Knox Manning

Actor Jan 17 (died age 76) Worcester, Massachusetts, USA 1939–1952 (13 year career)

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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…

Known For

Film

Meet John Doe

Radio Announcer

Film

Batman

Narrator

Film

Destination Moon

Himself (uncredited)

Film

Jammin' the Blues

Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Film

Buck Privates Come Home

Commentator

Film

The Monster and the Girl

Announcer

Film

Why We Fight: Divide and Conquer

Narrator

Film

Red Light

Newsreel Commentator (voice) (uncredited)

Filmography

Acting (70)

Movies (70)

Blackhawk

as Narrator (voice)

Mysterious Island

as Narrator (voice)

Destination Moon

as Himself (uncredited)

5.9

Cody of the Pony Express

1950

as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

6.0

Joe Palooka Meets Humphrey

1950

as Radio Announcer

4.0

The Lawton Story

1949

as Narrator

Wild Weed

1949

as Narrator (voice)

4.5

Red Light

1949

as Newsreel Commentator (voice) (uncredited)

The Babe Ruth Story

as Narrator

Congo Bill

as Narrator

Tex Granger: Midnight Rider of the Plains

1948

as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Stan Kenton and His Orchestra

1947

as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

1.0

Buck Privates Come Home

1947

as Commentator

6.3

A Day at Hollywood Park

1947

as Narrator (voice)

1.0

Hollywood Wonderland

1947

as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

6.7

Son of the Guardsman

1946

as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

5.0

Peeks at Hollywood

1946

as Narrator (voice)

The Kid from Brooklyn

1946

as Radio Announcer

6.2

The Forest Commandos

1946

as Narrator (voice)

Facing Your Danger

as Narrator (voice)

Smart as a Fox

as Narrator

Cavalcade of Archery

as Narrator (voice)

Know Your Enemy: Japan

as Narrator

Hitler Lives

as Narrator (voice)

Are Animals Actors?

as Narrator (voice)

Story of a Dog

1945

as Narrator (voice)

5.6

So You Think You're Allergic

as Narrator

Hymn of the Nations

as Himself

Up in Arms

as Narration (voice)

The Unwritten Code

as Narrator (uncredited)

5.6

Jammin' the Blues

1944

as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

6.9

The Birds and the Beasts Were There

1944

as Narrator (Voice)

Batman

as Narrator

The Rear Gunner

as Narrator (voice)

Why We Fight: Divide and Conquer

1943

as Narrator

6.8

The Man Killers

1943

as Narrator

Good Old Corn

1943

as Narrator

Flight Characteristics of the A-20

1943

as Narrator

This is Your Enemy

1943

as Narrator

Perils of the Royal Mounted

as Narrator

A Ship Is Born

as Narrator

Divide and Conquer

as Narrator (voice)

Wedding Yells

1942

as Narrator (voice)

Remember Pearl Harbor

1942

as News Reporter at Airport (uncredited)

6.0

Soldiers in White

1942

as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

6.0

A Yank on the Burma Road

as Radio Announcer

The Secret Code

as Narrator

Beyond the Line of Duty

1942

as Radio Announcer (uncredited)

5.7

Rocky Mountain Big Game

1942

as Narrator

Ravaged Earth

1942

as Himself

Carnival of Rhythm

1941

as Narrator (uncredited)

5.5

Harmon of Michigan

1941

as Broadcaster

5.0

The Monster and the Girl

as Announcer

Meet John Doe

as Radio Announcer

Kings of the Turf

as Commentator (voice)

4.9

Cheers for Miss Bishop

1941

as Anton Radcheck

5.6

Tom, Dick and Harry

1941

as Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited)

5.9

Tanks a Million

1941

as Radio Interviewer Cardigan

The Tanks Are Coming

as Narrator

The Iron Claw

as Narrator (voice)

At the Stroke of Twelve

as Carson

Polo with the Stars

as Narrator (voice)

The Green Archer

as Narrator (voice)

Wild Boar Hunt

as Narrator (voice)

Spills for Thrills

as Narrator (voice)

Deadwood Dick

as Narrator

Angels of Mercy

as Commentator (voice)

Sabotage

1939

as Announcer

7.0

Mandrake the Magician

as Narrator

The Flying Irishman

as Commentator