Frederick Knott
English playwright of Dial M for Murder and Wait Until Dark.
Frederick Knott (1916–2002) was an English playwright and screenwriter known for intricate crime plots. He wrote only a few plays, but two became famous: Dial M for Murder, which Alfred Hitchcock filmed, and Wait Until Dark (1966), filmed by Terence Young.
Quick Facts
- Birth name
- Frederick Major Paull Knott
- Born
- 28 August 1916
- Birthplace
- Hankou, China
- Died
- 17 December 2002
- Place of death
- New York City, New York
- Occupation
- playwright, screenwriter
- Language
- English
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Background
He also wrote the Broadway mystery Write Me a Murder, and moved to the United States in 1952. No Twilight Zone credit is recorded for him.
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