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