---
name: "Tom Fox"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/tom-fox-67490"
fi1m_id: "tom-fox-67490"
imdb_id: "nm0289284"
tmdb_id: 67490
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "16 September 1935"
died: "16 July 2004"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-07T04:33:03.223076+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Tom Fox

## Identity

Tom Fox

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/tom-fox-67490
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** tom-fox-67490
- **IMDb ID:** nm0289284
- **TMDB ID:** 67490
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0289284/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/67490

Producer. Born 16 September 1935 in Illinois. Died 16 July 2004.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 16 September 1935, Illinois
- **Died:** 16 July 2004
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0289284/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/67490

## Streaming the US now

- **AMC+:** [*The Return of the Living Dead*](https://film.one/film/the-return-of-the-living-dead.md) (79)

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## Biography

Tom Fox (1935–2004) was an American film producer. He is best known for producing the horror film *The Return of the Living Dead* (1985).

A former investment banker from Illinois, Fox acquired the rights to John Russo’s screenplay in the early 1980s and brought the project to the screen with Dan O’Bannon directing. He also produced *Return of the Living Dead Part II* (1988) and *Return of the Living Dead III* (1993), and served as executive producer on later entries in the series. His other credits include *Blue Monkey* (1987), *Dark Tower* (1989) and *Madhouse* (2004).

*Sources: imdb.com, horror-asylum.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Return of the Living Dead* (1985), Fi1m 79, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-return-of-the-living-dead.md)

## Complete filmography (11)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Return of the Living Dead: Necropolis* (2005), Executive Producer
- *Return of the Living Dead: Rave to the Grave* (2005), Executive Producer
- *Madhouse* (2004), Producer
- *DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story* (2004), Video Assist Operator
- *Enough* (2002), as Cableman
- *Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back* (2001), Video Assist Operator
- *Return of the Living Dead III* (1993), Producer
- *Return of the Living Dead Part II* (1988), Producer
- *Dark Tower* (1987), Executive Producer
- *Blue Monkey* (1987), Executive Producer
- *The Return of the Living Dead* (1985), Producer — Fi1m 79, [page](https://film.one/film/the-return-of-the-living-dead.md)

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