Patric Knowles

Acting

1911 – 1995 · Horsforth, Yorkshire, England, UK

103 titres

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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.

★ 7.3
Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man'
Film · 1999
Self (archive footage)
★ 5.3
Arnold
Film · 1973
Douglas Whitehead
★ 5.2
Terror in the Wax Museum
Film · 1973
Mr. Southcott
★ 6.5
The Man
Film · 1972
South African Consul
★ 6.7
Chisum
Film · 1970
Henry Tunstall
★ 8.0
The D.A.: Murder One
Film · 1969
Charles Lloyd
★ 8.2
In Enemy Country
Film · 1968
General Lloyd-Griffis
★ 6.3
The Devil's Brigade
Film · 1968
Adm. Lord Mountbatten
★ 8.1
Garrison's Gorillas
TV series · 1967
Role
★ 6.1
The Way West
Film · 1967
Captain Grant
★ 7.3
Jericho
TV series · 1966
Role
★ 6.7
Family Affair
TV series · 1966
Role
★ 7.7
The Wolfman
Film · 1966
Frank Andrews
★ 7.0
Mona McCluskey
TV series · 1965
Trevor Blake
★ 7.0
Mickey
TV series · 1964
Role
★ 7.0
Six Gun Law
Film · 1962
Role
★ 6.4
The Barbara Stanwyck Show
TV series · 1960
Simon Lambert
★ 5.6
Hawaiian Eye
TV series · 1959
Role
★ 6.3
Tightrope
TV series · 1959
Role
★ 7.0
Auntie Mame
Film · 1958
Lindsay Woolsey
★ 5.3
From the Earth to the Moon
Film · 1958
Josef Cartier
★ 7.2
77 Sunset Strip
TV series · 1958
Role
★ 6.6
Peter Gunn
TV series · 1958
Role
★ 7.0
Maverick
TV series · 1957
Role
★ 7.3
Have Gun, Will Travel
TV series · 1957
Role
★ 6.3
Band of Angels
Film · 1957
Charles de Marigny
★ 7.5
Tales of the 77th Bengal Lancers
TV series · 1956
Role
★ 5.3
Matinee Theater
TV series · 1955
Role
★ 5.0
No Man's Woman
Film · 1955
Wayne Vincent
★ 6.0
The 20th Century Fox Hour
TV series · 1955
Role
★ 6.7
Gunsmoke
TV series · 1955
MacIntosh
★ 5.8
The Millionaire
TV series · 1955
Martin Scott
★ 4.0
The Thief
Film · 1955
Philippe Voyson
★ 7.3
Khyber Patrol
Film · 1954
George Kennely
The Whistler
TV series · 1954
Role
★ 5.3
World for Ransom
Film · 1954
Julian March
★ 6.3
The United States Steel Hour
TV series · 1953
Richard Voyson
★ 8.0
Flame of Calcutta
Film · 1953
Capt. Keith Lambert
★ 5.8
Jamaica Run
Film · 1953
William Montague
★ 6.8
General Electric Theater
TV series · 1953
Longridge
★ 5.3
Tarzan's Savage Fury
Film · 1952
Edwards
★ 5.2
Mutiny
Film · 1952
Capt. Ben Waldridge
★ 7.2
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
TV series · 1951
Paul Maynard
★ 7.0
Quebec
Film · 1951
Charles Douglas
★ 6.7
Three Came Home
Film · 1950
Harry Keith
★ 6.0
Robert Montgomery Presents
TV series · 1950
Self - Guest Host
★ 6.6
The Big Steal
Film · 1949
Jim Fiske
★ 5.4
Studio One
TV series · 1948
Martin Helm
★ 7.7
Isn't It Romantic?
Film · 1948
Richard Brannon
★ 5.0
Dream Girl
Film · 1948
Jim Lucas
★ 6.5
Variety Girl
Film · 1947
Patric Knowles
★ 6.6
Ivy
Film · 1947
Dr. Roger Gretorex
★ 5.7
Monsieur Beaucaire
