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