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Patric Knowles
Actor
Born November 11, 1911Died December 23, 1995 (84 years)
Reginald Lawrence Knowles (11 November 1911 – 23 December 1995) was an English film actor who renamed himself Patric Knowles, a name which reflects his Irish descent. He appeared in films of the 1930s through the 1970s. He made his film debut in 1933, and played either first or second film leads throughout his career.
In his first American film, Give Me Your Heart (1936), released in Great Britain as Sweet Aloes, Knowles was cast as a titled Englishman of means.
While making The Charge of the Light Brigade (1936) at Lone Pine, California, he befriended Errol Flynn, whose acquaintance he had made when both were under contract to Warner Bros. in England. Since that film, in which Knowles played the part of Capt. Perry Vickers, the brother of Flynn's Maj. Geoffrey Vickers, he was cast more frequently as straitlaced characters alongside Flynn's flamboyant ones, notably as Will Scarlet in The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938). Both actors starred as well in Four's A Crowd, also in 1938.
More than two decades after Flynn's death, biographer Charles Higham sullied Flynn's memory by accusing him of having been a fascist sympathizer and Nazi spy. Knowles, who had served in World War II as a flying instructor in the RCAF, came to Flynn's defense, writing Rebuttal for a Friend as an epilogue to Tony Thomas' Errol Flynn: The Spy Who Never Was (Citadel Press, 1990) ISBN 080651180X.
Knowles was a freelance film actor from 1939 until his last film appearance in 1973. In the 1940s, he was known for playing protagonists in a number of horror films, including The Wolf Man (1941) and Frankenstein Meets the Wolfman (1943).
Knowles was also cast as comic foils in a number of comedies such as Abbott and Costello's Who Done It? (1942) and Hit The Ice (1943). He also appeared opposite Jack Kelly in a 1957 episode of the television series Maverick called "The Wrecker", which was based on a Robert Louis Stevenson adventure and co-starred James Garner.
Knowles was inducted into the Hollywood Walk of Fame and wrote a novel called Even Steven (Vantage Press, 1960) ASIN B0006RMC2G. He was cremated. His ashes were either given to a friend or family.
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In his first American film, Give Me Your Heart (1936), released in Great Britain as Sweet Aloes, Knowles was cast as a titled Englishman of means.
While making The Charge of the Light Brigade (1936) at Lone Pine, California, he befriended Errol Flynn, whose acquaintance he had made when both were under contract to Warner Bros. in England. Since that film, in which Knowles played the part of Capt. Perry Vickers, the brother of Flynn's Maj. Geoffrey Vickers, he was cast more frequently as straitlaced characters alongside Flynn's flamboyant ones, notably as Will Scarlet in The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938). Both actors starred as well in Four's A Crowd, also in 1938.
More than two decades after Flynn's death, biographer Charles Higham sullied Flynn's memory by accusing him of having been a fascist sympathizer and Nazi spy. Knowles, who had served in World War II as a flying instructor in the RCAF, came to Flynn's defense, writing Rebuttal for a Friend as an epilogue to Tony Thomas' Errol Flynn: The Spy Who Never Was (Citadel Press, 1990) ISBN 080651180X.
Knowles was a freelance film actor from 1939 until his last film appearance in 1973. In the 1940s, he was known for playing protagonists in a number of horror films, including The Wolf Man (1941) and Frankenstein Meets the Wolfman (1943).
Knowles was also cast as comic foils in a number of comedies such as Abbott and Costello's Who Done It? (1942) and Hit The Ice (1943). He also appeared opposite Jack Kelly in a 1957 episode of the television series Maverick called "The Wrecker", which was based on a Robert Louis Stevenson adventure and co-starred James Garner.
Knowles was inducted into the Hollywood Walk of Fame and wrote a novel called Even Steven (Vantage Press, 1960) ASIN B0006RMC2G. He was cremated. His ashes were either given to a friend or family.
