Skelton Barnaby Knaggs was a stage actor, and a horror movie actor.
He was born 27 June 1911 in the Hillsborough district of Sheffield, Yorkshire, England.
He moved to London where he became a Shakespearean actor.
At some point he moved to Los Angeles, California and moved into film, specialising in Horror film.
Back in London, he married Thelma Crawshaw in 1949, then returned to Holywood.
His films include . . .
- 1936 - Strangers on a Honeymoon
- 1937 - The High Command
- 1938 - South Riding
- 1939 - The Spy in Black
- 1939 - Torture Ship
- 1941 - Diamond Frontier
- 1943 - The Ghost Ship
- 1943 - Heading for God's Country
- 1943 - None But the Lonely Heart
- 1944 - The Invisible Man's Revenge
- 1944 - The Lodger
- 1945 - The Picture of Dorian Gray
- 1945 - Isle of the Dead
- 1945 - House of Dracula
- 1946 - Terror by Night
- 1946 - Bedlam
- 1946 - Scandal in Paris
- 1946 - Dick Tracy vs Cueball
- 1947 - Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome
- 1947 - Forever Amber
- 1948 - The Paleface
- 1949 - Masterminds
- 1949 - Dick Tracy's Amazing Adventure
- 1951 - Captain Video
- 1952 - Blackbeard the Pirate
- 1953 - Rogue's March
- 1953 - Botany Bay
- 1954 - Casanova's Big Night
- 1955 - Moonfleet