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Patric Knowles
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Patric Knowles
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1911-11-11,Horsforth, Yorkshire, England, UK
Gender
Male
Biography
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Patric Knowles, licensed under CC-BY-SA,full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man

6.2

Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man
1943-03-05

The Adventures of Robin Hood

7.5

The Adventures of Robin Hood
1938-05-13

Flame of Calcutta

0

Flame of Calcutta
1953-07-20

5.9

Hit the Ice
1943-06-02

7

The Wolf Man
1941-12-12

World for Ransom

5

World for Ransom
1954-01-31

0

Honours Easy
1935-07-31

5

Crazy House
1943-10-08

Another Thin Man

7.142

Another Thin Man
1939-11-17

6

The Way West
1967-05-24

How Green Was My Valley

7.3

How Green Was My Valley
1941-10-28

6.2

Band of Angels
1957-08-03

The Charge of the Light Brigade

6.5

The Charge of the Light Brigade
1936-10-20

6.8

Ivy
1947-06-26

From the Earth to the Moon

5.2

From the Earth to the Moon
1958-11-26

7.013

Auntie Mame
1958-12-04

6.7

Chisum
1970-07-23

5.1

Four's a Crowd
1938-08-04

6.944

Who Done It?
1942-10-30

6.2

Five Came Back
1939-06-23

6.5

The Big Steal
1949-07-01

4.7

No Man's Woman
1955-10-27

Tarzan's Savage Fury

5.1

Tarzan's Savage Fury
1952-03-14

The Patient in Room 18

5.1

The Patient in Room 18
1938-01-08

The Strange Case of Doctor Rx

5.1

The Strange Case of Doctor Rx
1942-03-27

6.4

O.S.S.
1946-05-26

Three Came Home

6.7

Three Came Home
1950-02-20

A Bill of Divorcement

7

A Bill of Divorcement
1940-05-31

3

Sin Town
1942-09-25

It's Love I'm After

7

It's Love I'm After
1937-10-08

Beauty for the Asking

5.7

Beauty for the Asking
1939-02-24

5.5

Kitty
1945-10-16

Crown v. Stevens

6.3

Crown v. Stevens
1936-08-03

5.5

Lady in a Jam
1942-06-19

6.1

Variety Girl
1947-08-29

Anne of Windy Poplars

5.8

Anne of Windy Poplars
1940-06-28

5.2

Arnold
1973-11-16

Of Human Bondage

6

Of Human Bondage
1946-07-05

Married and in Love

5.3

Married and in Love
1940-01-19

Torchy Blane in Chinatown

6

Torchy Blane in Chinatown
1939-02-02

0

Quebec
1951-03-15

7

Khyber Patrol
1954-09-04

Give Me Your Heart

6

Give Me Your Heart
1936-09-17

Heart of the North

3.7

Heart of the North
1938-12-10

The Bride Wore Boots

5.9

The Bride Wore Boots
1946-06-05

6.3

The Man
1972-07-19

4.5

Dream Girl
1948-07-27

4.8

Mutiny
1952-03-05

Isn't It Romantic?

7

Isn't It Romantic?
1948-10-06

The Mystery of Marie Roget

5.5

The Mystery of Marie Roget
1942-04-23

3

Women in War
1940-06-05

The Spellbinder

6

The Spellbinder
1939-07-28

Expensive Husbands

4.8

Expensive Husbands
1937-11-27

Chip Off the Old Block

4

Chip Off the Old Block
1944-02-01

Monsieur Beaucaire

5.6

Monsieur Beaucaire
1946-09-04

Abdul the Damned

5.3

Abdul the Damned
1935-08-05

5

Jamaica Run
1953-04-21

Masquerade in Mexico

5.4

Masquerade in Mexico
1945-12-03

The D.A.: Murder One

0

The D.A.: Murder One
1969-12-08

This Is the Life

5

This Is the Life
1944-06-01

6.1

The Sisters
1938-10-14

0

All by Myself
1943-06-11

Storm Over Bengal

5.2

Storm Over Bengal
1938-11-14

Always a Bridesmaid

0

Always a Bridesmaid
1943-09-24

The Girl in the Crowd

0

The Girl in the Crowd
1935-05-20

Forever and a Day

7.4

Forever and a Day
1943-01-21

The Student's Romance

5

The Student's Romance
1935-01-01

0

Fair Exchange
1936-09-14

7.3

The Guv'nor
1935-10-01

Terror in the Wax Museum

5.3

Terror in the Wax Museum
1973-05-02

4.8

The Thief
1955-01-04

The Brown Wallet

0

The Brown Wallet
1936-07-20

In Enemy Country

8

In Enemy Country
1968-07-01

Breakdowns of 1938

5

Breakdowns of 1938
1938-12-31

Pardon My Rhythm

5.5

Pardon My Rhythm
1944-05-01

6.7

Six Gun Law
1962-12-01

The Devil's Brigade

6.3

The Devil's Brigade
1968-05-15

Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man'

6.9

Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man'
1999-01-01

0

Two's Company
1936-12-12

6.6

Family Affair
1966-09-12

Garrison's Gorillas

7.8

Garrison's Gorillas
1967-09-06

77 Sunset Strip

6.7

77 Sunset Strip
1958-10-10

6.8

Maverick
1957-09-22

6.6

Gunsmoke
1955-09-10

4.7

Studio One
1948-11-07

General Electric Theater

6

General Electric Theater
1953-02-01

5.2

Hawaiian Eye
1959-10-07

0

Mickey
1964-09-16

Have Gun, Will Travel

7.4

Have Gun, Will Travel
1957-09-14

The Millionaire

5

The Millionaire
1955-01-19

Lux Video Theatre

6

Lux Video Theatre
1950-10-02

6.5

Peter Gunn
1958-09-22

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

7

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951-10-05

Getting Together

5

Getting Together
1971-09-18

The 20th Century Fox Hour

5.2

The 20th Century Fox Hour
1955-10-05

Matinee Theater

4.6

Matinee Theater
1955-10-31

0

The Whistler
1954-07-13

Tales of the 77th Bengal Lancers

5

Tales of the 77th Bengal Lancers
1956-10-21

Robert Montgomery Presents

5.2

Robert Montgomery Presents
1950-01-30

5.3

Lights Out
1949-07-19

5.5

Tightrope
1959-09-08

6.5

Jericho
1966-09-15

The United States Steel Hour

5.8

The United States Steel Hour
1953-10-27

The Barbara Stanwyck Show

6.2

The Barbara Stanwyck Show
1960-09-19

6.8

Maverick
1957-09-22

Lux Video Theatre

6

Lux Video Theatre
1950-10-02

Lux Video Theatre

6

Lux Video Theatre
1950-10-02

General Electric Theater

6

General Electric Theater
1953-02-01

General Electric Theater

6

General Electric Theater
1953-02-01

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

7

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951-10-05

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

7

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951-10-05

Lux Video Theatre

6

Lux Video Theatre
1950-10-02

4.7

Studio One
1948-11-07