# Calling Doctor Bombay Home - Bernard Fox, RIP **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 15, 2016, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calling-doctor-bombay-home-bernard-fox-rip/774775 "2016-12-15T14:33:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8dc957/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2016, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calling-doctor-bombay-home-bernard-fox-rip/774775/1 "2016-12-15T14:33:26Z")
[2016 claims another victim.](http://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/news/bewitcheds-bernard-fox-dead-at-89/ar-AAlzUtV?li=BBnbfcL) Bernard Fox, or Dr. Bombay on _Bewitched_ has passed away at 89. I wasn’t a big fan of _Bewitched_, and I much prefer to remember Bernard Fox as Colonel Crittendon on _Hogan’s Heroes_. He played a very proper British Colonel whose adherence to procedures and dimwittedness screwed up a lot of Hogan’s plans. I also loved him in the movie _Titanic_, clinging onto the bow of the ship with Rose and Jack. I thought he was older than 89 though. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2016, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calling-doctor-bombay-home-bernard-fox-rip/774775/2 "2016-12-15T15:06:18Z")
Fox was a fixture in 1960’s and 70’s TV. He seemed to pop up at least once in most of my favorite shows. I remember him fondly in the Andy Griffith show. Playing Malcolm Mayweather in a guest role. A tourist from Europe traveling the US on bicycle. RIP ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2016, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calling-doctor-bombay-home-bernard-fox-rip/774775/3 "2016-12-15T15:06:54Z")
Dash it all! I liked Crittendon. Annoying, but not so over the top. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2016, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calling-doctor-bombay-home-bernard-fox-rip/774775/4 "2016-12-15T15:17:38Z")
I found Fox’s character, Malcolm in the Andy Griffith wiki. Fox had 3 wonderful appearances. They kept bringing him back. His last was in The Crossing Guard appearing with Ernest T Bass. Bass challenges him to a fight. > **[Malcolm Merriweather](https://mayberry.fandom.com/wiki/Malcolm_Merriweather)** > > Malcolm Merriweather is a traveling English valet who visits Mayberry on three occasions, each time working a temporary job. In "Malcolm at the Crossroads" it is revealed that he was a former member of the British regiment, the Coldstream Guards.... ---
**Author:** ![lost4life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@lost4life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lost4life)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2016, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calling-doctor-bombay-home-bernard-fox-rip/774775/5 "2016-12-15T15:47:21Z")
He was a great character actor, but his best role was definitely Dr. Mumbai. ---
**Author:** ![Don\_Draper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b2d939/32.png) [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2016, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calling-doctor-bombay-home-bernard-fox-rip/774775/6 "2016-12-15T16:13:28Z")
Is anyone left from the cast of “Bewitched” now? (Aside from Tabitha and Adam) ---
**Author:** ![GinoC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f4b2a3/32.png) [@GinoC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GinoC)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2016, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calling-doctor-bombay-home-bernard-fox-rip/774775/7 "2016-12-15T16:25:08Z")
He also had a great turn as the old RAF pilot in _The Mummy_. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2016, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calling-doctor-bombay-home-bernard-fox-rip/774775/8 "2016-12-15T16:29:48Z")
> [@lost4life](#): > > He was a great character actor, but his best role was definitely Dr. Mumbai. That was his name later in life, after the show. Be glad his original name wasn’t Dr. St. Petersberg.🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Cartoonacy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/848f3c/32.png) [@Cartoonacy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartoonacy)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2016, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calling-doctor-bombay-home-bernard-fox-rip/774775/9 "2016-12-15T16:35:13Z")
There’s a short-circuit deep within my brain that often causes me to confuse Bernard Fox with Billy De Wolfe. No matter, I liked them both. ---
**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2016, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calling-doctor-bombay-home-bernard-fox-rip/774775/10 "2016-12-15T17:26:54Z")
> [@Don\_Draper](#): > > Is anyone left from the cast of “Bewitched” now? (Aside from Tabitha and Adam) Jill Foster, one of the actresses who played Betty (a secretary at McMann and White) appeared in 10 episodes. I think she is still alive at the age of about 86. As far as I can tell, all the actors who appeared in more than 10 episodes are dead, excluding the children. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2016, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calling-doctor-bombay-home-bernard-fox-rip/774775/11 "2016-12-15T19:03:05Z")
