Occupation Actor Years active 1939-1956 | Name Knox Manning Role Film actor | |
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Born January 17, 1904 ( 1904-01-17 ) Worcester, Massachusetts Died August 26, 1980, Woodland Hills, California, United States Movies Invasion USA, Hitler Lives, Know Your Enemy: Japan, A Yank on the Burma Road, Flicker Flashbacks No 1 - Ser Similar People Frank Capra, Alfred E Green, Jean Negulesco, Anatole Litvak, Joris Ivens | ||
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Knox Manning (January 17, 1904 – August 26, 1980) was an American film actor. He was born Charles Knox Manning in Worcester, Massachusetts and died in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California. He and Annette North Manning are interred at Ivy Lawn Cemetery in Ventura, California.
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Motion pictures
A former radio newscaster at KNX and announcer, Manning entered the motion picture field in 1939 as an offscreen narrator. His distinctive voice and phrasing were noticed by other studios, and he quickly became one of the movies' busiest voice artists. Very often he was the trademark voice of several concurrent series. From 1940 to 1954 he was the narrator of Columbia Pictures' popular adventure serials, reading the sometimes tongue-in-cheek scripts with enthusiasm. (The voice-overs in the Batman TV series of the 1960s owe much of their style to Knox Manning's breezy but urgent narrations of the 1940s, including his work in the two Batman movie serials.) Away from Columbia, he was the commentator for Warner Brothers' historical, musical, and novelty short subjects. He made his services available to independent producers as well, bringing equal vigor to a religious drama and an anti-vice crusade.
In 1943 he joined RKO Radio Pictures' Flicker Flashbacks crew and became that series' most prolific narrator, working in more than half of the series' 34 comedies. Trade reviewers constantly praised this series of antique silent films re-edited with satirical soundtracks, and often singled out Knox Manning's comic timing as an important asset.
Manning left Columbia in 1954 and began working in Warner Brothers' publicity department, lending his voice to TV commercials for current Warner feature films.
He appeared on camera in only a handful of films, most prominently (as himself) in the 1942 sports drama Harmon of Michigan, starring Tom Harmon, and the 1946 comedy feature Mr. Hex, starring The Bowery Boys.
Radio
Knox Manning continued to work in radio as a performer and producer. He announced and read commercials for The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, starring Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce. The Knox Manning Show, also known as Cinderella Story, chronicled the rise to fame of Hollywood celebrities. His Behind the Scenes program featured dramatized re-creations of news events involving famous historical figures. A similar program, This Is the Story, looked at people, places, and things that were familiar on the American scene. He was a newscaster for CBS Radio, and continued to work as a newsman in local California radio into the 1960s.
Filmography
Actor
1954
Warner Bros. Sports Parade: Heart of a Champion (Short) as
Narrator
1954
Gunfighters of the Northwest as
Narrator (uncredited)
1953
The Great Adventures of Captain Kidd as
Narrator (voice, uncredited)
1953
The Stranger Wore a Gun as
