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