Biography
Alexander Knox was a Canadian actor and writer. He appeared in over 100 film, television, and theatrical productions over a career spanning from the 1920s until the late 1980s. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor and won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama for his performance as Woodrow Wilson in the biopic Wilson (1944). However, his career in the United States was hampered by McCarthyism, and he spent the rest of his career in the United Kingdom.
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Awards & recognition
- Golden Globe Award — Best Actor in a Leading Role · 1944
- Academy Award — Best Actor · 1945 · nominated
Filmography36 titles
The 25th Hour
The Longest Day
Lovejoy
The Last Place on Earth
The Saint
Europe '51
The Sea Wolf
The Four Feathers
Nicholas and Alexandra
The Vikings
Reach for the Sky
This Above All
Rembrandt
Ingrid Bergman Remembered
Oppenheimer
Over 21
You Only Live Twice
Accident
Gorky Park
Villa Rides
Khartoum
The Damned
The Wreck of the Mary Deare
The Two-Headed Spy
Woman of Straw
Operation Amsterdam
Tokyo Joe
Puppet on a Chain
Holocaust 2000
Crack in the World
In the Cool of the Day
Alias John Preston
Wilson
Hidden Fear
Commandos Strike at Dawn
Oscar Wilde