Person
David Knell
Acting · Born 1961-09-08 · New York City, New York, USA
Biography
Best known for his roles as a goofy, callow youth in films like Spring Break, Splash, Total Recall, and Turner and Hooch, David is a veteran in the industry with a career that spans over four decades.
Known for
Grimm
Stan's Father
Murder, She Wrote
Acting Police Chief Wylie Ledbetter
Diagnosis: Murder
Clerk
Great Performances
Sam Clemens
Murphy Brown
Pizza Kid
St. Elsewhere
Matthew Brody
ALF
Dudley
Charles in Charge
Duane
Total Recall
Ernie
Shadow Chasers
1985
Filmography
- 2025Sitra AchraFreddy Nord
- 2025To Kill a WolfThe Rancher
- 2021PigFinway
- 2011GrimmStan's Father
- 1993Diagnosis: MurderClerk
- 1992Brer Rabbit's Christmas Carol(voice)
- 1991JailbirdsBaxter
- 1990My Blue HeavenChecker
- 1990Total RecallErnie
- 1989Turner & HoochErnie
- 1989Chopper Chicks in ZombietownBooge
- 1988Murphy BrownPizza Kid
- 1986ALFDudley
- 1986Mr. SunshineWarren Leftwich
- 1985Shadow Chasers
- 1985Gidget's Summer ReunionAlbert Winslow
- 1984Charles in ChargeDuane
- 1984Murder, She WroteActing Police Chief Wylie Ledbetter
- 1984High School U.S.A.
- 1984SplashClaude
- 1983September GunJason, Ben's Nephew
- 1983Spring BreakNelson
- 1982St. ElsewhereMatthew Brody
- 1982Making LoveMichael
- 1981Bret MaverickRodney Catlow
- 1981Bitter HarvestBrandon
- 1981The Devil and Max DevlinNerve Nordlinger
- 1980A Christmas Without SnowTerry
- 1980Life on the Mississippi
- 1980Belle StarrEd Reed
- 1971Great PerformancesSam Clemens
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