Background
He was born Charles Knox Manning in Worcester, Massachusetts and died in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California.
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Career
Knox Manning continued to work in radio as a performer and producer. He announced and read commercials for The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, starring Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce. The Knox Manning Show, also known as Cinderella Story, chronicled the rise to fame of Hollywood celebrities.
His Behind the Scenes program featured dramatized re-creations of news events involving famous historical figures.
A similar program, This Is the Story, looked at people, places, and things that were familiar on the American scene. He was a newscaster for Columbia Broadcasting System, and continued to work as a newsman in local California radio into the 1960s.
