Mickey Knox
Abraham Knox was an American actor with nearly 80 films to his credit. Knox was also a screenwriter, film producer, and novelist. Knox was blacklisted during the McCarthy era, and he subsequently moved to Paris and Rome to find work. Knox's screenwriter credits, where he adapted approximately 150 Italian and French films into English translations, include the English adaptation of Sergio Leone's The Good, the Bad and the Ugly. As a dialogue director, he coached many non-English speaking actors in performing convincingly in the English language.
Selected filmography as an actor
Killer McCoy - Johnny MartinI Walk Alone - SkinnerJungle Patrol - Lt. Louie RastiThe Accused - Jack HunterKnock on Any Door - VitoCity Across the River - LarryAny Number Can Play - Pete SentaWhite Heat - Het Kohler Angels in Disguise - Angles CarsonOutside the Wall - LatzoWestern Pacific Agent - Frank WickenDestination Big House - Tony SavoniUp Front - DriverCriminal Lawyer - Vincent CheneySaturday's Hero - Joey NovakVice Squad - Policeman Garden of Eden - Johnny PattersonThe Naked Street - Man in Crowd Singing in the Dark - Harry, handsome toughG.I. Blues - JeeterA View From the Bridge - LouisThe Longest Day - downed US Airman with bandaged eye The Victors The 10th Victim - Chet Fantabulous Inc. - Brüdeneck, German GeneralWild 90 - Twenty YearsThe Biggest Bundle of Them All - Joe WareAl di là della legge - Confessions of a Police Captain - Soothsayer High Crime - Newsman at Party Street Law - Gambino How to Kill a Judge - Police Captain The Con Artists - Philip AccompliceBobby Deerfield - Tourist #1From Corleone to Brooklyn - Cop The Blue-Eyed Bandit - De Biase - Dominici's headDay of the Cobra - Raul PapasianInchon - Adm. Doyle1990: The Bronx Warriors - Vice-President Odd Squad - Requisitions officer The Lonely Lady - Tom CastelMurder Rock - Phil, the agent Bolero - Sleazy Moroccan GuideOperation Nam - Maj. Morris Detective School Dropouts - Bernie Stage Fright - Old CopEleven Days, Eleven Nights - Vecchio polizziottoI Love N.Y. - Charles MitchellBuy & Cell - ArthurRent-a-Cop - FrankVampire in Venice - Priest Ghoulies II - RayRun for Your Life Ghosts Can't Do It - The Pill ManFrankenstein Unbound - General ReadeThe Godfather Part III - Marty ParisiMiliardi - Surgeon Cemetery Man - Marshall StranieroFirst Action Hero - Mob Boss Titanic: The Legend Goes On - SamIn popular culture
Filmmaker Quentin Tarantino named his lead character, portrayed by Woody Harrelson, after Knox in the film Natural Born Killers.Knox's 2004 memoir is titled The Good, the Bad and the Dolce Vita: The Adventures of an Actor in Hollywood, Paris and Rome.