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Donald Knight (16 February 1933 – 18 August 1997) was an English film, television and stage actor.
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Early life
Born in Manchester, Lancashire, after a short stint in the British Army, he left England for Canada, where he studied at Sir George Williams University in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, and later Wesley Theological Seminary in Washington, D.C.. He gained degrees in English, Philosophy, Theology and Drama.
Knight was also an ordained minister and, during his acting career, he also served as pastor at many churches. He was a minister at the United Church of Christ in Simi Valley, California. He appeared in the PBS telefilm The Canterville Ghost. Its other distributors were WonderWorks and the Disney Channel.
Acting career
In 1965, he moved to California to pursue acting, and was primarily a character actor, making numerous guest appearances in television series such as Mission: Impossible, The Time Tunnel, Bonanza, Hawaii Five-O, Cannon, Kojak, Little House on the Prairie, Banacek, Barnaby Jones and It Takes a Thief, as well as semi-regular roles in series such as The Immortal. In 1972, he also played a mechanic in the Columbo episode "Etude in Black".
In 1976 he was in the Disney movie "Treasure of Matecumbe". His character was Skaggs.
Knight died on 18 August 1997 in Squaw Valley, Fresno County, California, USA, following a stroke earlier that month.
Filmography
Actor
1993
Dark Justice (TV Series)
- Blast from the Past (1993)
1992
Murder, She Wrote (TV Series) as
Quint Sankey
- The Wind Around the Tower (1992) - Quint Sankey
1991
Father Dowling Mysteries (TV Series) as
Heckler
- The Substitute Sister Mystery (1991) - Heckler
1989
The People Next Door (TV Series) as
Mirror
- I Do, I Do (1989) - Mirror (voice)
1988
Houston Knights (TV Series)
- Love Hurts (1988)
1987
Days of Our Lives (TV Series) as
Geofferey Fitzwater / Geoffery Fitzwater
- Episode #1.5524 (1987) - Geofferey Fitzwater
- Episode #1.5518 (1987) - Geofferey Fitzwater
- Episode #1.5516 (1987) - Geoffery Fitzwater
- Episode #1.5513 (1987) - Geofferey Fitzwater
1987
Me & Mrs. C. (TV Series) as
Mortimer
- Last Rites: Part 1 (1987) - Mortimer
1986
Falcon Crest (TV Series) as
Harold Wilkins
- The Cataclysm (1986) - Harold Wilkins
1985
The Canterville Ghost (TV Movie) as
Mr. Smythe
1985
Glitter (TV Series) as
Dr. Stewart
- The Matriarch (1985) - Dr. Stewart
1985
International Airport (TV Movie) as
Jarvis
1984
Magnum, P.I. (TV Series) as
Dan Davies
- Luther Gillis: File #001 (1984) - Dan Davies
1984
Automan (TV Series) as
Inspector Mercer
- Club Ten (1984) - Inspector Mercer
1983
Manimal (TV Series) as
Chase's Father
- Night of the Beast (1983) - Chase's Father (uncredited)
- Breath of the Dragon (1983) - Chase's Father (uncredited)
- Scrimshaw (1983) - Chase's Father (uncredited)
- High Stakes (1983) - Chase's Father (uncredited)
- Female of the Species (1983) - Chase's Father (uncredited)
- Night of the Scorpion (1983) - Chase's Father (uncredited)
- Illusion (1983) - Chase's Father (uncredited)
1983
The A-Team (TV Series) as
Gibbons
- The Only Church in Town (1983) - Gibbons
1983
The Powers of Matthew Star (TV Series) as
Simonson
- The Road Rebels (1983) - Simonson
1983
Small & Frye (TV Series) as
Paulie
- Endangered Detectives (1983) - Paulie
1982
Voyagers! (TV Series) as
Colonel Raull
- Merry Christmas, Bogg (1982) - Colonel Raull
1982
Bring 'Em Back Alive (TV Series) as
Dingo Larson
- There's One Born Every Minute (1982) - Dingo Larson
1982
Father Murphy (TV Series) as
Toby
- Eighty-Eight Keys to Happiness (1982) - Toby
1982
Swamp Thing as
Ritter
1978
Charlie's Angels (TV Series) as
Fredrick Ober / Jack Orwell
- Island Angels (1980) - Fredrick Ober
- Mother Goose Is Running for His Life (1978) - Jack Orwell
1980
The Secret War of Jackie's Girls (TV Movie)
1980
The Kids Who Knew Too Much (TV Movie) as
Prescott
1974
The Magical World of Disney (TV Series) as
J.C. / Red / Prescott
- The Kids Who Knew Too Much (1980) - Prescott
- Return of the Big Cat: Part 2 (1974) - J.C.