Opening Narrator (voice, uncredited)
1952
Invasion, U.S.A. as
Newscaster
1952
Son of Geronimo: Apache Avenger as
Narrator (voice, uncredited)
1952
Blackhawk: Fearless Champion of Freedom as
Narrator (voice, uncredited)
1952
The Cases of Eddie Drake (TV Series) as
Seurrat
- Murder in 3/4 Time (1952) - Seurrat
1951
Captain Video: Master of the Stratosphere as
Narrator (voice, uncredited)
1951
Mysterious Island as
Narrator (voice, uncredited)
1951
Roar of the Iron Horse - Rail-Blazer of the Apache Trail as
Narrator (voice, uncredited)
1950
Pirates of the High Seas as
Narrator (voice, uncredited)
1950
Atom Man vs. Superman as
Narrator (voice, uncredited)
1950
Destination Moon as
Knox Manning (uncredited)
1950
Cody of the Pony Express as
Narrator (voice, uncredited)
1950
Joe Palooka Meets Humphrey as
Radio Announcer
1949
Border Incident as
Narrator (voice, uncredited)
1949
Red Light as
Newsreel Commentator (voice, uncredited)
1949
Wild Weed as
Narrator (voice)
1949
Batman and Robin as
Narrator (voice, uncredited)
1949
Warner Bros. Sports Parade 5507: English Outings (Short) as
Commentator
1949
Stampede as
Narrator (voice, uncredited)
1949
The Lawton Story as
Narrator
1949
Bruce Gentry as
Narrator (uncredited)
1948
Congo Bill as
Narrator (uncredited)
1948
The Babe Ruth Story as
Narrator
1948
Superman as
Narrator (voice, uncredited)
1948
Flicker Flashbacks No. 7, Series 5 (Short) as
Narrator
1948
The Race Rider (Short) as
Narrator
1948
Living with Lions (Short) as
Narrator
1948
Flicker Flashbacks No. 6, Series 5 (Short) as
Narrator
1948
Flicker Flashbacks No. 5, Series 5 (Short) as
Narrator
1948
Tex Granger: Midnight Rider of the Plains as
Narrator (voice, uncredited)
1948
Flicker Flashbacks No. 4, Series 5 (Short) as
Narrator
1948
Flicker Flashbacks No. 3, Series 5 (Short) as
Narrator
1947
Flicker Flashbacks No. 1, Series 5 (Short) as
Narrator
1947
Magic Town as
Radio Broadcaster (uncredited)
1947
The Sea Hound as
Narrator (voice, uncredited)
1947
Hollywood Wonderland (Short) as
Narrator (voice, uncredited)
1947
Tennis Town (Short) as
Narrator
1947
A Day at Hollywood Park (Short) as
Narrator (voice)
1947
The Vigilante: Fighting Hero of the West as
Narrator (voice, uncredited)
1947
Harness Racing (Short) as
Narrator
1947
Vaudeville Revue (Short) as
Narrator (voice)
1947
Flicker Flashbacks No. 6, Series 4 (Short) as
Narrator
1947
Buck Privates Come Home as
Commentator
1947
Arrow Magic (Short) as
Narrator
1947
Hit Parade of 1947 as
Announcer (uncredited)
1947
American Sports Album (Short) as
Narrator
1947
Suddenly It's Spring as
Off Screen Narrator (voice, uncredited)
1947
Jack Armstrong as
Narrator (voice, uncredited)
1947
Stan Kenton and His Orchestra (Short) as
Narrator (voice, uncredited)
1947
Battle of the Champs (Short) as
Narrator
1946
Mr. Hex as
Knox Manning (uncredited)
1946
The Lazy Hunter (Short) as
Narrator
1946
Son of the Guardsman as
Narrator (voice, uncredited)
1946
Desi Arnaz and His Orchestra (Short) as
Narrator (voice, uncredited)
1946
Mr. Ace as
Opening Off-Screen Narrator (voice, uncredited)
1946
Beach Days (Short) as
Narrator
1946
Chick Carter, Detective as
Narrator (voice, uncredited)
1946
The Riding Hannefords (Short) as
Commentator
1946
Underwater Spearfishing (Short) as
Narrator
1946
Fin 'n Feathers (Short) as
Narrator
1946
Smart as a Fox (Short) as
Narrator (voice)
1946
Let's Go Gunning (Short) as
Narrator
1946
All Aboard (Short) as
Narrator
1946
Snow Eagles (Short) as
Narrator
1946
Hop Harrigan America's Ace of the Airways as
