Alexander Knox
Canadian actor and author of adventure novels (1907-1995) · Canada · On the map · Actors · Died at 88
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.
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LovejoySeries, Pinder1985
The Last Place on EarthSeries, Sir Clements Markham
Joshua Then and NowFilm, 1985Sen. Hornby1982
American PlayhouseSeries, Henry Stimson1980
OppenheimerSeries, Henry Stimson1979
Tinker Tailor Soldier SpySeries, Control1977
Holocaust 2000Film, Meyer1970
Puppet on a ChainFilm, Colonel De Graaf1968
ShalakoFilm, Henry Clarke1966
KhartoumFilm, Sir Evelyn Baring1964The Hidden TruthSeries
Man in the MiddleFilm, 1964Colonel Burton1963FestivalSeries, Edmond Duval1962
The SaintSeries, Governor Hudson Inverest1959
Operation AmsterdamFilm, Walter Keyser1958
Chase a Crooked ShadowFilm, Chandler Bridson1955
The Night My Number Came UpFilm, Owen Robertson1954
Mark SaberSeries1952
Europa '51Film, George Girard1951
Hallmark Hall of FameSeries, Henry Stimson1949
Tokyo JoeFilm, Mark Landis1944Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Leading RoleAward
None Shall EscapeFilm, 1944Wilhelm Grimm1941
The Sea WolfFilm, Humphrey Van Weyden1936
RembrandtFilm, Ludwick’s Assistant (uncredited)1907Born16 January 1907People around Alexander
Darryl F. Zanuck Produced Wilson and This Above All
Joseph Losey Directed Modesty Blaise, Accident and The Damned
André de Toth Directed None Shall Escape and Man in the Saddle
Carlo Ponti Produced The 25th Hour and Europe '51
Sean Connery Also in You Only Live Twice and The Longest Day
Dino De Laurentiis Produced Europe '51 and The Betrayal
Michael Redgrave Also in The 25th Hour (1967)
Henry King Directed Wilson (1944)- Lewis Gilbert Directed You Only Live Twice (1967)
Michael Anderson Directed The Wreck of the Mary Deare (1959)
Richard Fleischer Directed The Vikings and Crack in the Mirror
Basil Dearden Directed Khartoum and Woman of Straw
Roberto Rossellini Directed Europe '51 (1953)
Ralph Richardson Also in Khartoum and The Four Feathers
Dirk Bogarde Also in Modesty Blaise and The Sleeping Tiger
Alberto Lattuada Directed The Betrayal (1969)
Jack Hawkins Also in Shalako and The Two-Headed Spy
Kenneth More Also in The Longest Day and Reach for the Sky
R. C. Sherriff Wrote The Four Feathers and This Above All- Nigel Green Also in Reach for the Sky and Khartoum
Edward Underdown Also in Khartoum and Woman of Straw
Lamar Trotti Produced I'd Climb the Highest Mountain (1951)
Alexander Korda Produced Rembrandt (1936)
Ingrid Bergman Also in Europe '51 and Europa '51
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The 25th Hour 1967
The Longest Day 1962
Europa '51 1952
The Sea Wolf 1941
The Four Feathers 1939
Filmography 40
85 credits on file
Television 11
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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.
