Acting
Skelton Knaggs
Born June 27, 1911 · Sheffield, Yorkshire, England, UK
Died May 1, 1955 · aged 43
No biography available.
Known For
The Paleface · 1948The Paleface
★ 6.11948
MovieComedyWestern
Bob Hope stars in this laugh-packed wild west spoof co-starring Jane Russell as a sexy Calamity Jane, Hope is a meek frontier dentist, "Painless" Peter Potter, who finds himself gunslinging alongside the fearless Calamity as she fights off outlaws and Indians.
The Picture of Dorian Gray · 1945The Picture of Dorian Gray
★ 7.11945
MovieDramaHorror
A handsome young man trades his soul so that his portrait ages while he stays eternally young.
Moonfleet · 1955Moonfleet
★ 6.51955
MovieAdventureDrama
Set in the eighteenth century, Moonfleet is about John Mohune, a young orphan who is sent to the Dorset village of Moonfleet to stay with an old friend of his mother's, Jeremy Fox. Fox is a morally ambiguous character, an elegant gentleman involved with smugglers and pirates.
Terror by Night · 1946Terror by Night
★ 6.61946
MovieMysteryCrime
Holmes and Watson board a passenger train bound from London to Edinburgh, to guard the Star of Rhodesia, an enormous diamond worth a fortune belonging to an elderly woman of wealth; but within the first hour of the trip, the woman's son is murdered and the diamond stolen and any of the passengers in their car could be the killer thief.
The Invisible Man's Revenge · 1944The Invisible Man's Revenge
★ 5.61944
MovieHorrorScience Fiction
A fugitive, dangerous madman reaches an English village where he confronts his former partner who left him for dead in the jungle after their discovery of a diamond mine. When the former partner also claims to have since lost the mine and all its wealth, which he took all for himself, and though the partner is still living in a state of luxury , the madman takes up an offer from a crazed scientist to make him invisible, something the scientist has already done with experimental animals, so that he can take revenge.
Dick Tracy vs. Cueball · 1946Dick Tracy vs. Cueball
★ 5.41946
MovieCrimeThriller
A police detective uses his girlfriend to track down a homicidal maniac.
House of Dracula · 1945House of Dracula
★ 5.51945
MovieHorrorScience Fiction
A scientist working on cures for rare afflictions, such as a bone softening agent made from molds to allow him to correct the spinal deformity of his nurse, finds the physical causes of lycanthropy in wolf-man Larry Talbot and of vampirism in Count Dracula, but himself becomes afflicted with homicidal madness while exchanging blood with Dracula.
Casanova's Big Night · 1954Casanova's Big Night
★ 6.11954
MovieComedyAdventure
Italy 1757, Pippo Popolino, a lowly tailor, disguises himself as the great Casanova in order to romance the attractive widow Francesca. He little suspects what awaits him... Locked into the incongruous role by the desperation of the real Casanova's creditors, Pippo must journey to Venice on a delicate mission far beyond his capabilities.
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The Picture of Dorian Gray · 1945The Picture of Dorian Gray
★ 7.11945
MovieDramaHorror
A handsome young man trades his soul so that his portrait ages while he stays eternally young.
Blue Gate Fields Waiter (Uncredited)
Thank Your Lucky Stars · 1943Thank Your Lucky Stars
★ 6.21943
MovieComedyMusic
An Eddie Cantor look-alike organizes an all-star show to help the war effort.
Pub Patron in Errol Flynn Number (uncredited)
The Spy in Black · 1939The Spy in Black
★ 6.41939
MovieWarThriller
A German submarine is sent to the Orkney Isles in 1917 to sink the British fleet.
German Sailor looking for Capt. Hardt
The Ghost Ship · 1943The Ghost Ship
★ 6.31943
MovieThrillerMystery
Captain Stone's newly recruited officer, Tom Merriam, idolizes his senior who treats him like a friend. But when a couple of his crew members die mysteriously, Tom starts doubting Stone's authority.
Paolo 'Finn' Lindstrom, the Mute
Rembrandt · 1936Rembrandt
★ 6.81936
MovieDramaHistory
A character study depicting the life of Rembrandt Van Rijn at the height of his fame in the mid 1600s. Beginning with the death of his wife, Rembrandt's work takes a dark turn, which offends many of his patrons.
Undetermined Secondary Rôle (uncredited)











