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Don Knight

 
Actor: Don Knight
  • Born: Feb 16, 1933 in Manchester, England
  • Died: Aug 18, 1997 in Squaw Valley, California
  • Occupation: Actor
  • Active: '60s-'70s
  • Major Genres: Mystery, Drama

Biography

British actor Don Knight played leading roles in a number of Hollywood films between the late '60s and early '80s. He began acting while attending University in 1958 and later worked on television. Knight was also an ordained minister and a dialectician. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
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Don Knight
Born February 16, 1933(1933-02-16)
Manchester, England,
United Kingdom
Died August 18, 1997 (aged 64)
Squaw Valley, Fresno County, California, United States
Occupation Film, television actor
Spouse(s) Mary Patrick Roberts
(1959-1974)
Karin Hartwick
(1975-1997) (his death)

Donald Knight (February 16, 1933 - August 18, 1997) was an English film, television, and stage actor.

Born in Manchester, Knight moved to North America where he studied at Sir George Williams University in Montreal, Canada, and later Wesley Theological Seminary in Washington, D.C. 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.

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, Kojak, and It Takes a Thief, as well as semi-regular roles in series such as The Immortal. In 1972, he also played an automobile mechanic in the Columbo episode Etude in Black.

Knight died on August 18, 1997 in Squaw Valley, Fresno County, California.

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