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Frederick Major Paull Knott (28 August 1916 – 17 December 2002) was an English playwright and screenwriter known for complex crime-related plots.
Dec 20, 2002 · Frederick Knott, a notoriously unprolific playwright who scored big when he did write -- with his 1952 Broadway hit ''Dial M for Murder'' and later with the 1966 thriller ''Wait Until Dark'' --...
Dec 22, 2002 · Frederick Knott, a playwright whose short but admirable string of credits included two long-running Broadway shows -- “Dial M for Murder” in 1952 and “Wait Until Dark” in 1966 -- died of...
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Frederick Knott, who has died aged 86, lived the commercial playwright's dream by writing three hugely successful plays, two of which were turned into hugely...
Frederick Knott was born on 28 August 1916 in Hankow, China. He was a writer, known for Dial M for Murder (1954), Wait Until Dark (1967) and A Perfect Murder (1998). He was married to Ann Hillary. He died on 17 December 2002 in New York City, New York, USA.
- Writer
- August 28, 1916
- Frederick Knott
- December 17, 2002
Dec 30, 2002 · Writer Frederick Knott — whose taut dramas “Dial M for Murder” and “Wait Until Dark” were among the most popular in the last half-century — died Dec. 22 in New York City of unknown causes. He...
Write Me a Murder is a mystery play in three acts by Frederick Knott, which premiered on Broadway at the Belasco Theatre on October 26, 1961, presented by the Compass Productions, Inc., directed by George Schaefer, stage design by Warren Clymer, costume design by Noel Taylor.
