Knox Manning
Birthday: 1904-01-17
Place of Birth: Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
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. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This is Your Enemy
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Wedding Yells
Sardonic commentary over an abridged version of DOWN ON THE FARM (1920)....
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A Yank on the Burma Road
A celebrated New York cabbie is pressed into service for a perilous journey through World War II Chi...
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The Unwritten Code
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Cavalcade of Archery
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Batman
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The Kid from Brooklyn
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Up in Arms
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Why We Fight: Divide and Conquer
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Cody of the Pony Express
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Perils of the Royal Mounted
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Mandrake the Magician
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The Rear Gunner
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Good Old Corn
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The Tanks Are Coming
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A Ship Is Born
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The Flying Irishman
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Blackhawk
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Tanks a Million
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Deadwood Dick
Columbia's 11th serial and the first western serial that James W. Horne solo-directed....
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The Iron Claw
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The Green Archer
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At the Stroke of Twelve
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Polo with the Stars
A short in the WB Hollywood Novelty series (production number 7301) about the training of polo ponie...
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Sabotage
The night before his grandson, Tommy Grayson, a mechanic at the Midland Aircraft Corporation, is to ...
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Kings of the Turf
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Know Your Enemy: Japan
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Hollywood Wonderland
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The Birds and the Beasts Were There
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The Lawton Story
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Carnival of Rhythm
A colorful music and dance tribute to the peasants and workers of Brazil....
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Soldiers in White
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The Secret Code
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Harmon of Michigan
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Smart as a Fox
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Spills for Thrills
Warner Bros. short about stuntmen and stuntwomen and how they do their work, featuring real-life stu...
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Cheers for Miss Bishop
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Remember Pearl Harbor
A man tries to redeem himself after ducking out on his comrades before the fatal attack....
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Are Animals Actors?
A short film that looks at various animal acts training and working in Hollywood....
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Facing Your Danger
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The Monster and the Girl
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Wild Boar Hunt
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Flight Characteristics of the A-20
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Tom, Dick and Harry
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Jammin' the Blues
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Story of a Dog
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Hitler Lives
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The Forest Commandos
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Mysterious Island
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Peeks at Hollywood
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Destination Moon
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Buck Privates Come Home
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Beyond the Line of Duty
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The Babe Ruth Story
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Wild Weed
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Meet John Doe
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Stan Kenton and His Orchestra
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Joe Palooka Meets Humphrey
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Angels of Mercy
Short film in support of the Red Cross showing civilian volunteers'work, radio and movie personaliti...
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Tex Granger: Midnight Rider of the Plains
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Son of the Guardsman
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Divide and Conquer
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Red Light
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Ravaged Earth
A brutally frank factual exposition of the shocking atrocities inflicted by the Japanese upon their ...
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Hymn of the Nations
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