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Knox Manning

Knox Manning

Born: 1904-01-17 • Worcester, Massachusetts, USA

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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Filmography
Blackhawk poster
Blackhawk
1952 • Narrator (voice)
Mysterious Island poster
Mysterious Island
1951 • Narrator (voice)
Destination Moon poster
Destination Moon
1950 • Himself (uncredited)
Cody of the Pony Express poster
Cody of the Pony Express
1950 • Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Joe Palooka Meets Humphrey poster
Joe Palooka Meets Humphrey
1950 • Radio Announcer
Red Light poster
Red Light
1949 • Newsreel Commentator (voice) (uncredited)
Wild Weed poster
Wild Weed
1949 • Narrator (voice)
The Lawton Story poster
The Lawton Story
1949 • Narrator
Congo Bill poster
Congo Bill
1948 • Narrator
The Babe Ruth Story poster
The Babe Ruth Story
1948 • Narrator
Tex Granger: Midnight Rider of the Plains poster
Tex Granger: Midnight Rider of the Plains
1948 • Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Hollywood Wonderland poster
Hollywood Wonderland
1947 • Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
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A Day at Hollywood Park
1947 • Narrator (voice)
Buck Privates Come Home poster
Buck Privates Come Home
1947 • Commentator
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Stan Kenton and His Orchestra
1947 • Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Son of the Guardsman poster
Son of the Guardsman
1946 • Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Facing Your Danger poster
Facing Your Danger
1946 • Narrator (voice)
Smart as a Fox poster
Smart as a Fox
1946 • Narrator
The Kid from Brooklyn poster
The Kid from Brooklyn
1946 • Radio Announcer
Peeks at Hollywood poster
Peeks at Hollywood
1946 • Narrator (voice)
The Forest Commandos poster
The Forest Commandos
1946 • Narrator (voice)
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Cavalcade of Archery
1946 • Narrator (voice)
Are Animals Actors? poster
Are Animals Actors?
1945 • Narrator (voice)
Hitler Lives poster
Hitler Lives
1945 • Narrator (voice)
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So You Think You're Allergic
1945 • Narrator
Story of a Dog poster
Story of a Dog
1945 • Narrator (voice)
Know Your Enemy: Japan poster
Know Your Enemy: Japan
1945 • Narrator
The Birds and the Beasts Were There poster
The Birds and the Beasts Were There
1944 • Narrator (Voice)
The Unwritten Code poster
The Unwritten Code
1944 • Narrator (uncredited)
Jammin' the Blues poster
Jammin' the Blues
1944 • Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Up in Arms poster
Up in Arms
1944 • Narration (voice)
Hymn of the Nations poster
Hymn of the Nations
1944 • Himself
No Image
Good Old Corn
1943 • Narrator
Batman poster
Batman
1943 • Narrator
No Image
The Man Killers
1943 • Narrator
The Rear Gunner poster
The Rear Gunner
1943 • Narrator (voice)
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Flight Characteristics of the A-20
1943 • Narrator
Why We Fight: Divide and Conquer poster
Why We Fight: Divide and Conquer
1943 • Narrator
This is Your Enemy poster
This is Your Enemy
1943 • Narrator
Ravaged Earth poster
Ravaged Earth
1942 • Himself
Beyond the Line of Duty poster
Beyond the Line of Duty
1942 • Radio Announcer (uncredited)
The Secret Code poster
The Secret Code
1942 • Narrator
No Image
Divide and Conquer
1942 • Narrator (voice)
Perils of the Royal Mounted poster
Perils of the Royal Mounted
1942 • Narrator
No Image
Rocky Mountain Big Game
1942 • Narrator
No Image
Wedding Yells
1942 • Narrator (voice)
Soldiers in White poster
Soldiers in White
1942 • Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
A Yank on the Burma Road poster
A Yank on the Burma Road
1942 • Radio Announcer
Remember Pearl Harbor poster
Remember Pearl Harbor
1942 • News Reporter at Airport (uncredited)
A Ship Is Born poster
A Ship Is Born
1942 • Narrator
At the Stroke of Twelve poster
At the Stroke of Twelve
1941 • Carson
The Tanks Are Coming poster
The Tanks Are Coming
1941 • Narrator
Kings of the Turf poster
Kings of the Turf
1941 • Commentator (voice)
No Image
Polo with the Stars
1941 • Narrator (voice)
Tanks a Million poster
Tanks a Million
1941 • Radio Interviewer Cardigan
Harmon of Michigan poster
Harmon of Michigan
1941 • Broadcaster
Carnival of Rhythm poster
Carnival of Rhythm
1941 • Narrator (uncredited)
The Iron Claw poster
The Iron Claw
1941 • Narrator (voice)
Tom, Dick and Harry poster
Tom, Dick and Harry
1941 • Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
Meet John Doe poster
Meet John Doe
1941 • Radio Announcer
The Monster and the Girl poster
The Monster and the Girl
1941 • Announcer
Cheers for Miss Bishop poster
Cheers for Miss Bishop
1941 • Anton Radcheck
Angels of Mercy poster
Angels of Mercy
1940 • Commentator (voice)
The Green Archer poster
The Green Archer
1940 • Narrator (voice)
Deadwood Dick poster
Deadwood Dick
1940 • Narrator
Wild Boar Hunt poster
Wild Boar Hunt
1940 • Narrator (voice)
No Image
Spills for Thrills
1940 • Narrator (voice)
Sabotage poster
Sabotage
1939 • Announcer
Mandrake the Magician poster
Mandrake the Magician
1939 • Narrator
The Flying Irishman poster
The Flying Irishman
1939 • Commentator