Knox Manning

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. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Known For

Meet John Doe

as Radio Announcer

Batman

as Narrator

Destination Moon

as Himself (uncredited)

The Monster and the Girl

as Announcer

Jammin' the Blues

as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Buck Privates Come Home

as Commentator

Tom, Dick and Harry

as Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited)

Why We Fight: Divide and Conquer

as Narrator

Know Your Enemy: Japan

as Narrator

Cheers for Miss Bishop

as Anton Radcheck