Deceased

How Did Alexander Knox Die?

Life & Death

Died aged 88

GenderMaleNationalityCanadaBorn16/01/1907Born inStrathroy, Ontario, CanadaDied25/04/1995Died inBerwick-upon-TweedCausebone cancerWikidataQ545858 ↗TMDb#40529 ↗

Alexander Knox was a Canadian actor and writer. He appeared in over 100 film, television, and theatrical productions over a career spanning from the 1920s until the late 1980s. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor and won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama for his performance as Woodrow Wilson in the biopic Wilson (1944). However, his career in the United States was hampered by McCarthyism, and he spent the rest of his career in the United Kingdom.

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Filmography51 titles

Importing filmography…

Year	Title	Character	Age at release
1996	Ingrid Bergman RememberedMovie	Self (archive footage)	89
1986	LovejoySeries	Pinder	79
1985	Joshua Then and NowMovie	Sen. Hornby	78
1985	The Last Place on EarthSeries	Sir Clements Markham	78
1984	Helen Keller: The Miracle ContinuesMovie	Mr. Gilman	77
1983	Gorky ParkMovie	General	76
1980	OppenheimerSeries	Henry Stimson	73
1980	Cry of the InnocentMovie	Thornton Donegin	73
1977	Holocaust 2000Movie	Meyer	70
1973	Man Above MenMovie	The Judge	66
1971	Nicholas and AlexandraMovie	The American Ambassador	64
1970	Play for TodaySeries	The Judge	63
1969	The BetrayalMovie	General Peronne	62
1969	Run a Crooked MileMovie	Sir Howard Nettleton	62
1968	Villa RidesMovie	President Madero	61
1968	ShalakoMovie	Henry Clarke	61
1967	Bikini ParadiseMovie	Commissioner Lighton	60
1967	You Only Live TwiceMovie	Secretary of Defense (uncredited)	60
1967	The 25th HourMovie	—	60
1966	Modesty BlaiseMovie	Minister	59
1966	The PsychopathMovie	Frank Saville	59
1965	Crack in the WorldMovie	Sir Charles Eggerston	58
1964	Man in the MiddleMovie	Colonel Burton	57
1963	FestivalSeries	Edmond Duval	56
1963	In the Cool of the DayMovie	Frederick Bonner	56
1962	The SaintSeries	Governor Hudson Inverest	55
1962	The Longest DayMovie	Maj. Gen. Walter Bedell Smith	55
1958	The VikingsMovie	Father Godwin	51
1958	The Two-Headed SpyMovie	Gestapo Leader Müller	51
1958	DavyMovie	Sir Giles Manning	51
1956	Reach for the SkyMovie	Mr. Joyce	49
1955	The Night My Number Came UpMovie	Owen Robertson	48
1954	Mark SaberSeries	—	47
1954	The Divided HeartMovie	Chief Justice	47
1952	Europa '51Movie	George Girard	45
1951	Hallmark Hall of FameSeries	Henry Stimson	44
1951	Two of a KindMovie	Vincent Mailer	44
1951	Man in the SaddleMovie	Will Isham	44
1949	Tokyo JoeMovie	Mark Landis	42
1948	The Sign of the RamMovie	Mallory St. Aubyn	41
1947	The Judge Steps OutMovie	Judge Thomas Bailey	40
1946	Sister KennyMovie	Dr. McDonnell	39
1945	Over 21Movie	Max W. Wharton	38
1944	WilsonMovie	Woodrow Wilson	37
1944	None Shall EscapeMovie	Wilhelm Grimm	37
1942	This Above AllMovie	Rector	35
1942	Commandos Strike at DawnMovie	German Captain	35
1939	The Four FeathersMovie	Bit Part	32
1939	Cheer Boys CheerMovie	Saunders	32
1938	The Gaunt StrangerMovie	Dr Anthony Lomond	31
1936	RembrandtMovie	Ludwick’s Assistant (uncredited)	29