- Return of the Big Cat: Part 1 (1974) - J.C.
- Hog Wild: Part 2 (1974) - Red
- Hog Wild: Part 1 (1974) - Red
1980
The Chisholms (TV Series) as
Lynch
- The Suitor (1980) - Lynch
1968
Hawaii Five-O (TV Series) as
George Lamb / Thayler / Colin Nichols / ...
- The Kahuna (1979) - George Lamb
- The Bells Toll at Noon (1977) - Thayler
- Ring of Life (1975) - Colin Nichols
- Flash of Color, Flash of Death (1973) - Gavin Hobbs
- 'V' for Vashon: The Father (1972) - Dylan Heyward
- The Ways of Love (1968) - Steve Larsen
1979
Buffalo Soldiers (TV Movie) as
Renegade
1979
Stop Susan Williams (TV Series) as
Stewart Chamberlain
- Chapter Four: Thundering Doom (1979) - Stewart Chamberlain
- Chapter Three: Jungle Death Trap (1979) - Stewart Chamberlain
1977
Switch (TV Series) as
Rob Evans
- Thirty Thousand Witnesses (1977) - Rob Evans
1977
Code Name: Diamond Head (TV Movie) as
H.K. Muldoon
1977
The Fantastic Journey (TV Series) as
Paget
- Vortex (1977) - Paget
1976
Treasure of Matecumbe as
Skaggs
1976
Bert D'Angelo/Superstar (TV Series) as
Tadlock
- What Kind of Cop Are You? (1976) - Tadlock
1974
Kojak (TV Series) as
Pourette / John Hagen
- Both Sides of the Law (1976) - Pourette
- Before the Devil Knows (1974) - John Hagen
1975
Swiss Family Robinson (TV Series) as
Harper
- The Castaway (1975) - Harper (as Donald Knight)
- Man O'War (1975)
1975
Barnaby Jones (TV Series) as
Bertram Fisher
- A Taste for Murder (1975) - Bertram Fisher
1975
The Apple Dumpling Gang as
John Wintle
1974
Movin' On (TV Series) as
Richard
- Antiques (1974) - Richard
1974
Return of the Big Cat (TV Movie) as
J.C.
1974
Little House on the Prairie (TV Series) as
Jack Peters
- 100 Mile Walk (1974) - Jack Peters
1974
Death in Space (TV Movie) as
Dr. King
1974
Cannon (TV Series) as
Walter Novell
- Triangle of Terror (1974) - Walter Novell
1974
Shaft (TV Series) as
J.L. Teague
- The Capricorn Murders (1974) - J.L. Teague
1974
Hog Wild (TV Movie) as
Red
1973
Banacek (TV Series) as
Isaac Porter
- The Three Million Dollar Piracy (1973) - Isaac Porter
1973
Trader Horn as
Colonel Sinclair
1973
Murdock's Gang (TV Movie) as
Glenn Dixon
1973
Kung Fu (TV Series) as
Hap Darrow
- The Praying Mantis Kills (1973) - Hap Darrow
1973
Circle of Fear (TV Series) as
Dr. Phillip Pritchard
- Spare Parts (1973) - Dr. Phillip Pritchard
1969
Bonanza (TV Series) as
Tim Riley / Pat Clayton / Bristol Toby
- The Bucket Dog (1972) - Tim Riley
- Blind Hunch (1971) - Pat Clayton
- Five Candles (1969) - Bristol Toby
1972
McCloud (TV Series) as
Brian Stone
- The Barefoot Stewardess Caper (1972) - Brian Stone
1972
Columbo (TV Series) as
Stagehand outside dressing room / Mike Alexander
- Dagger of the Mind (1972) - Stagehand outside dressing room (voice, uncredited)
- Étude in Black (1972) - Mike Alexander
1972
Banyon (TV Series) as
Rick Madden
- The Clay Clarinet (1972) - Rick Madden
1972
Night Gallery (TV Series) as
Tommy Robinson (segment "The Caterpillar")
- The Caterpillar/Little Girl Lost (1972) - Tommy Robinson (segment "The Caterpillar")
1971
Something Big as
Tommy McBride
1971
Bewitched (TV Series) as
Robbie
- Samantha and the Loch Ness Monster (1971) - Robbie
1971
The Birdmen (TV Movie) as
Focus Flaherty
1971
Hitched (TV Movie) as
