Biography
Reginald Lawrence Knowles (11 November 1911 β 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
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Movies 82
TV Shows 25
self 3

Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man' (1999)

Arnold (1973)

Terror in the Wax Museum (1973)

The Man (1972)

Chisum (1970)

The D.A.: Murder One (1969)

In Enemy Country (1968)

The Devil's Brigade (1968)

The Way West (1967)

The Wolf Man (1966)

Six Gun Law (1962)

The Barbara Stanwyck Show (1960)

Auntie Mame (1958)

From the Earth to the Moon (1958)

Maverick (1957)

Band of Angels (1957)

No Man's Woman (1955)

Gunsmoke (1955)

The Millionaire (1955)

The Thief (1955)

Khyber Patrol (1954)

World for Ransom (1954)

The United States Steel Hour (1953)

Flame of Calcutta (1953)

Jamaica Run (1953)

General Electric Theater (1953)

Mutiny (1952)

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (1951)

Quebec (1951)

Lux Video Theatre (1950)

Three Came Home (1950)

Robert Montgomery Presents (1950)

The Big Steal (1949)

Studio One (1948)

Isn't It Romantic? (1948)

Dream Girl (1948)

Variety Girl (1947)

Ivy (1947)

Monsieur Beaucaire (1946)

Of Human Bondage (1946)

The Bride Wore Boots (1946)

O.S.S. (1946)

Masquerade in Mexico (1945)

Kitty (1945)

This Is the Life (1944)

Pardon My Rhythm (1944)

Chip Off the Old Block (1944)

Crazy House (1943)

Always a Bridesmaid (1943)

All by Myself (1943)

Hit the Ice (1943)

Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man (1943)

Forever and a Day (1943)

Who Done It? (1942)

Sin Town (1942)

Lady in a Jam (1942)

The Mystery of Marie Roget (1942)

The Strange Case of Doctor Rx (1942)

The Wolf Man (1941)

How Green Was My Valley (1941)

Anne of Windy Poplars (1940)

Women in War (1940)

A Bill of Divorcement (1940)

Married and in Love (1940)

The Honeymoon's Over (1939)

Another Thin Man (1939)

The Spellbinder (1939)

Five Came Back (1939)

Beauty for the Asking (1939)

Torchy Blane in Chinatown (1939)

Breakdowns of 1938 (1938)

Heart of the North (1938)

Storm Over Bengal (1938)

The Sisters (1938)

Four's a Crowd (1938)

The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)

The Patient in Room 18 (1938)

Expensive Husbands (1937)

It's Love I'm After (1937)

Two's Company (1936)

The Charge of the Light Brigade (1936)

Give Me Your Heart (1936)

Fair Exchange (1936)

Crown v. Stevens (1936)

The Brown Wallet (1936)

Abdul the Damned (1935)

Honours Easy (1935)

The Girl in the Crowd (1935)

The Student's Romance (1935)
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1911-11-11
Deathday1995-12-23 (84 years old)
Birth PlaceYorkshire, United Kingdom
CitizenshipsUnited Kingdom
Also Known AsReginald Lawrence Knowles, Pat Knowles
Awardsstar on Hollywood Walk of Fame
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