Alexander Knox (January 16, 1907 - April 25, 1995) was an Academy Award-nominated and Golden Globe-winning Canadian actor.
Born in Strathroy, Ontario, he moved to Boston, Massachusetts to perform on the stage. During the 1930s he moved to London, England where he appeared in several movies. He starred opposite Jessica Tandy in the 1940 Broadway production of Jupiter Laughs. In 1944 he was chosen by Darryl F. Zanuck to star in Wilson, the biographical film about Woodrow Wilson, for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor. However, during the McCarthy Era, he was blacklisted by the Hollywood movie studio bosses and he returned to England. He was married to American actress Doris Nolan (1916-1998) from 1943 until his death in 1995.
He had major roles in Over 21, Sister Kenny, The Vikings, Europa '51, None Shall Escape, The Longest Day, You Only Live Twice and Nicholas and Alexandra, as well as a supporting role in Joshua Then and Now. He also wrote two adventure novels, Night of the White Bear and Totem Dream.
He died in Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland.
Alexander Knox (17 March 1757-17 January 1831) was an Irish theological writer.
As a boy and young man, Alexander Knox befriended and corresponded with John Wesley, and - though he later asserted his theological independence from Methodism - he later published defences of Wesley against John Walker and Robert Southey.
In the 1790s Knox entered political life, briefly (in 1798) becoming private secretary to Lord Castlereagh and publishing Essays on the political circumstances of Ireland (1799) before retiring from politics in 1799.
Knox lived in or near Dublin for the final three deacdes of his life, becoming known as the 'sage of Bellevue'. Together with his friend John Jebb (1775-1833), bishop of Limerick, Knox developed a distinctive style of high-churchmanship (evidenced in his theology of sacraments) which also respected strains in evangelicalism, Methodism and seventeenth-century latitudinarianism. Knox wrote in defence of Catholic emancipation.
