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Donald Knight (16 February 1933 – 18 August 1997) was an English-born film, television, and stage actor. He worked largely in the United States, and often played tough guys.

Don Knight
Don Knight in The Big Valley 1968
Born	Donald Hartwich Knight (1933-02-16)16 February 1933 Manchester, Lancashire, England, U.K.
Died	18 August 1997(1997-08-18) (aged 64) Squaw Valley, Fresno County, California, U.S.
Alma mater	Sir George Williams University Wesley Theological Seminary
Occupation	Actor, minister
Years active	1966–1993
Spouses	Mary Patricia Roberts ​ ​ (m. 1959; div. 1974)​ Karin Edda Joachim ​ (m. 1975)​
Children	2

Early life

Born in Manchester, Lancashire, he served a short stint in the British Army, and shortly afterward left England for Canada. Knight began acting at the age of seven. He studied at Sir George Williams University in Montreal, Quebec, and later at Wesley Theological Seminary in Washington, D.C.[1] He obtained degrees in English, philosophy, theology, and drama.[2]

Acting career

In 1965, he moved to California to pursue acting, and was primarily a character actor, making numerous guest appearances in television series such as Combat!, The Time Tunnel, Bewitched, Hogan's Heroes, The Big Valley, Hawaii Five-O, It Takes a Thief, Bonanza, Mannix, Mission: Impossible, Columbo, Banacek, Night Gallery, Cannon, Kojak, Little House on the Prairie, and Barnaby Jones, as well as semi-regular roles in series such as The Immortal.[3]

In 1976, he was in the Disney film Treasure of Matecumbe. His character was Skaggs.[4]

He appeared in the PBS telefilm The Canterville Ghost. Its other distributors were WonderWorks and the Disney Channel.

Personal life and death

Educated in theology, Knight became an ordained minister in 1956.[3] During his acting career, he sometimes served as a church pastor. He was a minister at the United Church of Christ in Simi Valley, California.[5]

Knight died on 18 August 1997 in Squaw Valley, Fresno County, California, USA, following a stroke earlier that month.[2]

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1966	Munster, Go Home!	Minor Role	Uncredited
1967	Kill a Dragon	Ian
1968	The Hell with Heroes	Pepper
1970	Too Late the Hero	Pte Connolly
1970	The Hawaiians	Milton Overpeck
1971	Something Big	Tommy McBride
1973	Trader Horn	Colonel Sinclair
1975	The Apple Dumpling Gang	John Wintle
1976	Treasure of Matecumbe	Skaggs
1982	Swamp Thing	Ritter

References

External links

• Don Knight at IMDb
• Actor Don Knight

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