Knox Manning
January 17, 1904 – 1980
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.
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Known For
Meet John Doe
1941
Batman
1943
Up in Arms
1944
Red Light
1949
Blackhawk
1952
Tanks a Million
1941
The Flying Irishman
1939
The Kid from Brooklyn
1946
Destination Moon
1950
Tom, Dick and Harry
1941
The Secret Code
1942
Cheers for Miss Bishop
1941
The Monster and the Girl
1941
Tex Granger: Midnight Rider of the Plains
1948
Sabotage
1939