Biography
Skelton Barnaby Knaggs (27 June 1911 – 30 April 1955) was an English stage actor who also appeared in films, especially in horror films. Knaggs was born in the Hillsborough district of Sheffield, England. Knaggs moved to London where he trained as an actor at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, and subsequently became a Shakespearean actor. In addition to appearing on stage in Shakespeare's Cymbeline, Knaggs appeared in a few British films, including an uncredited role as a German orderly in Michael Powell's The Spy in Black.
At some point he moved to Los Angeles, California, and found work as a character actor in Hollywood. Diminutive and distinctive-looking, with a strongly featured pock-marked face and charismatically voiced with an English Midlands provincial accent, he was cast in sinister roles, often in horror films. These ranged from uncredited bit parts to prominent roles in the Sherlock Holmes thriller Terror by Night, the all-star monster rally House of Dracula and three Val Lewton productions including The Ghost Ship. In the last, a voice-over narrative by Knaggs is heard, representing the thoughts of his character, a mute seaman.
Back in London, he married Thelma Crawshaw in 1949, then returned to Hollywood. The last film in which he appeared was Fritz Lang's period adventure based on J. Meade Falkner's novel Moonfleet.
Filmography
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Movies 26
Casanova's Big Night (1954)
A Scandal in Paris (1946)
Bedlam (1946)
Just Before Dawn (1946)
House of Dracula (1945)
Isle of the Dead (1945)
The Invisible Man's Revenge (1944)
The Lodger (1944)
The Ghost Ship (1943)
Thank Your Lucky Stars (1943)
Torture Ship (1939)
The Spy in Black (1939)
South Riding (1938)
The High Command (1937)
Rembrandt (1936)
Everything Is Thunder (1936)
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1911-06-27
Deathday1955-05-01 (43 years old)
Birth PlaceSheffield, Yorkshire, England, UK
CitizenshipsUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, United Kingdom, United States of America
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