Patric Knowles
Known for Acting · 109 credits
- Born
- 1911-11-11
- Died
- 1995-12-23
- Place of birth
- Horsforth, Yorkshire, England, UK
- Also known as
- Reginald Lawrence Knowles · Pat Knowles
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).
Known For
TV Shows (27)
Maverick
1957
as Paul Carthew
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950
as Self - Guest Host
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
Matinee Theater
1955
Studio One
1948
as Martin Helm
Hawaiian Eye
1959
77 Sunset Strip
1958
Peter Gunn
1958
Gunsmoke
1955
as MacIntosh
Lights Out
1949
Family Affair
1966
The Millionaire
1955
as Martin Scott
The 20th Century Fox Hour
1955
The United States Steel Hour
1953
as Richard Voyson
The Barbara Stanwyck Show
1960
as Simon Lambert
Lux Video Theatre
1950
as Corey Hill / Barclay / Bert / Mr. Morley
Tightrope
1959
Garrison's Gorillas
1967
The Whistler
1954
Jericho
1966
General Electric Theater
1953
as Longridge / George Spence / Manson (uncredited)
Mona McCluskey
1965
as Trevor Blake
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
as Paul Maynard / John Stacey
Revlon Mirror Theatre
1953
Mickey
1964
Getting Together
1971
Tales of the 77th Bengal Lancers
1956
Movies (82)
Chisum
1970
as Henry Tunstall
The Adventures of Robin Hood
1938
as Will Scarlett
The Wolf Man
1941
as Frank Andrews
Kitty
1945
as Brett Harwood Earl of Carstairs
Arnold
1973
as Douglas Whitehead
Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man
1943
as Dr. Frank Mannering
The Devil's Brigade
1968
as Adm. Lord Mountbatten
Auntie Mame
1958
as Lindsay Woolsey
How Green Was My Valley
1941
as Ivor Morgan
The Way West
1967
as Captain Grant
Another Thin Man
1939
as Dudley Horn
Jamaica Run
1953
as William Montague
Band of Angels
1957
as Charles de Marigny
Five Came Back
1939
as Judson Ellis
Quebec
1951
as Charles Douglas
Crazy House
1943
as Edmund 'Mac' MacLean
It's Love I'm After
1937
as Henry Grant Jr.
Variety Girl
1947
as Patric Knowles
Mutiny
1952
as Capt. Ben Waldridge
The Charge of the Light Brigade
1936
as Captain Perry Vickers
The Mystery of Marie Roget
1942
as Dr. Paul Dupin
The Sisters
1938
as Norman French
The Patient in Room 18
1938
as Lance O'Leary
Ivy
1947
as Dr. Roger Gretorex
O.S.S.
1946
as Cmdr. Brady
Hit the Ice
1943
as Dr. William 'Bill' Burns
World for Ransom
1954
as Julian March
Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man'
1999
as Self (archive footage)
Lady in a Jam
1942
as Doctor Enright
Forever and a Day
1943
as Trimble-Pomfret Son
Who Done It?
1942
as Jim Turner
Terror in the Wax Museum
1973
as Mr. Southcott
The Man
1972
as South African Consul
Breakdowns of 1938
1938
as Patterson Buckley (archive footage) (uncredited)
In Enemy Country
1968
as General Lloyd-Griffis
Monsieur Beaucaire
1946
as Duc le Chandre
The Bride Wore Boots
1946
as Lance Gale
Women in War
1940
as Lt. Larry Hall
The Spellbinder
1939
as Tom Dixon
Three Came Home
1950
as Harry Keith
From the Earth to the Moon
1958
as Josef Cartier
Heart of the North
1938
as Jim Montgomery
Torchy Blane in Chinatown
1939
as Capt. Condon
Of Human Bondage
1946
as Harry Griffiths
Flame of Calcutta
1953
as Capt. Keith Lambert
Sin Town
1942
as Wade Crowell
The D.A.: Murder One
1969
as Charles Lloyd
Fair Exchange
1936
as Tony Meredith
The Thief
1955
as Philippe Voyson
The Strange Case of Doctor Rx
1942
as Private Detective Jerry Church
Four's a Crowd
1938
as Patterson 'Pat' Buckley
Storm Over Bengal
1938
as Captain Jeffrey Allison
The Big Steal
1949
as Jim Fiske
Six Gun Law
1962
Anne of Windy Poplars
1940
as Gilbert Blythe
This Is the Life
1944
as Maj. Hilary Jarret
No Man's Woman
1955
as Wayne Vincent
The Brown Wallet
1936
as John Gillespie
A Bill of Divorcement
1940
as John Storm
Always a Bridesmaid
1943
as Tony Warren
Tarzan's Savage Fury
1952
as Edwards
Khyber Patrol
1954
as George Kennely
Abdul the Damned
1935
as Omar - Hilmi's Attache
Crown v. Stevens
1936
as Chris Jensen
Dream Girl
1948
as Jim Lucas
Expensive Husbands
1937
as Prince Rupert Heinrich Franz Von Rentzau
Isn't It Romantic?
1948
as Richard Brannon
Beauty for the Asking
1939
as Denny Williams
Married and in Love
1940
as Paul Wilding
The Girl in the Crowd
1935
as Tom Burrows
Masquerade in Mexico
1945
as Thomas Grant
Give Me Your Heart
1936
as Robert 'Bob' Melford
The Student's Romance
1935
as Max Brandt
The Guv'nor
1935
as Paul
Chip Off the Old Block
1944
as Commander Judd Corrigan
Pardon My Rhythm
1944
as Anthony "Tony" Page
Honours Easy
1935
as Harry Markham
The Wolfman
1966
as Frank Andrews
All by Myself
1943
as Dr. Bill Perry
Two's Company
1936
as Lord Jerry Wendower
The Honeymoon's Over
1939
as Pat Shields
Irish for Luck
1936
as Terry O'Ryan
About Patric Knowles
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 b… With 109 credits spanning from 1935 to 1999, Patric Knowles has appeared in 82 films and 27 TV shows.
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Most Popular Patric Knowles Movies
- Chisum (1970) — as Henry Tunstall
- The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938) — as Will Scarlett
- The Wolf Man (1941) — as Frank Andrews
- Kitty (1945) — as Brett Harwood Earl of Carstairs
- Arnold (1973) — as Douglas Whitehead
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