Narration (uncredited)
1946
The Kid from Brooklyn as
Radio Announcer
1946
Jan Savitt and His Band (Short) as
Narrator (voice, uncredited)
1946
With Rod and Gun in Canada (Short) as
Narrator
1946
Michigan Ski-Daddle (Short) as
Narrator
1946
Peeks at Hollywood (Short) as
Narrator (voice)
1946
Cavalcade of Archery (Short) as
Narrator (voice)
1945
Are Animals Actors? (Short) as
Narrator (voice)
1945
Days of '76 (Short) as
Narrator
1945
Arabians in the Rockies (Short) as
Narrator
1945
Who's Guilty? as
Narrator (uncredited)
1945
So You Think You're Allergic (Short) as
Narrator (voice)
1945
Spade Cooley: King of Western Swing (Short) as
Narrator (voice)
1945
Bahama Sea Sports (Short) as
Narrator
1945
Swimcapades (Short) as
Narrator
1945
Brenda Starr, Reporter as
Narrator (voice, uncredited)
1945
Glamour in Sports (Short) as
Narrator
1944
The Unwritten Code as
Narrator (uncredited)
1944
Once Over Lightly (Short) as
Narrator (voice)
1944
Baa, Baa, Blacksheep (Short) as
Narrator
1944
Cattlemen's Days (Short) as
Narrator
1944
Filipino Sports Parade (Short) as
Narrator
1944
Backyard Golf (Short) as
Narrator
1944
Chinatown Champs (Short) as
Narrator
1944
Dogie Roundup (Short) as
Narrator
1944
Up in Arms as
Narrator (voice)
1944
The Fighting Sullivans as
Radio Commentator (uncredited)
1943
The Phantom as
Narrator (voice, uncredited)
1943
Batman as
Narrator (voice, uncredited)
1943
The All American Bands (Short) as
Narrator
1943
The Rear Gunner (Short) as
Narrator (voice)
1943
The Fighting Engineers (Short) as
Narrator (voice)
1942
The Valley of Vanishing Men as
Narrator (voice, uncredited)
1942
Beyond the Line of Duty (Short) as
Radio Announcer (uncredited)
1942
The Spirit of Stanford as
Football Game Radio Announcer (uncredited)
1942
The Secret Code as
Narrator (uncredited)
1942
Divide and Conquer (Short) as
Narrator (voice)
1942
Wings for the Eagle as
Radio Announcer (uncredited)
1942
Perils of the Royal Mounted as
Narrator (voice, uncredited)
1942
Remember Pearl Harbor as
News Reporter at Airport (uncredited)
1942
Rocky Mountain Big Game (Short) as
Narrator
1942
To the Shores of Tripoli as
Newscaster (uncredited)
1942
Maybe Darwin Was Right (Short) as
Narrator
1942
Captain Midnight as
Narrator (uncredited)
1942
Soldiers in White (Short) as
Narrator (voice, uncredited)
1942
A Yank on the Burma Road as
Radio Announcer
1941
Points on Arrows (Short) as
Narrator
1941
Holt of the Secret Service as
Narrator (voice, uncredited)
1941
At the Stroke of Twelve (Short) as
Carson
1941
Perils of the Jungle (Short) as
Narrator
1941
The Tanks Are Coming (Short) as
Narrator (voice, uncredited)
1941
Polo with the Stars (Short) as
Commentator
1941
Tanks a Million as
Cardigan - Radio Interviewer
1941
Harmon of Michigan as
Broadcaster (uncredited)
1941
Minstrel Days (Short) as
Narrator
1941
Carnival of Rhythm (Short) as
Narrator (uncredited)
1941
The Iron Claw as
Narrator (voice, uncredited)
1941
It Happens on Rollers (Short) as
Narrator
1941
Sail Ho! (Short) as
Narrator (US version) (voice)
1941
Tom, Dick and Harry as
Radio Announcer (voice, uncredited)
1941
Meet John Doe as
Radio Announcer
1941
The Monster and the Girl as
Radio Announcer (uncredited)
1941
White Eagle as
Narrator (voice, uncredited)
1941
Cheers for Miss Bishop as
Anton Radcheck
1940
Angels of Mercy (Short) as
Commentator
1940
The Green Archer as
Narrator (voice, uncredited)
1940
Deadwood Dick as
Narrator (uncredited)
1940
Terry and the Pirates as
Narrator (uncredited)
