er . ▁He ▁was ▁born ▁in ▁Port ▁Tal bot , ▁G lam organ , ▁the ▁son ▁of ▁Queen ie ▁( née ▁Bar rett ) ▁and ▁Ger ald ▁Law son , ▁both ▁stage ▁actors . ▁He ▁had ▁an ▁older ▁sister , ▁M av is , ▁and ▁his ▁uncle ▁was ▁English ▁actor ▁Wil fr id ▁Law son . ▁ ▁Career ▁ ▁Film ▁Fox ▁began ▁his ▁film ▁career ▁at ▁the ▁age ▁of ▁ 1 8 ▁months , ▁and ▁by ▁the ▁age ▁of ▁ 1 4 ▁he ▁was ▁an ▁app rent ice ▁assistant ▁manager ▁of ▁a ▁theatre . ▁After ▁serving ▁with ▁the ▁Royal ▁Navy ▁in ▁World ▁War ▁II ▁and ▁the ▁Korean ▁War , ▁he ▁res umed ▁his ▁acting ▁career ▁and ▁appeared ▁in ▁over ▁ 3 0 ▁cinema ▁films ▁from ▁ 1 9 5 6 ▁to ▁ 2 0 0 4 , ▁include ▁two ▁cin ematic ▁dram at izations ▁of ▁the ▁s inking ▁of ▁the ▁do omed ▁passenger ▁l iner ▁the ▁R MS ▁T itan ic , ▁separated ▁by ▁ 3 9 ▁years , ▁viz , ▁T itan ic ▁( 1 9 9 7 ) ▁( as ▁Colonel ▁Arch ib ald ▁G rac ie ▁IV ) ▁and ▁the ▁earlier ▁version ▁of ▁the ▁tra ged y ▁A ▁Night ▁to ▁Remember ▁( 1 9 5 8 ) ▁( un cred ited ▁as ▁Frederick ▁Fle et ). ▁In ▁the ▁latter , ▁he ▁delivered ▁the ▁line ▁" I ce berg ▁dead ▁ahead , ▁sir !" ▁while ▁playing ▁the ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁sail or ▁in ▁the ▁ship ' s ▁crow ' s ▁nest