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Eric Knight(1897-1943)

  • Writer
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Eric Knight was born on 10 April 1897 in Menston, Ilkley, Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, UK. He was a writer, known for This Above All (1942), Lassie (1954) and Lassie Come Home (1943). He was married to Jere Brylawski and Dorothy Hall. He died on 13 January 1943 in Dutch Guiana [now Suriname].
BornApril 10, 1897
DiedJanuary 13, 1943(45)
BornApril 10, 1897
DiedJanuary 13, 1943(45)
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Known for

Joan Fontaine and Tyrone Power in This Above All (1942)
This Above All
6.6
  • Writer
  • 1942
Jon Provost, Tommy Rettig, and Lassie the Dog in Lassie (1954)
Lassie
6.6
TV Series
  • Writer
Roddy McDowall and Pal in Lassie Come Home (1943)
Lassie Come Home
7.1
  • Writer
  • 1943
Ward Bond, Frances Dee, Highland Dale, and Donna Corcoran in Gypsy Colt (1954)
Gypsy Colt
6.3
  • Writer
  • 1954

Credits

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Writer

  • Lassie Come Home (2020)
    Lassie Come Home
    5.6
    • novel (uncredited)
    • 2020
  • Lassie (2014)
    Lassie
    6.6
    TV Series
    • based on the character credited by
    • 2014–2015
  • Peter O'Toole, John Lynch, Peter Dinklage, Samantha Morton, Jonathan Mason, and Hester Odgers in Lassie (2005)
    Lassie
    6.7
    • novel
    • 2005
  • Sekai Meisaku Gekijou Kanketsu Ban: Meiken Lassie Part 2
    TV Special
    • novel
    • 2001
  • Sekai Meisaku Gekijou Kanketsu Ban: Meiken Lassie Part 1
    TV Special
    • novel
    • 2001
  • Meiken rasshî (1996)
    Meiken rasshî
    6.5
    TV Series
    • novel
    • 1996
  • Lassie
    Video Game
    • based on character by
    • 1994
  • Tom Guiry and Howard in Lassie (1994)
    Lassie
    5.9
    • character of Lassie
    • 1994
  • Jon Provost, Tommy Rettig, and Lassie the Dog in Lassie (1954)
    Lassie
    6.6
    TV Series
    • character
    • 1954–1972
  • Omnibus (1952)
    Omnibus
    8.2
    TV Series
    • writer (segment "The Better Half")
    • 1956
  • Ward Bond, Frances Dee, Highland Dale, and Donna Corcoran in Gypsy Colt (1954)
    Gypsy Colt
    6.3
    • based on a story by
    • 1954
  • Claude Jarman Jr., Jeanette MacDonald, Lloyd Nolan, and Pal in The Sun Comes Up (1949)
    The Sun Comes Up
    6.4
    • Writer (uncredited)
    • 1949
  • Janet Leigh, Tom Drake, Edmund Gwenn, and Pal in Hills of Home (1948)
    Hills of Home
    6.5
    • Writer (uncredited)
    • 1948
  • Son of Lassie (1945)
    Son of Lassie
    6.4
    • characters
    • 1945
  • The Nazis Strike (1943)
    The Nazis Strike
    7.0
    Short
    • Writer (uncredited)
    • 1943

Personal details

  • Alternative name
    • the late Major Eric Knight
  • Born
    • April 10, 1897
    • Menston, Ilkley, Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, UK
  • Died
    • January 13, 1943
    • Dutch Guiana [now Suriname](plane crash)
  • Spouses
      Jere BrylawskiDecember 2, 1932 - January 13, 1943 (his death)
  • Other works
    Novel: "Lassie Come Home". NOTE: Filmed as Lassie (1954), Lassie Come Home (1943) Lassie (2005), Lassie (2014), Lassie (1994).
  • Publicity listings
    • 1 Print Biography
    • 1 Article

Did you know

  • Trivia
    Daughter is Winifred Knight Mewborn. Winifred's daughter, Betsy Mewborn Cowaned, is operating a website in order to try and find more information on her grandfather's death, on a WWII plane crash.

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