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Patric Knowles‌

Gender

Male

Birthday

calendar1911-11-11

Popularity

star4.1

Patric Knowles

Horsforth, Yorkshire, England, UK

Patric Knowles

Horsforth, Yorkshire, England, UK

Gender

Male

Birthday

calendar1911-11-11

Popularity

star4.1

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.

Movie Credits

The Wolf Man

The Wolf Man‌
star10.0
calendar 1966

Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man

Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man‌
star6.2
calendar 1943

The Adventures of Robin Hood

The Adventures of Robin Hood‌
star7.5
calendar 1938

Flame of Calcutta

Flame of Calcutta‌
star0.0
calendar 1953

Hit the Ice

Hit the Ice‌
star5.9
calendar 1943

The Wolf Man

The Wolf Man‌
star7.0
calendar 1941

World for Ransom

World for Ransom‌
star5.0
calendar 1954

Honours Easy

Honours Easy‌
star0.0
calendar 1935

Crazy House

Crazy House‌
star5.0
calendar 1943

Another Thin Man

Another Thin Man‌
star7.1
calendar 1939

The Way West

The Way West‌
star6.0
calendar 1967

How Green Was My Valley

How Green Was My Valley‌
star7.3
calendar 1941

Band of Angels

Band of Angels‌
star6.1
calendar 1957

The Charge of the Light Brigade

The Charge of the Light Brigade‌
star6.4
calendar 1936

Ivy

Ivy‌
star6.8
calendar 1947

From the Earth to the Moon

From the Earth to the Moon‌
star5.2
calendar 1958

Auntie Mame

Auntie Mame‌
star7.0
calendar 1958

Chisum

Chisum‌
star6.7
calendar 1970

Four's a Crowd

Four's a Crowd‌
star5.1
calendar 1938

Who Done It?

Who Done It?‌
star6.9
calendar 1942

Five Came Back

Five Came Back‌
star6.3
calendar 1939

The Big Steal

The Big Steal‌
star6.5
calendar 1949

No Man's Woman

No Man's Woman‌
star4.7
calendar 1955

Tarzan's Savage Fury

Tarzan's Savage Fury‌
star5.1
calendar 1952

The Patient in Room 18

The Patient in Room 18‌
star5.1
calendar 1938

The Strange Case of Doctor Rx

The Strange Case of Doctor Rx‌
star5.1
calendar 1942

O.S.S.

O.S.S.‌
star6.4
calendar 1946

Three Came Home

Three Came Home‌
star6.7
calendar 1950

A Bill of Divorcement

A Bill of Divorcement‌
star7.0
calendar 1940

Sin Town

Sin Town‌
star3.0
calendar 1942

It's Love I'm After

It's Love I'm After‌
star7.0
calendar 1937

Beauty for the Asking

Beauty for the Asking‌
star5.7
calendar 1939

Kitty

Kitty‌
star5.5
calendar 1945

Crown v. Stevens

Crown v. Stevens‌
star6.2
calendar 1936

Lady in a Jam

Lady in a Jam‌
star5.7
calendar 1942

Variety Girl

Variety Girl‌
star6.1
calendar 1947

Anne of Windy Poplars

Anne of Windy Poplars‌
star5.8
calendar 1940

Arnold

Arnold‌
star5.1
calendar 1973

Of Human Bondage

Of Human Bondage‌
star6.0
calendar 1946

Married and in Love

Married and in Love‌
star5.3
calendar 1940

Torchy Blane in Chinatown

Torchy Blane in Chinatown‌
star6.0
calendar 1939

Quebec

Quebec‌
star0.0
calendar 1951

Khyber Patrol

Khyber Patrol‌
star7.0
calendar 1954

Give Me Your Heart

Give Me Your Heart‌
star6.0
calendar 1936

Heart of the North

Heart of the North‌
star3.7
calendar 1938

The Bride Wore Boots

The Bride Wore Boots‌
star5.9
calendar 1946

The Man

The Man‌
star6.3
calendar 1972

Dream Girl

Dream Girl‌
star4.5
calendar 1948

Mutiny

Mutiny‌
star4.8
calendar 1952

Isn't It Romantic?

