Eric Knight(1897-1943)

Writer

Eric Knight was born on 10 April 1897 in Menston, Ilkley, Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, UK. He was a writer, known for This Above All (1942), Lassie Come Home (1943) and Lassie (1954). He was married to Jere Brylawski and Dorothy Hall. He died on 13 January 1943 in Dutch Guiana [now Suriname].

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Known for

This Above All

6.6

Writer

1942

Lassie Come Home

7.1

Writer

1943

Lassie

6.5

TV Series

Writer

Gypsy Colt

6.2

Writer

1954

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Writer

Lassie Come Home
5.6
- novel (uncredited)
- 2020
The New Adventures of Lassie
7.5
TV Series
- based on the character credited by
- 2014–2015
Lassie
6.7
- novel
- 2005
Sekai Meisaku Gekijou Kanketsu Ban: Meiken Lassie Part 2
TV Special
- novel
- 2001
Sekai Meisaku Gekijou Kanketsu Ban: Meiken Lassie Part 1
TV Special
- novel
- 2001
Meiken rasshî
7.1
TV Series
- novel
- 1996
Lassie
Video Game
- based on character by
- 1994
Lassie
5.8
- character of Lassie
- 1994
Lassie
6.5
TV Series
- character
- 1954–1972
Omnibus
8.3
TV Series
- writer (segment The Better Half)
- 1956
Gypsy Colt
6.2
- based on a story by
- 1954
The Sun Comes Up
6.4
- Writer (uncredited)
- 1949
Hills of Home
6.6
- Writer (uncredited)
- 1948
Son of Lassie
6.4
- characters
- 1945
The Nazis Strike
7.0
Short
- Writer (uncredited)
- 1943

Personal details

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Alternative name
- the late Major Eric Knight
Born
- April 10, 1897
- Menston, Ilkley, Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, UK
Died
- January 13, 1943
- Dutch Guiana [now Suriname](plane crash)
Spouses
Other works
Novel: "Lassie Come Home". NOTE: Filmed as Lassie (1954), Lassie Come Home (1943) Lassie (2005), The New Adventures of Lassie (2014), Lassie (1994).
Publicity listings
- 1 Print Biography

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Trivia
Daughter is Winifred Knight Mewborn. Winifred's daughter, Betsy Mewborn Cowaned, is operating a website in order to try and find more information on her grandfather's death, on a WWII plane crash.