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). 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.
Acted in 103
1970s
- 1973
Arnold
Douglas Whitehead
- 1972
The Man
South African Consul
- 1970
1960s
- 1969
The D.A.: Murder One
Charles Lloyd
- 1968
In Enemy Country
General Lloyd-Griffis
- 1967
- 1966
- 1965
Mona McCluskey
Trevor Blake · 1 episode
- 1964
Mickey
TV
- 1962
Six Gun Law
Movie
- 1960
1950s
- 1959
- 1958
From the Earth to the Moon
Josef Cartier
- 1957
Band of Angels
Charles de Marigny
- 1956
Tales of the 77th Bengal Lancers
TV
- 1955
No Man's Woman
Wayne Vincent
The Thief
Philippe Voyson
- 1954
Khyber Patrol
George Kennely
World for Ransom
Julian March
- 1953
Flame of Calcutta
Capt. Keith Lambert
Revlon Mirror Theatre
TV
General Electric Theater
Longridge, George Spence, Manson (uncredited) · 1 episode
- 1952
- 1951
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Paul Maynard, John Stacey · 1 episode
Quebec
Charles Douglas
- 1950
Three Came Home
Harry Keith
1940s
- 1949
- 1948
Isn't It Romantic?
Richard Brannon
Dream Girl
Jim Lucas
- 1947
Variety Girl
Patric Knowles
Ivy
Dr. Roger Gretorex
- 1946
Monsieur Beaucaire
Duc le Chandre
Of Human Bondage
Harry Griffiths
The Bride Wore Boots
Lance Gale
O.S.S.
Cmdr. Brady
- 1945
Masquerade in Mexico
Thomas Grant
Kitty
Brett Harwood Earl of Carstairs
- 1944
This Is the Life
Hilary Jarret
Pardon My Rhythm
Anthony "Tony" Page
Chip Off the Old Block
Commander Judd Corrigan
- 1943
Crazy House
Edmund 'Mac' MacLean
Always a Bridesmaid
Tony Warren
All by Myself
Dr. Bill Perry
Hit the Ice
Dr. William 'Bill' Burns
Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man
Dr. Frank Mannering
Forever and a Day
Trimble-Pomfret Son
- 1942
Who Done It?
Jim Turner
Sin Town
Wade Crowell
Lady in a Jam
Doctor Enright
The Mystery of Marie Roget
Dr. Paul Dupin
The Strange Case of Doctor Rx
Private Detective Jerry Church
- 1941
- 1940
Anne of Windy Poplars
Gilbert Blythe
Women in War
Lt. Larry Hall
A Bill of Divorcement
John Storm
Married and in Love
Paul Wilding
1930s
- 1939
The Honeymoon's Over
Pat Shields
Another Thin Man
Dudley Horn
The Spellbinder
Tom Dixon
Five Came Back
Judson Ellis
Beauty for the Asking
Denny Williams
Torchy Blane in Chinatown
Capt. Condon
- 1938
Breakdowns of 1938
Patterson Buckley (archive footage) (uncredited)
Heart of the North
Jim Montgomery
Storm Over Bengal
Captain Jeffrey Allison
The Sisters
Norman French
Four's a Crowd
Patterson 'Pat' Buckley
The Patient in Room 18
Lance O'Leary
- 1937
Expensive Husbands
Prince Rupert Heinrich Franz Von Rentzau
- 1936
Irish for Luck
Terry O'Ryan
Two's Company
Lord Jerry Wendower
Give Me Your Heart
Robert 'Bob' Melford
Crown v. Stevens
Chris Jensen
The Brown Wallet
John Gillespie
- 1935
The Guv'nor
Paul
Abdul the Damned
Omar - Hilmi's Attache
Honours Easy
Harry Markham
The Student's Romance
Max Brandt
Appearances2
1990s
- 1999
Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man'
Self (archive footage)