Isn't It Romantic?‌
star7.0
calendar 1948

The Mystery of Marie Roget

The Mystery of Marie Roget‌
star5.5
calendar 1942

Women in War

Women in War‌
star3.0
calendar 1940

The Spellbinder

The Spellbinder‌
star6.0
calendar 1939

Expensive Husbands

Expensive Husbands‌
star4.8
calendar 1937

Chip Off the Old Block

Chip Off the Old Block‌
star4.0
calendar 1944

Monsieur Beaucaire

Monsieur Beaucaire‌
star5.6
calendar 1946

Abdul the Damned

Abdul the Damned‌
star5.3
calendar 1935

Jamaica Run

Jamaica Run‌
star5.0
calendar 1953

Masquerade in Mexico

Masquerade in Mexico‌
star5.4
calendar 1945

The D.A.: Murder One

The D.A.: Murder One‌
star0.0
calendar 1969

This Is the Life

This Is the Life‌
star5.0
calendar 1944

The Sisters

The Sisters‌
star6.1
calendar 1938

All by Myself

All by Myself‌
star0.0
calendar 1943

Storm Over Bengal

Storm Over Bengal‌
star5.0
calendar 1938

Always a Bridesmaid

Always a Bridesmaid‌
star0.0
calendar 1943

The Girl in the Crowd

The Girl in the Crowd‌
star0.0
calendar 1935

Forever and a Day

Forever and a Day‌
star7.2
calendar 1943

The Student's Romance

The Student's Romance‌
star5.0
calendar 1935

Fair Exchange

Fair Exchange‌
star0.0
calendar 1936

The Guv'nor

The Guv'nor‌
star7.3
calendar 1935

Terror in the Wax Museum

Terror in the Wax Museum‌
star5.3
calendar 1973

The Thief

The Thief‌
star4.8
calendar 1955

The Brown Wallet

The Brown Wallet‌
star0.0
calendar 1936

In Enemy Country

In Enemy Country‌
star8.0
calendar 1968

Breakdowns of 1938

Breakdowns of 1938‌
star5.0
calendar 1938

Pardon My Rhythm

Pardon My Rhythm‌
star5.5
calendar 1944

Six Gun Law

Six Gun Law‌
star6.7
calendar 1962

The Devil's Brigade

The Devil's Brigade‌
star6.3
calendar 1968

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

Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man'‌
star6.9
calendar 1999

Two's Company

Two's Company‌
star0.0
calendar 1936

Tv Credits

Family Affair

Family Affair‌
star6.6
calendar 1966

Garrison's Gorillas

Garrison's Gorillas‌
star7.5
calendar 1967

77 Sunset Strip

77 Sunset Strip‌
star6.7
calendar 1958

Maverick

Maverick‌
star6.8
calendar 1957

Gunsmoke

Gunsmoke‌
star6.5
calendar 1955

Studio One

Studio One‌
star4.4
calendar 1948

General Electric Theater

General Electric Theater‌
star5.5
calendar 1953

Hawaiian Eye

Hawaiian Eye‌
star5.0
calendar 1959

Mickey

Mickey‌
star0.0
calendar 1964

Have Gun, Will Travel

Have Gun, Will Travel‌
star7.4
calendar 1957

The Millionaire

The Millionaire‌
star5.0
calendar 1955

Lux Video Theatre

Lux Video Theatre‌
star5.5
calendar 1950

Peter Gunn

Peter Gunn‌
star6.5
calendar 1958

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars‌
star6.5
calendar 1951

Getting Together

Getting Together‌
star5.0
calendar 1971

The 20th Century Fox Hour

The 20th Century Fox Hour‌
star4.2
calendar 1955

Matinee Theater

Matinee Theater‌
star3.3
calendar 1955

The Whistler

The Whistler‌
star0.0
calendar 1954

Tales of the 77th Bengal Lancers

Tales of the 77th Bengal Lancers‌
star5.0
calendar 1956

Robert Montgomery Presents

Robert Montgomery Presents‌
star4.3
calendar 1950

Tightrope

Tightrope‌
star5.5
calendar 1959

Lights Out

Lights Out‌
star5.3
calendar 1949

Jericho

Jericho‌
star6.0
calendar 1966

The United States Steel Hour

The United States Steel Hour‌
star4.0
calendar 1953

The Barbara Stanwyck Show

The Barbara Stanwyck Show‌
star6.2
calendar 1960

Maverick

Maverick‌
star6.8
calendar 1957

Lux Video Theatre

Lux Video Theatre‌
star5.5
calendar 1950

Lux Video Theatre

Lux Video Theatre‌
star5.5
calendar 1950

General Electric Theater

General Electric Theater‌
star5.5
calendar 1953

General Electric Theater

General Electric Theater‌
star5.5
calendar 1953

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars‌
star6.5
calendar 1951

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars‌
star6.5
calendar 1951

Lux Video Theatre

Lux Video Theatre‌
star5.5
calendar 1950

Studio One

Studio One‌
star4.4
calendar 1948