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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1904-01-17 (121 years old)

Place of Birth

Worcester, Massachusetts, USA

Knox Manning

Biography:

Knox Manning (born Charles Knox Manning, January 17, 1904 – August 26, 1980) was an American radio and film announcer/narrator/commentator and film actor. He was born 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.

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.

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Known For

Acting

1952

Blackhawk as Narrator (voice)

1951

Mysterious Island as Narrator (voice)

1950

Cody of the Pony Express as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Destination Moon as Himself (uncredited)
Joe Palooka Meets Humphrey as Radio Announcer

1949

The Lawton Story as Narrator
Wild Weed as Narrator (voice)
Red Light as Newsreel Commentator (voice) (uncredited)

1948

Congo Bill as Narrator
Tex Granger: Midnight Rider of the Plains as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

1947

Hollywood Wonderland as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Stan Kenton and His Orchestra as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
A Day at Hollywood Park as Narrator (voice)

1946

Cavalcade of Archery as Narrator (voice)
The Kid from Brooklyn as Radio Announcer
Smart as a Fox as Narrator
Facing Your Danger as Narrator (voice)
The Forest Commandos as Narrator (voice)
Peeks at Hollywood as Narrator (voice)
Son of the Guardsman as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

1945

Are Animals Actors? as Narrator (voice)
Story of a Dog as Narrator (voice)
Hitler Lives as Narrator (voice)

1944

The Unwritten Code as Narrator (uncredited)
Up in Arms as Narration (voice)
Jammin' the Blues as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

1943

This is Your Enemy as Narrator
Batman as Narrator
The Rear Gunner as Narrator (voice)
Good Old Corn as Narrator
The Man Killers as Narrator

1942

Wedding Yells as Narrator (voice)
A Yank on the Burma Road as Radio Announcer
A Ship Is Born as Narrator
Soldiers in White as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
The Secret Code as Narrator
Remember Pearl Harbor as News Reporter at Airport (uncredited)
Beyond the Line of Duty as Radio Announcer (uncredited)
Divide and Conquer as Narrator (voice)

1941

Tanks a Million as Radio Interviewer Cardigan
The Iron Claw as Narrator (voice)
Polo with the Stars as Narrator (voice)
Kings of the Turf as Commentator (voice)
Carnival of Rhythm as Narrator (uncredited)
Harmon of Michigan as Broadcaster
Cheers for Miss Bishop as Anton Radcheck
Tom, Dick and Harry as Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
Meet John Doe as Radio Announcer

1940

Deadwood Dick as Narrator
The Green Archer as Narrator (voice)
Spills for Thrills as Narrator (voice)
Wild Boar Hunt as Narrator (voice)
Angels of Mercy as Commentator (voice)

1939

The Flying Irishman as Commentator
Sabotage as Announcer