Alexander Knox
Canadian actor Alexander Knox moved to England as a young man, where he distinguished himself as a stage actor in the 1930s, also appearing in film productions there throughout the decade. After a few supporting performances in British comedies and mysteries and a bit part in the adventure classic "The Four Feathers," he made the jump to Hollywood, where he landed a sizable role in "The Sea Wolf," an adaptation of the often-filmed Jack London novel of the same name, in which Knox acted alongside screen legend Edward G. Robinson. Three years later, Knox was chosen to portray the titular president in the biopic "Wilson," which is the role he's best remembered for. Though the film itself was a financial disaster, Knox's Academy Award-nominated depiction of Woodrow Wilson earned him high praises. Now a reputable Hollywood player, Knox continued to take starring parts in a disparate series of films, working with such leading lights as Humphrey Bogart, Rosalind Russell and Irene Dunne --until he was blacklisted from the American film industry in the '50s. Undeterred, Knox opted to continue his career in England, later to return to the U.S. for memorable supporting turns in films such as 1958's costume adventure "The Vikings" and the 1962 war epic "The Longest Day." Later, in 1966, he appeared in the U.K. historical drama "Khartoum." He continued to act in films and TV series until bowing out of the limelight in the mid-80s.
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Alexander Knox
Filmography
Movies
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Joshua Then and Now | Senator Hornby (Character) | $542.4K | 1985 |
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Helen Keller: The Miracle Continues | Mr. Gilman (Character) | - | 1984 |
78% |
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Gorky Park | General (Character) | - | 1983 |
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Cry of the Innocent | Thornton Donegin (Character) | - | 1980 |
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Holocaust 2000 | Professor Ernst Meyer (Character) | - | 1978 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Truman at Potsdam | Secretary of War Stimson (Character) | - | 1976 |
67% |
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Puppet on a Chain | Col. De Graaf (Character) | - | 1972 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Fraulein Doktor | Gen. Peronne (Character) | - | 1969 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Run a Crooked Mile | Sir Howard Nettleton (Character) | - | 1969 |
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Villa Rides | President Francisco Madero (Character) | - | 1968 |
50% |
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Shalako | Henry Clarke (Character) | - | 1968 |
44% |
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How I Won the War | American General (Character) | - | 1967 |
76% |
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Accident | Provost (Character) | $17.2K | 1967 |
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The 25th Hour | D.A. (Character) | - | 1967 |
50% |
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Modesty Blaise | Minister (Character) | - | 1966 |
100% |
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Khartoum | Sir Evelyn Baring (Character) | - | 1966 |
86% |
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Crack in the World | Sir Charles Eggerston (Character) | - | 1965 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Mission to Paradise | Commissioner Lighton (Character) | - | 1965 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Mister Moses | Rev. Anderson (Character) | - | 1965 |
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Woman of Straw | Detective Inspector Lomer (Character) | - | 1964 |
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In the Cool of the Day | Frederick Bonner (Character) | - | 1963 |
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Man in the Middle | Col. Burton (Character) | - | 1963 |
88% |
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These Are the Damned | Bernard (Character) | - | 1962 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Share Out | Col. Calderwood (Character) | - | 1962 |
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Operation Amsterdam | Walter Keyser (Character) | - | 1960 |
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Oscar Wilde | Sir Edgar Clarke (Character) | - | 1959 |
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The Wreck of the Mary Deare | Petrie (Character) | - | 1959 |
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Chase a Crooked Shadow | Chandler Brisson (Character) | - | 1958 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Intent to Kill | Dr. McNeill (Character) | - | 1958 |
77% |
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The Vikings | Father Godwin (Character) | - | 1958 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Storm in Jamaica | Leonard Pawley (Character) | - | 1958 |
80% |
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Reach for the Sky | Mr. Joyce (Character) | - | 1957 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hidden Fear | Hartman (Character) | - | 1957 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Davy | Sir Giles Manning (Character) | - | 1957 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Night My Number Came Up | Owen Robertson (Character) | - | 1956 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Alias John Preston | Dr. Peter Walton (Character) | - | 1955 |
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The Sleeping Tiger | Dr. Clive Esmond (Character) | - | 1954 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Divided Heart | Chief Justice Anderson (Character) | - | 1954 |
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Europe '51 | Unknown (Character) | - | 1952 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Paula | Dr. Clifford Frazer (Character) | - | 1952 |
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I'd Climb the Highest Mountain | Tom Salter (Character) | - | 1951 |
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Man in the Saddle | Will Isham (Character) | - | 1951 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Greatest Love | George Girard (Character) | - | 1951 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Son of Dr. Jekyll | Dr. Curtis Lanyon (Character) | - | 1951 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Judge Steps Out | Judge Thomas Bailey aka Tom Brown (Character) | - | 1949 |
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Tokyo Joe | Mark Landis (Character) | - | 1949 |
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The Sign of the Ram | Mallory St. Aubyn (Character) | - | 1948 |
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Sister Kenny |
Dr. McDonnell (Character), Screenwriter |
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Over 21 | Max W. Wharton (Character) | - | 1945 |
89% |
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Wilson | Woodrow Wilson (Character) | - | 1944 |
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None Shall Escape | Wilhelm Grimm (Character) | - | 1944 |
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This Above All | Rector (Character) | - | 1942 |
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The Commandos Strike at Dawn | German Captain (Character) | - | 1942 |
100% |
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The Sea Wolf | Humphrey Van Weyden (Character) | - | 1941 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Cheer, Boys, Cheer | Saunders (Character) | - | 1939 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Phantom Strikes | Dr. Lomond (Character) | - | 1938 |
TV
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Lovejoy | Unknown (Character) | 1986 |
100% | 88% | Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy | Control (Character) | 1979 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | El Santo | Governor Hudson Inverest (Guest Star) | 1962 |