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Known For
Filmography
| 2004 | Robin Hood: The First Outlaw Hero · as Will Scarlett |
| 2002 | |
| 1973 | Arnold · as Douglas Whitehead |
| 1973 | Terror in the Wax Museum · as Mr. Southcott |
| 1972 | The Man · as South African Consul |
| 1971 | Getting Together (TV Series) |
| 1970 | Chisum · as Henry Tunstall |
| 1969 | Marcus Welby, M.D. (TV Series) · as Otis Carstairs |
| 1968 | The Devil's Brigade · as Adm. Lord Mountbatten |
| 1968 | In Enemy Country · as General Lloyd-Griffis |
| 1967 | Garrison's Gorillas (TV Series) |
| 1967 | The Way West · as Captain Grant |
| 1966 | Jericho (TV Series) |
| 1966 | Family Affair (TV Series) |
| 1966 | The Wolfman · as Frank Andrews, Gamekeeper |
| 1965 | Mona McCluskey (TV Series) · as Trevor Blake |
| 1964 | The Rogues (TV Series) · as Major Hamilton |
| 1963 | |
| 1961 | Whispering Smith (TV Series) · as Judge Wilbur Harrington |
| 1960 | Klondike (TV Series) · as Carson |
| 1960 | The Jim Backus Show (TV Series) · as Lucifer Ferris |
| 1960 | The Islanders (TV Series) · as Peter La Costa |
| 1960 | The Barbara Stanwyck Show (TV Series) · as Simon Lambert |
| 1960 | Checkmate (TV Series) · as Bill Foster [pearson In Credits] |
| 1959 | Hawaiian Eye (TV Series) |
| 1959 | Tightrope (TV Series) |
| 1958 | Auntie Mame · as Lindsay Woolsey |
| 1958 | From the Earth to the Moon · as Josef Cartier |
| 1958 | 77 Sunset Strip (TV Series) |
| 1958 | Peter Gunn (TV Series) |
| 1957 | Maverick (TV Series) · as Paul Carthew |
| 1957 | Wagon Train (TV Series) · as Bert Johnson |
| 1957 | Have Gun, Will Travel (TV Series) |
| 1957 | Band of Angels · as Charles De Marigny |
| 1956 | Tales of the 77th Bengal Lancers (TV Series) |
| 1955 | Matinee Theater (TV Series) |
| 1955 | No Man's Woman · as Wayne Vincent |
| 1955 | The 20th Century-Fox Hour (TV Series) |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke (TV Series) · as Macintosh |
| 1955 | The Jane Wyman Show (TV Series) · as Bachelor |
| 1955 | The Millionaire (TV Series) · as Martin Scott |
| 1954 | Disneyland (TV Series) · as Cyril Cunningham |
| 1954 | Studio 57 (TV Series) · as Charles |
| 1954 | Khyber Patrol · as George Kennely |
| 1954 | The Whistler (TV Series) · as Chris Moore |
| 1954 | World for Ransom · as Julian March |
| 1953 | The United States Steel Hour (TV Series) · as Richard Voyson |
| 1953 | Flame of Calcutta · as Capt. Keith Lambert |
| 1953 | The Revlon Mirror Theater (TV Series) |
| 1953 | Jamaica Run · as William Montague |
| 1953 | General Electric Theater (TV Series) · as Manson (uncredited) |
| 1952 | Ford Theatre: All Star Theatre (TV Series) · as Derek Crawford |
| 1952 | |
| 1952 | Tarzan's Savage Fury · as Edwards |
| 1952 | Death Valley Days (TV Series) · as Chairman |
| 1951 | Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (TV Series) · as John Stacey |
| 1951 | Quebec · as Charles Douglas |
| 1950 | The Bigelow Theatre (TV Series) · as Bob Dickens |
