---
name: "Frederick Knott"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/frederick-knott"
fi1m_id: "frederick-knott"
imdb_id: "nm0461425"
tmdb_id: 7123
wikidata_id: "Q4354150"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "26 August 1916"
died: "17 December 2002"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T23:32:20.846048+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Frederick Knott

## Identity

Frederick Knott

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/frederick-knott
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** frederick-knott
- **IMDb ID:** nm0461425
- **TMDB ID:** 7123
- **Wikidata ID:** Q4354150
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Knott, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4354150, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0461425/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/7123

Writer. Born 26 August 1916 in Hankow, China. Died 17 December 2002.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 26 August 1916, Hankow, China
- **Died:** 17 December 2002
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Knott, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4354150, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0461425/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/7123

## Streaming the US now

- **Tubi:** [*Dial M for Murder*](https://film.one/film/dial-m-for-murder.md) (80)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Frederick Knott was an English playwright and screenwriter. He was born on 28 August 1916 in Hankow, China, the son of English missionaries, and was educated at Oundle School and Cambridge University, where he read law. He served in the British Army from 1939 to 1946, rising to the rank of major, before moving to the United States in 1952.

Knott wrote the stage thriller *Dial M for Murder*, which premiered in London in 1952 and on Broadway later that year. He also wrote the screenplay for Alfred Hitchcock's 1954 film adaptation. His other plays include *Write Me a Murder* (1961) and *Wait Until Dark* (1966), the latter adapted into a 1967 film. He wrote the screenplay for *The Honey Pot* (1967).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, latimes.com, theguardian.com, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Dial M for Murder* (1954), Fi1m 80, Screenplay, Theatre Play — [page](https://film.one/film/dial-m-for-murder.md)

## Complete filmography (13)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Nowhere in Sight* (2001), Theatre Play
- *A Perfect Murder* (1998), Theatre Play, Screenplay
- *Saavi* (1985), Original Film Writer
- *Aitbaar* (1985), Original Story
- *Wait Until Dark* (1982), Writer
- *Tony Wendice's Mistake* (1981), Novel
- *Dial M for Murder* (1981), Theatre Play
- *Wait Until Dark* (1967), Theatre Play, Writer
- *The Honey Pot* (1967), Theatre Play
- *Dial M for Murder* (1962), Writer
- *On Call...Murder!* (1959), Writer
- *Dial M for Murder* (1954), Screenplay, Theatre Play — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/dial-m-for-murder.md)
- *The Last Page* (1952), Writer

## Awards

### Other awards — 1 won

- Edgar Awards 1953: Edgar Awards (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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