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Alexander Knox

Acting

Born January 16, 1907 · Strathroy, Ontario, Canada

Died April 25, 1995

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Alexander Knox (January 16, 1907 – April 25, 1995) was a Canadian actor and author of adventure novels set in the Great Lakes area during the 19th century. Description above from the Wikipedia article Alexander Knox, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Awards & recognition

  • Golden Globe AwardBest Actor in a Leading Role · 1944
  • Academy AwardBest Actor · 1945 · nominated

Filmography35 titles

The 25th Hour

1967

The Longest Day

1962as Maj. Gen. Walter Bedell Smith

Lovejoy

1986as Pinder

The Saint

1962as Governor Hudson Inverest

Europe '51

1952as George Girard

The Last Place on Earth

as Sir Clements Markham

The Sea Wolf

1941as Humphrey Van Weyden

The Four Feathers

1939as Bit Part

Nicholas and Alexandra

1971as The American Ambassador

The Vikings

1958as Father Godwin

Reach for the Sky

1956as Mr. Joyce

This Above All

1942as Rector

Rembrandt

1936as Ludwick’s Assistant (uncredited)

Ingrid Bergman Remembered

1996as Self (archive footage)

Over 21

1945as Max W. Wharton

You Only Live Twice

1967as Secretary of Defense (uncredited)

Gorky Park

1983as General

Villa Rides

1968as President Madero

Accident

1967as Provost

Khartoum

1966as Sir Evelyn Baring

The Damned

1962as Bernard

The Wreck of the Mary Deare

1959as Petrie

The Two-Headed Spy

1958as Gestapo Leader Müller

Woman of Straw

1964as Detective Inspector Lomer

Operation Amsterdam

1959as Walter Keyser

Tokyo Joe

1949as Mark Landis

Puppet on a Chain

1970as Colonel De Graaf

Holocaust 2000

1977as Meyer

Crack in the World

1965as Sir Charles Eggerston

In the Cool of the Day

1963as Frederick Bonner

Alias John Preston

1955as Dr. Peter Walton

Wilson

1944as Woodrow Wilson

Hidden Fear

1957as Hartman

Commandos Strike at Dawn

1942as German Captain

Oscar Wilde

1960as Sir Edgar Clarke