Frederick Knott
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This article is about the English playwright. For the English cricketer, see Freddie Knott.
Frederick Major Paull Knott (28 August 1916 – 17 December 2002) was an English playwright and screenwriter known for complex crime-related plots. Although he was a reluctant writer and completed a small number of plays, two have become well-known: the London-based stage thriller Dial M for Murder, later filmed in Hollywood by Alfred Hitchcock, and the 1966 play Wait Until Dark, which was adapted to a Hollywood film directed by Terence Young. He also wrote the Broadway mystery Write Me a Murder.
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Born | Frederick Major Paull Knott (1916-08-28)28 August 1916 Hankou, China |
Died | 17 December 2002(2002-12-17) (aged 86) New York City, New York |
Occupation | playwright, screenwriter |
Language | English |
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He has a son named Tony Knott who attended Princeton Day School in the 1970s.