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  1. Alexander Knox (16 January 1907 – 25 April 1995) was a Canadian actor and writer. He appeared in over 100 film, television, and theatrical productions over a career spanning from the 1920s until the late 1980s.

  2. Alexander Knox. Actor: Wilson. A Presbyterian minister's son, softly-spoken, intellectual-looking Alexander Knox received his education from the University of Western Ontario where he studied English literature.

  3. Alexander Knox. Actor: Wilson. A Presbyterian minister's son, softly-spoken, intellectual-looking Alexander Knox received his education from the University of Western Ontario where he studied English literature.

  4. Apr 30, 1995 · Alexander Knox, 88, the British actor and playwright perhaps best-known for his Oscar-nominated role as Woodrow Wilson in the 1944 film "Wilson," died of cancer April 25 at a hospital in Berwick...

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    Alexander Knox was a Canadian-born actor and writer of both stage and screen active from 1929 to 1986. He graduated from the University of Western Ontario with a degree in English and soon after moved to Boston, where he made his first appearance on stage in 1929.

  6. Apr 29, 1995 · Alexander Knox, an actor and playwright who won an Academy Award nomination for his portrayal of Woodrow Wilson in the 1944 film "Wilson," died on Tuesday at the Berwick-Upon-Tweed...

  7. Character actor Alexander Knox was cast in a rare leading role as Wilson. Wilson received critical acclaim, earning ten nominations at the 17th Academy Awards and winning five, including Best Writing, Original Screenplay .

  8. Oct 2, 2011 · At the outbreak of World War II he returned to America and worked steadily in Hollywood as a distinguished character actor and occasionally as a screenwriter. He was nominated for an Oscar for his lead as President Woodrow Wilson in Wilson (1944). However, his left-wing political views caused a clash with the McCarthyites.

  9. Alexander Knox (born in Strathroy, Ontario, Canada, January 16, 1907, died April 25, 1995) moved to London, England in the 1930s where he acted on stage, he also acted in plays on Broadway. He acted in movies like The Sea Wolf ( 1941) directed by Michael Curtiz from the 1904 novel by Jack London, Over 21 (1941) by Charles Vidor with Irene Dunn.

  10. Alexander Knox. Canadian actor Alexander Knox moved to England as a young man, where he distinguished himself as a stage actor in the 1930s, also appearing in film productions there throughout the decade.