# Frederick Knott

> Frederick Major Paull Knott was an English playwright and screenwriter known for complex crime-related plots. Although he was a reluctant writer and completed a small number of plays, two have become well-known: the London-based stage thriller Dial M for Murder, later filmed in Hollywood by Alfred Hitchcock, and the 1966 play Wait Until Dark, which was adapted to a Hollywood film directed by Terence Young. He also wrote the Broadway mystery Write Me a Murder.

*English dramatist and playwright (1916-2002)*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Writer / Author
- **Category:** Writers
- **Country:** United States
- **Born:** 1916-08-28
- **Died:** 2002-12-17
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

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## Fame
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