Patric Knowles
Known for
Long careers are rarer than they look, and Patric Knowles has become a familiar face whose accumulated screen time beats that of most leading names. Roughly 83 titles carry his name. If one title has to stand in for the rest, it is 'The Adventures of Robin Hood'. 'The Wolf Man' is the other credit that tends to come up.
Patric Knowles
74 Movies
9 Series
Long careers are rarer than they look, and Patric Knowles has become a familiar face whose accumulated screen time beats that of most leading names. Roughly 83 titles carry his name. If one title has to stand in for the rest, it is 'The Adventures of Robin Hood'. 'The Wolf Man' is the other credit that tends to come up.
Movies
Plays Will Scarlett
The Adventures of Robin Hood
1938
Plays Henry Tunstall
Chisum
1970
Plays Frank Andrews
The Wolf Man
1941
Plays Ivor Morgan
How Green Was My Valley
1941
Plays Captain Grant
The Way West
1967
Plays Lindsay Woolsey
Auntie Mame
1958
Plays Adm. Lord Mountbatten
The Devil's Brigade
1968
Plays Dr. Frank Mannering
Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man
1943
Plays Captain Perry Vickers
The Charge of the Light Brigade
1936
Plays Dudley Horn
Another Thin Man
1939
Plays Charles de Marigny
Band of Angels
1957
Plays Dr. William 'Bill' Burns
Hit the Ice
1943
Plays Jim Turner
Who Done It?
1942
Plays Prince Rupert Heinrich Franz Von Rentzau
Expensive Husbands
1937
Plays Dr. Roger Gretorex
Ivy
1947
Plays Jim Fiske
The Big Steal
1949
Plays Richard Brannon
Isn't It Romantic?
1948
Plays Trimble-Pomfret Son
Forever and a Day
1943
Plays Paul
The Guv'nor
1935
Plays South African Consul
The Man
1972
Plays Edmund 'Mac' MacLean
Crazy House
1943
Plays Frank Andrews
The Wolfman
1966
Plays Norman French
The Sisters
1938
Plays Paul Wilding
Married and in Love
1940
Plays Judson Ellis
Five Came Back
1939
Plays Edwards
Tarzan's Savage Fury
1952
Plays Josef Cartier
From the Earth to the Moon
1958
Plays Mr. Southcott
Terror in the Wax Museum
1973
Plays Capt. Ben Waldridge
Mutiny
1952
Plays Tom Dixon
The Spellbinder
1939
Plays Dr. Paul Dupin
The Mystery of Marie Roget
1942
Plays Harry Griffiths
Of Human Bondage
1946
Plays Harry Keith
Three Came Home
1950
Plays Henry Grant Jr.
It's Love I'm After
1937
Plays Cmdr. Brady
O.S.S.
1946
Plays Douglas Whitehead
Arnold
1973
Plays Patterson 'Pat' Buckley
Four's a Crowd
1938
Plays Brett Harwood Earl of Carstairs
Kitty
1945
Plays Hilary Jarret
This Is the Life
1944
Plays Julian March
World for Ransom
1954
Plays Jim Montgomery
Heart of the North
1938
Plays Chris Jensen
Crown v. Stevens
1936
Plays Capt. Condon
Torchy Blane in Chinatown
1939
Plays Wayne Vincent
No Man's Woman
1955
Plays Duc le Chandre
Monsieur Beaucaire
1946
Plays Lt. Larry Hall
Women in War
1940
Plays General Lloyd-Griffis
In Enemy Country
1968
Plays Doctor Enright
Lady in a Jam
1942
Plays Lance Gale
The Bride Wore Boots
1946
Plays Gilbert Blythe
Anne of Windy Poplars
1940
TV Shows
Plays MacIntosh
Gunsmoke
1955
Plays Martin Helm
Studio One
1948
Plays Longridge
General Electric Theater
1953
Plays Martin Scott
The Millionaire
1955
Plays Paul Maynard
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
Plays Richard Voyson
The United States Steel Hour
1953
Plays Simon Lambert
The Barbara Stanwyck Show
1960
Plays Paul Carthew
Maverick
1957
Plays Trevor Blake
Mona McCluskey
1965
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Arnold
Douglas Whitehead
1973
Film
Terror in the Wax Museum
Mr. Southcott
1973
Film
The Man
South African Consul
1972
Film
Chisum
Henry Tunstall
1970
Film
In Enemy Country
General Lloyd-Griffis
1968
Film
The Devil's Brigade
Adm. Lord Mountbatten
1968
Film
The Way West
Captain Grant
1967
Film
The Wolfman
Frank Andrews
1966
Film
Mona McCluskey
Trevor Blake · 1 episode
1965
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Frequently Asked Questions
Is Patric Knowles still alive?
Patric Knowles passed away on December 23, 1995 at age 84.
What are the most famous roles of Patric Knowles?
Patric Knowles is best known for roles in The Adventures of Robin Hood, The Wolf Man, How Green Was My Valley.
How many movies has Patric Knowles been in?
Over a 60-year career (since 1935), Patric Knowles has appeared in 74 movies and 9 TV shows.
What was Patric Knowles's first movie?
The career of Patric Knowles began with The Student's Romance (1935).
What is Patric Knowles's most recent movie or series?
Patric Knowles's most recent release is Arnold, which premiered on November 16, 1973.
What TV shows has Patric Knowles appeared in?
On television, Patric Knowles has appeared in Gunsmoke, Have Gun, Will Travel, Family Affair, Maverick.
Patric Knowles
1911-11-11 · Horsforth, Yorkshire, England, UK
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.Patric Knowles, licensed under CC-BY-SA,full list of contributors on Wikipedia.