1976)

The Love Boat (1976)

Wide World of Sports 15th Anniversary Special (1976)

The Duchess and the Dirtwater Fox (1976)

Laverne & Shirley (1976)

The Legend of Valentino (1975)

The Other Side of the Mountain (1975)

Bug (1975)

My Father's House (1975)

Aloha Means Goodbye (1974)

The Stranger Within (1974)

The Laughing Policeman (1973)

Known For
Sound

Gender
Male

Birthday
1940-10-30 (84 years old)

Birth Name
Charles Ira Fox

Birth Place
New York City, New York, USA

Citizenships
United States of America