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.
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.
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Filmography (Movies)
Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man'
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:01/01/1999
Arnold
Character:Douglas Whitehead
Release Date:16/11/1973
Terror in the Wax Museum
Character:Mr. Southcott
Release Date:02/05/1973
The Man
Character:South African Consul
Release Date:19/07/1972
Chisum
Character:Henry Tunstall
Release Date:23/07/1970
The D.A.: Murder One
Character:Charles Lloyd
Release Date:08/12/1969
In Enemy Country
Character:General Lloyd-Griffis
Release Date:01/07/1968
The Devil's Brigade
Character:Adm. Lord Mountbatten
Release Date:15/05/1968
The Way West
Character:Captain Grant
Release Date:24/05/1967
Six Gun Law
Character:
Release Date:01/12/1962
Auntie Mame
Character:Lindsay Woolsey
Release Date:04/12/1958
From the Earth to the Moon
Character:Josef Cartier
Release Date:26/11/1958
Band of Angels
Character:Charles de Marigny
Release Date:03/08/1957
No Man's Woman
Character:Wayne Vincent
Release Date:27/10/1955
The Thief
Character:Philippe Voyson
Release Date:04/01/1955
Khyber Patrol
Character:George Kennely
Release Date:04/09/1954
World for Ransom
Character:Julian March
Release Date:31/01/1954
Flame of Calcutta
Character:Capt. Keith Lambert
Release Date:20/07/1953
Jamaica Run
Character:William Montague
Release Date:21/04/1953
Tarzan's Savage Fury
Character:Edwards
Release Date:14/03/1952
Mutiny
Character:Capt. Ben Waldridge
Release Date:05/03/1952
Quebec
Character:Charles Douglas
Release Date:15/03/1951
Three Came Home
Character:Harry Keith
Release Date:20/02/1950
The Big Steal
Character:Jim Fiske
Release Date:01/07/1949
Isn't It Romantic?
Character:Richard Brannon
Release Date:06/10/1948
Dream Girl
Character:Jim Lucas
Release Date:27/07/1948
Variety Girl
Character:Patric Knowles
Release Date:29/08/1947
Ivy
Character:Dr. Roger Gretorex
Release Date:26/06/1947
Monsieur Beaucaire
Character:Duc le Chandre
Release Date:04/09/1946
Of Human Bondage
Character:Harry Griffiths
Release Date:05/07/1946
The Bride Wore Boots
Character:Lance Gale
Release Date:05/06/1946
O.S.S.
Character:Cmdr. Brady
Release Date:26/05/1946
Masquerade in Mexico
Character:Thomas Grant
Release Date:03/12/1945
Kitty
Character:Brett Harwood Earl of Carstairs
Release Date:16/10/1945
This Is the Life
Character:Maj. Hilary Jarret
Release Date:01/06/1944
Pardon My Rhythm
Character:Anthony "Tony" Page
Release Date:01/05/1944
Chip Off the Old Block
Character:Commander Judd Corrigan
Release Date:01/02/1944
Crazy House
Character:Edmund 'Mac' MacLean
Release Date:08/10/1943
Always a Bridesmaid
Character:Tony Warren
Release Date:24/09/1943
All by Myself
Character:Dr. Bill Perry
Release Date:11/06/1943
Hit the Ice
Character:Dr. William 'Bill' Burns
Release Date:02/06/1943
Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man
Character:Dr. Frank Mannering
Release Date:12/03/1943
Forever and a Day
Character:Trimble-Pomfret Son
Release Date:21/01/1943
Who Done It?
