Alexander Knox

Alexander Knox

Canadian actor and author of adventure novels (1907-1995)

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. 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.

Filmography in the catalog

Credited on 7 films (1945–1968) — matched by name in the Creator or Credits field. Also mentioned in 9 other records (descriptions, transcriptions, copyright notes).

Year ▼ Title CreatorLengthFormatColorSound
1968 Villa Rides. Paramount Pictures Corp. 125 min 35mm Color sound
1967 The 25th Hour. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc. 134 min 35mm Color sound
1963 The Damned Joseph Losey
1958 Davy Michael Relph
1951 I’d Climb The Highest Mountain. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp 87 min. 35mm Color sound
1951 Man In The Saddle. Producers-Actors Corp. 87 min. 35mm Color sound
1945 Over 21. Charles Vidor 11 reels.