Film · 1946
Duc le Chandre
★ 6.8
Of Human Bondage
Film · 1946
Harry Griffiths
★ 6.1
The Bride Wore Boots
Film · 1946
Lance Gale
★ 6.9
O.S.S.
Film · 1946
Cmdr. Brady
★ 6.0
Masquerade in Mexico
Film · 1945
Thomas Grant
★ 5.7
Kitty
Film · 1945
Brett Harwood Earl of Carstairs
★ 6.0
This Is the Life
Film · 1944
Hilary Jarret
★ 7.0
Pardon My Rhythm
Film · 1944
Anthony "Tony" Page
★ 7.0
Chip Off the Old Block
Film · 1944
Commander Judd Corrigan
★ 6.0
Crazy House
Film · 1943
Edmund 'Mac' MacLean
★ 10.0
Always a Bridesmaid
Film · 1943
Tony Warren
★ 8.0
All by Myself
Film · 1943
Dr. Bill Perry
★ 6.0
Hit the Ice
Film · 1943
Dr. William 'Bill' Burns
★ 6.2
Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man
Film · 1943
Dr. Frank Mannering
★ 7.5
Forever and a Day
Film · 1943
Trimble-Pomfret Son
★ 7.0
Who Done It?
Film · 1942
Jim Turner
★ 5.0
Sin Town
Film · 1942
Wade Crowell
★ 5.6
Lady in a Jam
Film · 1942
Doctor Enright
★ 5.7
The Mystery of Marie Roget
Film · 1942
Dr. Paul Dupin
★ 5.2
The Strange Case of Doctor Rx
Film · 1942
Private Detective Jerry Church
★ 7.0
The Wolf Man
Film · 1941
Frank Andrews
★ 7.3
How Green Was My Valley
Film · 1941
Ivor Morgan
★ 6.0
Anne of Windy Poplars
Film · 1940
Gilbert Blythe
★ 5.2
Women in War
Film · 1940
Lt. Larry Hall
★ 7.2
A Bill of Divorcement
Film · 1940
John Storm
★ 5.7
Married and in Love
Film · 1940
Paul Wilding
★ 8.0
The Honeymoon's Over
Film · 1939
Pat Shields
★ 7.1
Another Thin Man
Film · 1939
Dudley Horn
★ 6.3
The Spellbinder
Film · 1939
Tom Dixon
★ 6.3
Five Came Back
Film · 1939
Judson Ellis
★ 5.7
Beauty for the Asking
Film · 1939
Denny Williams
★ 6.8
Torchy Blane in Chinatown
Film · 1939
Capt. Condon
★ 5.8
Breakdowns of 1938
Film · 1938
Patterson Buckley (archive footage) (uncredited)
★ 5.2
Heart of the North
Film · 1938
Jim Montgomery
★ 6.0
Storm Over Bengal
Film · 1938
Captain Jeffrey Allison
★ 6.1
The Sisters
Film · 1938
Norman French
★ 5.5
Four's a Crowd
Film · 1938
Patterson 'Pat' Buckley
★ 7.5
The Adventures of Robin Hood
Film · 1938
Will Scarlett
★ 5.1
The Patient in Room 18
Film · 1938
Lance O'Leary
★ 5.9
Expensive Husbands
Film · 1937
Prince Rupert Heinrich Franz Von Rentzau
★ 7.1
It's Love I'm After
Film · 1937
Henry Grant Jr.
★ 9.0
Irish for Luck
Film · 1936
Terry O'Ryan
★ 9.0
Two's Company
Film · 1936
Lord Jerry Wendower
★ 6.5
The Charge of the Light Brigade
Film · 1936
Captain Perry Vickers
★ 5.9
Give Me Your Heart
Film · 1936
Robert 'Bob' Melford
★ 6.5
Crown v. Stevens
Film · 1936
Chris Jensen
★ 9.0
The Brown Wallet
Film · 1936
John Gillespie
★ 7.8
The Guv'nor
Film · 1935
Paul
★ 6.5
Abdul the Damned
Film · 1935
Omar - Hilmi's Attache
Honours Easy
Film · 1935
Harry Markham
★ 6.3
The Student's Romance
Film · 1935
Max Brandt

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