Character:Jim Turner
Release Date:30/10/1942
Sin Town
Character:Wade Crowell
Release Date:25/09/1942
Lady in a Jam
Character:Doctor Enright
Release Date:19/06/1942
The Mystery of Marie Roget
Character:Dr. Paul Dupin
Release Date:23/04/1942
The Strange Case of Doctor Rx
Character:Private Detective Jerry Church
Release Date:27/03/1942
The Wolf Man
Character:Frank Andrews
Release Date:09/12/1941
How Green Was My Valley
Character:Ivor Morgan
Release Date:28/10/1941
Anne of Windy Poplars
Character:Gilbert Blythe
Release Date:28/06/1940
Women in War
Character:Lt. Larry Hall
Release Date:05/06/1940
A Bill of Divorcement
Character:John Storm
Release Date:31/05/1940
Married and in Love
Character:Paul Wilding
Release Date:19/01/1940
Another Thin Man
Character:Dudley Horn
Release Date:17/11/1939
The Spellbinder
Character:Tom Dixon
Release Date:28/07/1939
Five Came Back
Character:Judson Ellis
Release Date:23/06/1939
Beauty for the Asking
Character:Denny Williams
Release Date:24/02/1939
Torchy Blane in Chinatown
Character:Capt. Condon
Release Date:02/02/1939
Breakdowns of 1938
Character:Patterson Buckley (archive footage) (uncredited)
Release Date:31/12/1938
Heart of the North
Character:Jim Montgomery
Release Date:10/12/1938
Storm Over Bengal
Character:Captain Jeffrey Allison
Release Date:14/11/1938
The Sisters
Character:Norman French
Release Date:14/10/1938
Four's a Crowd
Character:Patterson 'Pat' Buckley
Release Date:04/08/1938
The Adventures of Robin Hood
Character:Will Scarlett
Release Date:13/05/1938
The Patient in Room 18
Character:Lance O'Leary
Release Date:08/01/1938
Expensive Husbands
Character:Prince Rupert Heinrich Franz Von Rentzau
Release Date:27/11/1937
It's Love I'm After
Character:Henry Grant Jr.
Release Date:08/10/1937
Two's Company
Character:Lord Jerry Wendower
Release Date:12/12/1936
The Charge of the Light Brigade
Character:Captain Perry Vickers
Release Date:20/10/1936
Give Me Your Heart
Character:Robert 'Bob' Melford
Release Date:17/09/1936
Fair Exchange
Character:Tony Meredith
Release Date:14/09/1936
Crown v. Stevens
Character:Chris Jensen
Release Date:03/08/1936
The Brown Wallet
Character:John Gillespie
Release Date:20/07/1936
The Guv'nor
Character:Paul
Release Date:01/10/1935
Abdul the Damned
Character:Omar - Hilmi's Attache
Release Date:05/08/1935
Honours Easy
Character:Harry Markham
Release Date:31/07/1935
The Girl in the Crowd
Character:Tom Burrows
Release Date:20/05/1935
The Student's Romance
Character:Max Brandt
Release Date:01/01/1935
Television Appearances
Getting Together
Character:
Garrison's Gorillas
Character:
Jericho
Character:
Family Affair
Character:
Mona McCluskey
Character:Trevor Blake
Mickey
Character:
The Barbara Stanwyck Show
Character:Simon Lambert
Hawaiian Eye
Character:
Tightrope
Character:
77 Sunset Strip
Character:
Peter Gunn
Character:
Maverick
Character:
Maverick
Character:Paul Carthew
Have Gun, Will Travel
Character:
Tales of the 77th Bengal Lancers
Character:
Matinee Theater
Character:
The 20th Century Fox Hour
Character:
Gunsmoke
Character:MacIntosh
The Millionaire
Character:Martin Scott
The Whistler
Character:
The United States Steel Hour
Character:Richard Voyson
Revlon Mirror Theatre
Character:
General Electric Theater
Character:Longridge
General Electric Theater
Character:George Spence
General Electric Theater
Character:Manson (uncredited)
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Character:Paul Maynard
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Character:John Stacey
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Character:
Lux Video Theatre
Character:Corey Hill
Lux Video Theatre
Character:Barclay
Lux Video Theatre
Character:Bert
Lux Video Theatre
Character:Mr. Morley
Robert Montgomery Presents
Character:Self - Guest Host
Lights Out
Character:
Studio One
Character:Martin Helm
Studio One
Character:
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