Alexander Knox
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Canadian actor and author of adventure novels (1907-1995)
Key facts
- Born
- ( 1907-01-16 ) 16 January 1907, Strathroy , Ontario , Canada
- Died
- 25 April 1995 (1995-04-25) (aged 88), Berwick-upon-Tweed , Northumberland , England
- Occupations
- Actor author
- Years active
- 1931–1986
- Spouse
- Doris Nolan ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1944 )
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Alexander
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Canada
- Place of birth
- Ontario
- Place of death
- Berwick-upon-Tweed
- Spouse
- Doris Nolan
- Occupation
- film actor
- Educated at
- University of Western Ontario
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Image
- Alexander Knox.jpg
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- Commons category
- Alexander Knox
- date of birth
- 1907-01-16
- date of death
- 1995-04-25
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Actor
- manner of death
- natural causes
- start of work period
- 1928-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
Alexander Knox (16 January 1907 – 25 April 1995) 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.
Knox portrayed Control in the 1979 BBC miniseries adaptation of John le Carre's Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy. He acted in such films as Europe '51, The Vikings, The Longest Day, The Damned, and Modesty Blaise. He often worked with director Joseph Losey, a fellow American blacklistee living in the UK.
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