Patric Knowles

Acting

Born November 11, 1911 — Died December 23, 1995 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Patric Knowles, licensed under CC-BY-SA,full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Movies(82)

Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man'

Self (archive footage)

1999

Arnold

Douglas Whitehead

1973

Terror in the Wax Museum

Mr. Southcott

1973

The Man

South African Consul

1972

Chisum

Henry Tunstall

1970

The D.A.: Murder One

Charles Lloyd

1969

In Enemy Country

General Lloyd-Griffis

1968

The Devil's Brigade

Adm. Lord Mountbatten

1968

The Way West

Captain Grant

1967

The Wolfman

Frank Andrews

1966

Six Gun Law

1962

Auntie Mame

Lindsay Woolsey

1958

From the Earth to the Moon

Josef Cartier

1958

Band of Angels

Charles de Marigny

1957

No Man's Woman

Wayne Vincent

1955

The Thief

Philippe Voyson

1955

Khyber Patrol

George Kennely

1954

World for Ransom

Julian March

1954

Flame of Calcutta

Capt. Keith Lambert

1953

Jamaica Run

William Montague

1953

Tarzan's Savage Fury

Edwards

1952

Mutiny

Capt. Ben Waldridge

1952

Quebec

Charles Douglas

1951

Three Came Home

Harry Keith

1950

The Big Steal

Jim Fiske

1949

Isn't It Romantic?

Richard Brannon

1948

Dream Girl

Jim Lucas

1948

Variety Girl

Patric Knowles

1947

Ivy

Dr. Roger Gretorex

1947

Monsieur Beaucaire

Duc le Chandre

1946

Of Human Bondage

Harry Griffiths

1946

The Bride Wore Boots

Lance Gale

1946

O.S.S.

Cmdr. Brady

1946

Masquerade in Mexico

Thomas Grant

1945

Kitty

Brett Harwood Earl of Carstairs

1945

This Is the Life

Maj. Hilary Jarret

1944

Pardon My Rhythm

Anthony "Tony" Page

1944

Chip Off the Old Block

Commander Judd Corrigan

1944

Crazy House

Edmund 'Mac' MacLean

1943

Always a Bridesmaid

Tony Warren

1943

All by Myself

Dr. Bill Perry

1943

Hit the Ice

Dr. William 'Bill' Burns

1943

Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man

Dr. Frank Mannering

1943

Forever and a Day

Trimble-Pomfret Son

1943

Who Done It?

Jim Turner

1942

Sin Town

Wade Crowell

1942

Lady in a Jam

Doctor Enright

1942

The Mystery of Marie Roget

Dr. Paul Dupin

1942

The Strange Case of Doctor Rx

Private Detective Jerry Church

1942

The Wolf Man

Frank Andrews

1941

How Green Was My Valley

Ivor Morgan

1941

Anne of Windy Poplars

Gilbert Blythe

1940

Women in War

Lt. Larry Hall

1940

A Bill of Divorcement

John Storm

1940

Married and in Love

Paul Wilding

1940

The Honeymoon's Over

Pat Shields

1939

Another Thin Man

Dudley Horn

1939

The Spellbinder

Tom Dixon

1939

Five Came Back

Judson Ellis

1939

Beauty for the Asking

Denny Williams

1939

Torchy Blane in Chinatown

Capt. Condon

1939

Breakdowns of 1938

Patterson Buckley (archive footage) (uncredited)

1938

Heart of the North

Jim Montgomery

1938

Storm Over Bengal

Captain Jeffrey Allison

1938

The Sisters

Norman French

1938

Four's a Crowd

Patterson 'Pat' Buckley

1938

The Adventures of Robin Hood

Will Scarlett

1938

The Patient in Room 18

Lance O'Leary

1938

Expensive Husbands

Prince Rupert Heinrich Franz Von Rentzau

1937

It's Love I'm After

Henry Grant Jr.

1937

Irish for Luck

Terry O'Ryan

1936

Two's Company

Lord Jerry Wendower

1936

The Charge of the Light Brigade

Captain Perry Vickers

1936

Give Me Your Heart

Robert 'Bob' Melford

1936

Fair Exchange

Tony Meredith

1936

Crown v. Stevens

Chris Jensen

1936

The Brown Wallet

John Gillespie

1936

The Guv'nor

Paul

1935

Abdul the Damned

Omar - Hilmi's Attache

1935

Honours Easy

Harry Markham

1935

The Girl in the Crowd

Tom Burrows

1935

The Student's Romance

Max Brandt

1935

Patric Knowles

TV Shows(27)

Movies(82)