| 1950 | The Jack Benny Program (TV Series) · as Jock Jacobson |
| 1950 | The Lux Video Theatre (TV Series) · as Mr. Morley |
| 1950 | Three Came Home · as Harry Keith |
| 1949 | The Big Steal · as Jim Fiske |
| 1948 | Studio One (TV Series) · as Martin Helm |
| 1948 | Isn't It Romantic · as Richard Brannon |
| 1948 | Dream Girl · as Jim Lucas |
| 1947 | Ivy · as Dr. Roger Gretorex |
| 1946 | Monsieur Beaucaire · as Duc Le Chandre |
| 1946 | Of Human Bondage · as Harry Griffiths |
| 1946 | Lights Out (TV Series) |
| 1946 | The Bride Wore Boots · as Lance Gale |
| 1946 | O.S.S. · as Cmdr. Brady |
| 1945 | Masquerade in Mexico · as Thomas Grant |
| 1945 | Kitty · as Brett Harwood Earl Of Carstairs |
| 1944 | This Is the Life · as Maj. Hilary Jarret |
| 1944 | Pardon My Rhythm · as Anthony "tony" Page |
| 1944 | Chip Off the Old Block · as Commander Judd Corrigan |
| 1943 | Crazy House · as Edmund 'mac' Maclean |
| 1943 | Always a Bridesmaid · as Tony Warren |
| 1943 | Hit the Ice · as Dr. William 'bill' Burns |
| 1943 | Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man · as Dr. Frank Mannering |
| 1943 | Forever and a Day · as Trimble-Pomfret Son |
| 1942 | Who Done It? · as Jim Turner |
| 1942 | Sin Town · as Wade Crowell |
| 1942 | Lady in a Jam · as Doctor Enright |
| 1942 | Mystery of Marie Roget · as Dr. Paul Dupin |
| 1942 | The Strange Case of Doctor Rx · as Private Detective Jerry Church |
| 1941 | The Wolf Man · as Frank Andrews |
| 1941 | How Green Was My Valley · as Ivor Morgan |
| 1940 | Anne of Windy Poplars · as Gilbert Blythe |
| 1940 | Women in War · as Lt. Larry Hall |
| 1940 | A Bill of Divorcement · as John Storm |
| 1940 | Married and in Love · as Paul Wilding |
| 1939 | Another Thin Man · as Dudley Horn |
| 1939 | The Spellbinder · as Tom Dixon |
| 1939 | Five Came Back · as Judson Ellis |
| 1939 | Beauty for the Asking · as Denny Williams |
| 1939 | Torchy Blane in Chinatown · as Capt. Condon |
| 1938 | Heart of the North · as Jim Montgomery |
| 1938 | Storm Over Bengal · as Captain Jeffrey Allison |
| 1938 | The Sisters · as Norman French |
| 1938 | Four's a Crowd · as Patterson 'pat' Buckley |
| 1938 | The Adventures of Robin Hood · as Will Scarlett |
| 1938 | The Patient in Room 18 · as Lance O'leary |
| 1937 | Expensive Husbands · as Prince Rupert Heinrich Franz Von Rentzau |
| 1937 | It's Love I'm After · as Henry Grant Jr. |
| 1936 | The Charge of the Light Brigade · as Captain Perry Vickers |
| 1936 | Two's Company · as Lord Jerry Wendower |
| 1936 | Give Me Your Heart · as Robert 'bob' Melford |
| 1936 | Fair Exchange · as Tony Meredith |
| 1936 | Crown v. Stevens · as Chris Jensen |
| 1936 | The Brown Wallet · as John Gillespie |
| 1936 | Wrath of Jealousy · as Robert Smith |
| 1935 | Mister Hobo · as Paul |
| 1935 | Abdul the Damned · as Omar - Hilmi's Attache |
| 1935 | Regal Cavalcade · as Army Officer |
| 1935 | The Student's Romance · as Max Brandt |
| 1934 | The Girl in the Crowd · as Tom Burrows |