Frederick Knott, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Frederick Knott

English dramatist and playwright

Date of Birth: 28-Aug-1916

Place of Birth: Hankou, China

Date of Death: 17-Dec-2002

Profession: screenwriter, writer

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Frederick Major Paull Knott (28 August 1916 – 17 December 2002) was an English playwright and screenwriter known for his complex crime-related plots.
Though he was a reluctant writer and completed only three plays in his career, two have become well-known: the London-based stage thriller Dial M for Murder, which was later filmed in Hollywood by Alfred Hitchcock, and the 1966 play Wait Until Dark, which also was adapted to a Hollywood film directed by Terence Young.
He also wrote the Broadway mystery Write Me a Murder.