> [@bibliophage](#): > > Jill Foster, one of the actresses who played Betty (a secretary at McMann and White) appeared in 10 episodes. I think she is still alive at the age of about 86. As far as I can tell, all the actors who appeared in more than 10 episodes are dead, excluding the children. If she has passed on, then the next in line is [Bernie Kopell](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0465728/) at 9 episodes who is not just alive but still working! Erin Murphy, who put in the most time in the role of Tabitha, is also still acting. The twin boys who played Adam have a weird [bio](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0492706/bio). Looking at Fox’s IMDb [page](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0288882/) raises a number of interesting points. E.g., is there anyone else who could have remotely had a chance to act in _Pee-wee’s Playhouse_ and _Titanic_? (An IMDb collaboration search turns up 5 others, all camera/visual effects, that worked on both.) ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2016, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calling-doctor-bombay-home-bernard-fox-rip/774775/12 "2016-12-15T19:11:08Z")
> [@Two\_Many\_Cats](#): > > I also loved him in the movie _Titanic_, clinging onto the bow of the ship with Rose and Jack. Stern, not bow. The ship went down by the head. But yeah, Col. Crittendon rocked! 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8dc957/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2016, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calling-doctor-bombay-home-bernard-fox-rip/774775/13 "2016-12-15T21:25:26Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > Stern, not bow. The ship went down by the head. > > But yeah, Col. Crittendon rocked! 🆒 Stern, bow, hardly matters old boy. What is important is that Britain still rules the seas, eh wot? ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2016, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calling-doctor-bombay-home-bernard-fox-rip/774775/14 "2016-12-16T00:02:40Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > Stern, not bow. The ship went down by the head. That big a ship and they concentrated the bathrooms at one end? ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2016, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calling-doctor-bombay-home-bernard-fox-rip/774775/15 "2016-12-16T00:29:00Z")
I believe he reprised his Dr Bombay role in _Sabrina the Teenage Witch_, which unofficially fit into the _Bewitched_ universe quite well. ---
**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2016, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calling-doctor-bombay-home-bernard-fox-rip/774775/16 "2016-12-16T03:17:33Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > I believe he reprised his Dr Bombay role in _Sabrina the Teenage Witch_, which unofficially fit into the _Bewitched_ universe quite well. Didn’t he play Dr Bombay on **Passions** too? Honestly I had no idea he was even still alive until now. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2016, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calling-doctor-bombay-home-bernard-fox-rip/774775/17 "2016-12-16T04:19:06Z")
Calling Dr Mumbai, Calling Dr Mumbai Emergency, Come and Say Hi? Its Just not the same RIP Malcolm Merriweather, Maybe Aunt Bee has got some her cooking sherry for you. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2016, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calling-doctor-bombay-home-bernard-fox-rip/774775/18 "2016-12-17T16:04:24Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > I believe he reprised his Dr Bombay role in _Sabrina the Teenage Witch_, which unofficially fit into the _Bewitched_ universe quite well. Nope. Just _Passions_ and the _Bewitched_ spin-off _Tabitha_. No Dr. Bombay, played by anyone, is listed for _StTW_. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2016, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calling-doctor-bombay-home-bernard-fox-rip/774775/19 "2016-12-17T16:23:32Z")
I found this line interesting. _He had a long film résumé as well, appearing in both the 1958 Titanic film A Night to Remember and 1997’s Titanic._ ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2016, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calling-doctor-bombay-home-bernard-fox-rip/774775/20 "2016-12-17T20:55:41Z")
I remember his MASH episode, which was hilariously badly written. He portrayed the most stereotypical British person possible, but he did so in the best possible way an actor could do. I know I’ve seen him in many other things as well. Always talented. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calling-doctor-bombay-home-bernard-fox-rip/774775.md?page=2)