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Knox Manning

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Knox Manning

Born January 17, 1904 in Worcester, Massachusetts, USADied August 26, 198045 films

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.

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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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Meet John Doe posterFirst watchMeet John Doe19417.3as Radio AnnouncerAs a parting shot, fired reporter Ann Mitchell prints a fake letter from unemployed "John Doe," who threatens suicide in protest of social ills.View film

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Filmography

45 films as actor
  1. 1952BlackhawkNarrator (voice)
  2. 1951Mysterious IslandNarrator (voice)
  3. 1950Cody of the Pony ExpressNarrator (voice) (uncredited)
  4. 1950Joe Palooka Meets HumphreyRadio Announcer
  5. 1949Border IncidentNarrator (voice) (uncredited)
  6. 1949Red LightNewsreel Commentator (voice) (uncredited)
  7. 1949Wild WeedNarrator (voice)
  8. 1949The Lawton StoryNarrator
  9. 1948Congo BillNarrator
  10. 1948The Babe Ruth StoryNarrator
  11. 1948Tex Granger: Midnight Rider of the PlainsNarrator (voice) (uncredited)
  12. 1947Hollywood WonderlandNarrator (voice) (uncredited)
  13. 1947Buck Privates Come HomeCommentator
  14. 1947Stan Kenton and His OrchestraNarrator (voice) (uncredited)
  15. 1946Son of the GuardsmanNarrator (voice) (uncredited)
  16. 1946The Kid from BrooklynRadio Announcer
  17. 1946Peeks at HollywoodNarrator (voice)
  18. 1945So You Think You're AllergicNarrator
  19. 1944The Unwritten CodeNarrator (uncredited)
  20. 1944Up in ArmsNarration (voice)
  21. 1943Good Old CornNarrator
  22. 1943BatmanNarrator
  23. 1943The Rear GunnerNarrator (voice)
  24. 1943This is Your EnemyNarrator
  25. 1942The Secret CodeNarrator
  26. 1942Perils of the Royal MountedNarrator
  27. 1942Rocky Mountain Big GameNarrator
  28. 1942Wedding YellsNarrator (voice)
  29. 1942A Yank on the Burma RoadRadio Announcer
  30. 1942Remember Pearl HarborNews Reporter at Airport (uncredited)
  31. 1941At the Stroke of TwelveCarson
  32. 1941The Tanks Are ComingNarrator
  33. 1941Tanks a MillionRadio Interviewer Cardigan
  34. 1941Harmon of MichiganBroadcaster
  35. 1941Carnival of RhythmNarrator (uncredited)
  36. 1941The Iron ClawNarrator (voice)
  37. 1941Tom, Dick and HarryRadio Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
  38. 1941Meet John DoeRadio Announcer
  39. 1941The Monster and the GirlAnnouncer
  40. 1941Cheers for Miss BishopAnton Radcheck
  41. 1940The Green ArcherNarrator (voice)
  42. 1940Deadwood DickNarrator
  43. 1939SabotageAnnouncer
  44. 1939Mandrake the MagicianNarrator
  45. 1939The Flying IrishmanCommentator