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Patric Knowles

1911-11-11 Horsforth, Yorkshire, England, UK

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Biografia

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.

Películas

Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man' Self (archive footage) 1999-01-01
Terror in the Wax Museum Mr. Southcott 1973-05-02
Arnold Douglas Whitehead 1973-11-16
The Man South African Consul 1972-07-19
Chisum Henry Tunstall 1970-07-23
The D.A.: Murder One Charles Lloyd 1969-12-08
The Devil's Brigade Adm. Lord Mountbatten 1968-05-15
In Enemy Country General Lloyd-Griffis 1968-07-01
The Way West Captain Grant 1967-05-24
The Wolf Man Frank Andrews 1966-01-01
Six Gun Law 1962-12-01
Auntie Mame Lindsay Woolsey 1958-12-04
From the Earth to the Moon Josef Cartier 1958-11-26
Band of Angels Charles de Marigny 1957-08-03
The Thief Philippe Voyson 1955-01-04
No Man's Woman Wayne Vincent 1955-10-27
Khyber Patrol George Kennely 1954-09-04
World for Ransom Julian March 1954-01-31
Jamaica Run William Montague 1953-04-21
Flame of Calcutta Capt. Keith Lambert 1953-07-20
Mutiny Capt. Ben Waldridge 1952-03-05
Tarzan's Savage Fury Edwards, English Traitor 1952-03-14
Quebec Charles Douglas 1951-03-15
Three Came Home Harry Keith 1950-02-20
The Big Steal Jim Fiske 1949-07-01
Dream Girl Jim Lucas 1948-07-27
Isn't It Romantic? Richard Brannon 1948-10-06
Ivy Dr. Roger Gretorex 1947-06-26
Variety Girl Patric Knowles 1947-08-29
Of Human Bondage Harry Griffiths 1946-07-05
O.S.S. Cmdr. Brady 1946-05-26
The Bride Wore Boots Lance Gale 1946-06-05
Monsieur Beaucaire Duc le Chandre 1946-09-04
Masquerade in Mexico Thomas Grant 1945-12-03
Kitty Brett Harwood Earl of Carstairs 1945-10-16
Chip Off the Old Block Commander Judd Corrigan 1944-02-01
Pardon My Rhythm Anthony "Tony" Page 1944-05-01
This Is the Life Maj. Hilary Jarret 1944-06-01
Crazy House Edmund 'Mac' MacLean 1943-10-08
Hit the Ice Dr. William 'Bill' Burns 1943-06-02
All by Myself Dr. Bill Perry 1943-06-11
Forever and a Day Trimble-Pomfret Son 1943-01-21
Always a Bridesmaid Tony Warren 1943-09-24
Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man Dr. Frank Mannering 1943-03-05
The Mystery of Marie Roget Dr. Paul Dupin 1942-04-23
Who Done It? Jim Turner 1942-10-30
The Strange Case of Doctor Rx Private Detective Jerry Church 1942-03-27
Sin Town Wade Crowell 1942-09-25
Lady in a Jam Doctor Enright 1942-06-19
How Green Was My Valley Ivor Morgan 1941-10-28
The Wolf Man Frank Andrews 1941-12-12
Women in War Lt. Larry Hall 1940-06-05
Married and in Love Paul Wilding 1940-01-19
Anne of Windy Poplars Gilbert Blythe 1940-06-28
A Bill of Divorcement John Storm 1940-05-31
Five Came Back Judson Ellis 1939-06-23
Another Thin Man Dudley Horn 1939-11-17
Torchy Blane in Chinatown Capt. Condon 1939-02-02
Beauty for the Asking Denny Williams 1939-02-24
The Spellbinder Tom Dixon 1939-07-28
The Patient in Room 18 Lance O'Leary 1938-01-08
Breakdowns of 1938 Patterson Buckley (archive footage) (uncredited) 1938-12-31
Four's a Crowd Patterson 'Pat' Buckley 1938-08-04
The Adventures of Robin Hood Will Scarlett 1938-05-13
Storm Over Bengal Captain Jeffrey Allison 1938-11-14
The Sisters Norman French 1938-10-14
Heart of the North Jim Montgomery 1938-12-10
Expensive Husbands Prince Rupert Heinrich Franz Von Rentzau 1937-11-27
It's Love I'm After Henry Grant Jr. 1937-10-08
The Charge of the Light Brigade Captain Perry Vickers 1936-10-20
Crown v. Stevens Chris Jensen 1936-08-03
Give Me Your Heart Robert 'Bob' Melford 1936-09-17
The Brown Wallet John Gillespie 1936-07-20
Honours Easy Harry Markham 1935-07-31
The Student's Romance Max Brandt 1935-01-01
The Guv'nor Paul 1935-10-01
Abdul the Damned Omar - Hilmi's Attache 1935-08-05