Frederick Knott

English dramatist and playwright (1916-2002)

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Also known as Frederick Major Paull Knott

Born: August 28, 1916
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1.Stated in Integrated Authority FileRetrieved 2014-05-14
2.Stated in SNACRetrieved 2017-10-09
3.Stated in Internet Broadway DatabaseRetrieved 2017-10-09
4.Stated in Enciclopédia Itaú CulturalRetrieved 2017-10-09
5.Stated in Encyclopædia Britannica OnlineRetrieved 2017-10-09
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Died: December 17, 2002
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1.Stated in Integrated Authority FileRetrieved 2014-05-14
2.Stated in BnF authoritiesRetrieved 2015-10-10
3.Stated in SNACRetrieved 2017-10-09
4.Stated in Internet Broadway DatabaseRetrieved 2017-10-09
5.Stated in Enciclopédia Itaú CulturalRetrieved 2017-10-09
6.Stated in Encyclopædia Britannica OnlineRetrieved 2017-10-09
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Birthplace: Hankou
Place of death: New York City
Citizenship: United States
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1.Stated in BnF authoritiesRetrieved 2017-03-25
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Occupation: writer
, screenwriter
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1.Stated in Integrated Authority FileRetrieved 2026-04-20
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Education: University of Cambridge
, Sidcot School

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Frederick Major Paull Knott was an English playwright and screenwriter known for complex crime-related plots. Although he was a reluctant writer and completed a small number of plays, two have become well-known: the London-based stage thriller Dial M for Murder, later filmed in Hollywood by Alfred Hitchcock, and the 1966 play Wait Until Dark, which was adapted to a Hollywood film directed by Terence Young. He also wrote the Broadway mystery Write Me a Murder.

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Given name: Frederick
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1.Stated in Integrated Authority FileRetrieved 2015-08-13
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Awards: Edgar Awards(1953)
Archives at: Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library
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1.hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/beinecke.knott
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Sex or gender: male
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1.Stated in BnF authoritiesRetrieved 2015-10-10
2.Stated in Integrated Authority FileRetrieved 2024-06-18
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Participated in conflict: World War II
Family name: Knott

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