Patric Knowles
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- November 11, 1911
- Died
- December 23, 1995 (aged 84)
- Birthplace
- Horsforth, Yorkshire, England, UK
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.
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Filmography
Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man'
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Arnold
Movie · as Douglas Whitehead
Terror in the Wax Museum
Movie · as Mr. Southcott
The Man
Movie · as South African Consul
Getting Together
TV · 1 ep
Chisum
Movie · as Henry Tunstall
The D.A.: Murder One
Movie · as Charles Lloyd
In Enemy Country
Movie · as General Lloyd-Griffis
The Devil's Brigade
Movie · as Adm. Lord Mountbatten
The Way West
Movie · as Captain Grant
Garrison's Gorillas
TV · 1 ep
Family Affair
TV · 1 ep
Jericho
TV · 1 ep
Mona McCluskey
TV · as Trevor Blake · 1 ep
Mickey
TV · 2 eps
Six Gun Law
Movie
The Barbara Stanwyck Show
TV · as Simon Lambert · 1 ep
Hawaiian Eye
TV · 1 ep
Tightrope
TV · 1 ep
From the Earth to the Moon
Movie · as Josef Cartier
Auntie Mame
Movie · as Lindsay Woolsey
77 Sunset Strip
TV · 1 ep
Peter Gunn
TV · 1 ep
Band of Angels
Movie · as Charles de Marigny
Maverick
TV · as Paul Carthew · 1 ep
Have Gun, Will Travel
TV · 3 eps
Tales of the 77th Bengal Lancers
TV · 1 ep
No Man's Woman
Movie · as Wayne Vincent
The Thief
Movie · as Philippe Voyson
Gunsmoke
TV · as MacIntosh · 1 ep
The Millionaire
TV · as Martin Scott · 1 ep
The 20th Century Fox Hour
TV · 1 ep
Matinee Theater
TV · 1 ep
World for Ransom
Movie · as Julian March
Khyber Patrol
Movie · as George Kennely
The Whistler
TV · 2 eps
Flame of Calcutta
Movie · as Capt. Keith Lambert
Jamaica Run
Movie · as William Montague
General Electric Theater
TV · as Longridge, George Spence, Manson (uncredited) · 1 ep
The United States Steel Hour
TV · as Richard Voyson · 1 ep
Revlon Mirror Theatre
TV · 1 ep
Tarzan's Savage Fury
Movie · as Edwards
Mutiny
Movie · as Capt. Ben Waldridge
Quebec
Movie · as Charles Douglas
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
TV · as Paul Maynard, John Stacey · 1 ep
Three Came Home
Movie · as Harry Keith
Lux Video Theatre
TV · as Corey Hill, Barclay, Bert, Mr. Morley · 1 ep
Robert Montgomery Presents
TV · as Self - Guest Host · 1 ep
The Big Steal
Movie · as Jim Fiske
Lights Out
TV · 1 ep
Dream Girl
Movie · as Jim Lucas
Isn't It Romantic?
Movie · as Richard Brannon
Studio One
TV · as Martin Helm · 1 ep
Ivy
Movie · as Dr. Roger Gretorex
Variety Girl
Movie · as Patric Knowles
O.S.S.
Movie · as Cmdr. Brady
Of Human Bondage
Movie · as Harry Griffiths
The Bride Wore Boots
Movie · as Lance Gale
Monsieur Beaucaire
Movie · as Duc le Chandre
Kitty
Movie · as Brett Harwood Earl of Carstairs
Masquerade in Mexico
Movie · as Thomas Grant
Chip Off the Old Block
Movie · as Commander Judd Corrigan
This Is the Life
Movie · as Hilary Jarret
Pardon My Rhythm
Movie · as Anthony "Tony" Page
Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man
Movie · as Dr. Frank Mannering
Hit the Ice
Movie · as Dr. William 'Bill' Burns
Crazy House
Movie · as Edmund 'Mac' MacLean
All by Myself
Movie · as Dr. Bill Perry
Always a Bridesmaid
Movie · as Tony Warren
Forever and a Day
Movie · as Trimble-Pomfret Son
Who Done It?
Movie · as Jim Turner
The Strange Case of Doctor Rx
Movie · as Private Detective Jerry Church
Sin Town
Movie · as Wade Crowell
Lady in a Jam
Movie · as Doctor Enright
The Mystery of Marie Roget
Movie · as Dr. Paul Dupin
The Wolf Man
Movie · as Frank Andrews
How Green Was My Valley
Movie · as Ivor Morgan
A Bill of Divorcement
Movie · as John Storm
Anne of Windy Poplars
Movie · as Gilbert Blythe
Married and in Love
Movie · as Paul Wilding
Women in War
Movie · as Lt. Larry Hall
Another Thin Man
Movie · as Dudley Horn
Five Came Back
Movie · as Judson Ellis
Beauty for the Asking
Movie · as Denny Williams
Torchy Blane in Chinatown
Movie · as Capt. Condon
The Spellbinder
Movie · as Tom Dixon
The Honeymoon's Over
Movie · as Pat Shields
The Adventures of Robin Hood
Movie · as Will Scarlett
Four's a Crowd
Movie · as Patterson 'Pat' Buckley
The Patient in Room 18
Movie · as Lance O'Leary
Heart of the North
Movie · as Jim Montgomery
The Sisters
Movie · as Norman French
Storm Over Bengal
Movie · as Captain Jeffrey Allison
Breakdowns of 1938
Movie · as Patterson Buckley (archive footage) (uncredited)
It's Love I'm After
Movie · as Henry Grant Jr.
Expensive Husbands
Movie · as Prince Rupert Heinrich Franz Von Rentzau
The Charge of the Light Brigade
Movie · as Captain Perry Vickers
Crown v. Stevens
Movie · as Chris Jensen
Give Me Your Heart
Movie · as Robert 'Bob' Melford
Fair Exchange
Movie · as Tony Meredith
The Brown Wallet
Movie · as John Gillespie
Two's Company
Movie · as Lord Jerry Wendower
Irish for Luck
Movie · as Terry O'Ryan
Honours Easy
Movie · as Harry Markham
Abdul the Damned
Movie · as Omar - Hilmi's Attache
The Girl in the Crowd
Movie · as Tom Burrows
The Student's Romance
Movie · as Max Brandt
The Guv'nor
Movie · as Paul