Knox Manning
Birthday
1904/01/17
Day of death
1980/08/26 (76 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
Also know as
Charles 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 n...Read more
Acting
(1943) This is Your Enemy
as Narrator
(1942) Wedding Yells
as Narrator (voice)
(1942) A Yank on the Burma Road
as Radio Announcer
(1944) The Unwritten Code
as Narrator (uncredited)
(1946) Cavalcade of Archery
as Narrator (voice)
(1943) Batman
as Narrator
(1946) The Kid from Brooklyn
as Radio Announcer
(1944) Up in Arms
as Narration (voice)
(1942) Rocky Mountain Big Game
as Narrator
(1943) Why We Fight: Divide and Conquer
as Narrator
(1950) Cody of the Pony Express
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
(1948) Congo Bill
as Narrator
(1942) Perils of the Royal Mounted
as Narrator
(1939) Mandrake the Magician
as Narrator
(1943) The Rear Gunner
as Narrator (voice)
(1943) Good Old Corn
as Narrator
(1941) The Tanks Are Coming
as Narrator
(1942) A Ship Is Born
as Narrator
(1939) The Flying Irishman
as Commentator
(1952) Blackhawk
as Narrator (voice)
(1941) Tanks a Million
as Radio Interviewer Cardigan
(1940) Deadwood Dick
as Narrator
(1945) So You Think You're Allergic
as Narrator
(1941) The Iron Claw
as Narrator (voice)
(1940) The Green Archer
as Narrator (voice)
(1941) At the Stroke of Twelve
as Carson
(1941) Polo with the Stars
as Narrator (voice)
(1939) Sabotage
as Announcer
(1941) Kings of the Turf
as Commentator (voice)
(1945) Know Your Enemy: Japan
as Narrator
(1947) Hollywood Wonderland
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
(1943) The Man Killers
as Narrator
(1944) The Birds and the Beasts Were There
as Narrator (Voice)
(1949) The Lawton Story
as Narrator
(1941) Carnival of Rhythm
as Narrator (uncredited)
(1942) Soldiers in White
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
(1942) The Secret Code
as Narrator
(1941) Harmon of Michigan
as Broadcaster
(1946) Smart as a Fox
as Narrator
(1940) Spills for Thrills
as Narrator (voice)
(1941) Cheers for Miss Bishop
as Anton Radcheck
(1942) Remember Pearl Harbor
as News Reporter at Airport (uncredited)
(1945) Are Animals Actors?
as Narrator (voice)
(1946) Facing Your Danger
as Narrator (voice)
(1941) The Monster and the Girl
as Announcer
(1940) Wild Boar Hunt
as Narrator (voice)
(1943) Flight Characteristics of the A-20
as Narrator
(1941) Tom, Dick and Harry
as Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
(1944) Jammin' the Blues
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
(1945) Story of a Dog
as Narrator (voice)
(1945) Hitler Lives
as Narrator (voice)
(1946) The Forest Commandos
as Narrator (voice)
(1951) Mysterious Island
as Narrator (voice)
(1946) Peeks at Hollywood
as Narrator (voice)
(1950) Destination Moon
as Himself (uncredited)
(1947) Buck Privates Come Home
as Commentator
(1942) Beyond the Line of Duty
as Radio Announcer (uncredited)
(1948) The Babe Ruth Story
as Narrator
(1949) Wild Weed
as Narrator (voice)
(1941) Meet John Doe
as Radio Announcer
(1947) Stan Kenton and His Orchestra
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
(1950) Joe Palooka Meets Humphrey
as Radio Announcer
(1947) A Day at Hollywood Park
as Narrator (voice)
(1940) Angels of Mercy
as Commentator (voice)
(1948) Tex Granger: Midnight Rider of the Plains
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
(1946) Son of the Guardsman
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
(1942) Divide and Conquer
as Narrator (voice)