1940
Wild Boar Hunt (Short) as
Narrator (voice)
1940
Spills for Thrills (Short) as
Narrator (voice)
1939
Sabotage as
Announcer (uncredited)
1939
Bola-Mola Land (Short) as
Narrator (uncredited)
1939
Mandrake, the Magician as
Narrator (voice, uncredited)
1939
Nellie of the Circus (Short) as
Narrator (uncredited)
1939
Crackpot Cruise (Short) as
Commentator (voice)
1939
The Flying Irishman as
Commentator
1939
The Magic Beans (Short) as
Narrator (uncredited)
Self
1952
Warner Bros. Sports Parade: Just for Sports (Documentary short) as
Narrator
1949
Birth of an Oil Field (Documentary short)(voice)
1949
Sports Old and New (Documentary short) as
Narrator
1949
Sport of Millions (Documentary short) as
Narrator
1949
Circus Town (Documentary short) as
Narrator
1948
Sportsmen of the Far East (Documentary short) as
Narrator
1948
Built for Speed (Documentary short) as
Narrator
1947
Flicker Flashbacks No. 2, Series 5 (Documentary short) as
Narrator
1947
King of the Carnival (Documentary short) as
Narrator
1947
Glamour Town (Documentary short) as
Narrator
1947
Soap Box Derby (Documentary short) as
Narrator
1947
Beautiful Bali (Documentary short) as
Narrator
1947
Kingdom of the Wild (Documentary short) as
Narrator
1947
Saddle Up! (Documentary short) as
Narrator
1946
Ranch in White (Documentary short) as
Narrator
1946
Star Spangled City (Documentary short) as
Narrator
1946
The Dominion of Sports (Documentary short) as
Narrator
1946
Men of Tomorrow (Documentary short) as
Narrator
1946
Adventures in South America (Documentary short) as
Narrator
1946
Down Singapore Way (Documentary short) as
Narrator
1946
Girls and Flowers (Documentary short) as
Narrator
1946
Facing Your Danger (Documentary short) as
Narrator (voice)
1946
Holiday on Horseback (Documentary short) as
Narrator
1946
The Forest Commandos (Documentary short) as
Self - Narrator (voice)
1945
Hitler Lives (Documentary short) as
Narrator (voice)
1945
Story of a Dog (Documentary short) as
Narrator
1945
Know Your Enemy - Japan (Documentary) as
Narrator (uncredited)
1945
Flivver Flying (Documentary short) as
Narrator
1944
California, Here We Are (Documentary short) as
Narrator
1944
Hymn of the Nations (Short documentary) as
Narrator
1944
The Birds and the Beasts Were There (Short documentary) as
Narrator (voice)
1944
Mexican Sportland (Documentary short) as
Narrator
1944
Jammin' the Blues (Documentary short) as
Narrator (uncredited)
1943
Flight Characteristics of the A-20 (Documentary short) as
Narrator (uncredited)
1943
Good Old Corn (Documentary short) as
Narrator
1943
The Man Killers (Documentary short) as
Narrator
1943
Army Show (Documentary short) as
Narrator
1943
Women in Sports (Documentary short) as
Narrator
1943
This Is Your Enemy (Documentary short) as
Narrator
1942
South American Sports (Documentary short) as
Narrator
1942
A Ship Is Born (Documentary short) as
Narrator (voice)
1942
Argentine Horses (Documentary short) as
Narrator
1942
A Hunter's Paradise (Documentary short) as
Narrator
1942
There Ain't No Such Animal (Documentary short) as
Narrator
1942
Miracle Makers (Documentary short) as
Narrator
1942
Hunting Dogs at Work (Documentary short) as
Narrator
1941
King Salmon (Documentary short) as
Narrator
1941
Kings of the Turf (Documentary short) as
Self - Commentator (voice)
1941
Lions for Sale (Documentary short) as
Commentator (voice)
1941
Hunting the Hard Way (Documentary short) as
Commentator
References
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