Reese
1970
The Immortal (TV Series) as
Fletcher
- My Brother's Keeper (1971) - Fletcher
- Sanctuary (1971) - Fletcher
- To the Gods Alone (1970) - Fletcher
- The Return (1970) - Fletcher
- Dead Man, Dead Man (1970) - Fletcher
- By Gift of Chance (1970) - Fletcher
- The Queen's Gambit (1970) - Fletcher
- White Horse, Steel Horse (1970) - Fletcher
- Man on a Punched Card (1970) - Fletcher
- Reflections on a Lost Tomorrow (1970) - Fletcher
- White Elephants Don't Grow on Trees (1970) - Fletcher
- Sylvia (1970) - Fletcher
1970
The Hawaiians as
Overpeck
1970
Too Late the Hero as
Pvt. Connolly
1970
Lancer (TV Series) as
Angus McGovern
- Lifeline (1970) - Angus McGovern (as Donald Knight)
1970
Bracken's World (TV Series) as
Monty Brooks
- Diffusion (1970) - Monty Brooks
1968
The Virginian (TV Series) as
Henry / Cal Hobson
- A King's Ransom (1970) - Henry
- The Mustangers (1968) - Cal Hobson
1970
Mission: Impossible (TV Series) as
Tim Rorke
- Lover's Knot (1970) - Tim Rorke
1970
Mannix (TV Series) as
Paul Gantry / Patrick Gray
- Harlequin's Gold (1970) - Paul Gantry / Patrick Gray
1968
The Big Valley (TV Series) as
Sam Jester / Sgt. Sean McQuade
- The Other Face of Justice (1969) - Sam Jester
- In Silent Battle (1968) - Sgt. Sean McQuade
1968
It Takes a Thief (TV Series) as
Bertie / Bertie Turner
- A Matter of Grey Matter: Part 2 (1969) - Bertie
- A Matter of Grey Matter: Part 1 (1969) - Bertie
- A Matter of Royal Larceny (1968) - Bertie Turner
1968
The Outsider (TV Series) as
Matthew Garson
- Cold as Ashes (1968) - Matthew Garson
1968
The Hell with Heroes as
Pepper
1968
Tarzan (TV Series) as
Odges
- Rendezvous for Revenge (1968) - Odges
1968
The Guns of Will Sonnett (TV Series) as
Caleb Galt
- The Sins of the Father (1968) - Caleb Galt
1967
Garrison's Gorillas (TV Series) as
Prison Guard
- The Magnificent Forger (1967) - Prison Guard (uncredited)
1967
Kill a Dragon as
Ian
1966
Run for Your Life (TV Series) as
Tim O'Rourke / Bartender / Freddie
- Trip to the Far Side (1967) - Tim O'Rourke
- The Borders of Barbarism (1966) - Bartender
- The Savage Machines (1966) - Freddie
1965
Combat! (TV Series) as
British Soldier / Aussie officer / German Sgt.
- The Masquers (1967) - British Soldier
- The Gauntlet (1967) - Aussie officer (uncredited)
- The Raider (1965) - German Sgt.
1967
The Rat Patrol (TV Series) as
Capt. Seitel
- The Exhibit A Raid (1967) - Capt. Seitel
1967
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (TV Series) as
Sven Larsen
- The Heat Monster (1967) - Sven Larsen
1966
Hogan's Heroes (TV Series) as
RAF Lieutenant
- Information Please (1966) - RAF Lieutenant
1966
The Time Tunnel (TV Series) as
First Mate Grainger
- Rendezvous with Yesterday (1966) - First Mate Grainger
1966
Munster, Go Home! as
Minor Role (uncredited)
1966
Blue Light (TV Series) as
Air Marshal Caine
- The Friendly Enemy (1966) - Air Marshal Caine
Self
1971
The Ice Palace (TV Series)
Archive Footage
1979
Little House Years (TV Movie) as
Jack Peters
1976
The Magical World of Disney (TV Series) as
Skaggs / John Wintle
- Treasure of Matecumbe (1977) - Skaggs
- The Apple Dumpling Gang (1976) - John Wintle
References
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