David Stephen Knight (January 16, 1928 – December 20, 2020) was an American film and television actor who worked for many years in Britain. He began his screen career as a contract player for the
Rank Organisation
The Rank Organisation was a British entertainment conglomerate founded by industrialist J. Arthur Rank in April 1937. It quickly became the largest and most vertically integrated film company in the United Kingdom, owning production, distribut ...
who used him as the
male lead in several of its productions. He was married to the Scottish actress Wendy McClure (1930–2022).
Selected filmography
Film
* ''
The Young Lovers'' (1954)
* ''
Out of the Clouds'' (1955)
* ''
Eyewitness'' (1956)
* ''
Lost (film)'' (1956)
* ''
Across the Bridge'' (1957)
* ''
Battle of the V-1'' (1958)
* ''
Clue of the Twisted Candle
''Clue of the Twisted Candle'' is a 1960 British crime film directed by Allan Davis and starring Bernard Lee, David Knight and Francis De Wolff. Part of the long-running series of Edgar Wallace Mysteries films made at Merton Park Studios, it is ...
'' (1960)
* ''
A Story of David
''A Story of David'' is a 1961 British-Israeli drama film directed by Bob McNaught and starring Jeff Chandler, Basil Sydney and Peter Arne. It depicts the life of the Biblical King David and his conflicted relationship with King Saul.
It was o ...
'' (1961)
* ''
The Devil's Agent'' (1962)
* ''
Nightmare
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'' (1964)
Television
* ''
A Mask for Alexis
''A Mask for Alexis'' is a British television series which originally aired on BBC in 6 episodes between 21 September and 26 October 1959.Baskin p.41
Main cast
* David Knight as Christopher March
* Harriette Johns as Elaine Brant
* Edward Cast ...
'' (1959)
* ''
Interpol Calling
''Interpol Calling'' was a 1959 Rank Organisation and Jack Wrather Productions British television crime drama series for ITC Entertainment. The programme, which ran for one series of 39 half-hour monochrome episodes, followed the adventures o ...
'' (1960)
* ''
Sergeant Cork
''Sergeant Cork'' is a British detective television series which first aired between 1963 and 1968 on ITV. It was a police procedural show that followed the efforts of two police officers and their battle against crime in Victorian London. In a ...
'' (1966)
* ''
Mrs Thursday
''Mrs Thursday'' is a British television comedy-drama produced by Associated Television.
It stars veteran British actress Kathleen Harrison as Alice Thursday, a Cockney charwoman who inherits £10 million and the controlling interest in a mul ...
'' (1966)
* ''
The Newcomers'' (1966-67)
* ''
Emergency-Ward 10'' (1967)
References
Bibliography
* Ryall, Tom. ''Anthony Asquith''. Manchester University Press, 2013.
* Spicer, Andrew. ''Sydney Box''. Manchester University Press, 2006.
External links
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1928 births
2020 deaths
People from Niagara Falls, New York
American male film actors
American male television actors
American emigrants to the United Kingdom
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