David Knell
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.
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Acting History
2025
Sitra Achra as Freddy Nord
2024To Kill a Wolf as The Rancher
2021Pig as Finway
2011Grimm as Stan's Father
1993Diagnosis: Murder as Clerk
1992Brer Rabbit's Christmas Carol as (voice)
1991Jailbirds as Baxter
1990My Blue Heaven as Checker
1990Total Recall as Ernie
1989Turner & Hooch as Ernie
1989Chopper Chicks in Zombietown as Booge
1988Murphy Brown as Pizza Kid
1986ALF as Dudley
1986Mr. Sunshine as Warren Leftwich
1985Shadow Chasers
1985Gidget's Summer Reunion as Albert Winslow
1984Charles in Charge as Duane
1984Murder, She Wrote as Acting Police Chief Wylie Ledbetter
1984High School U.S.A.
1984Splash as Claude
1983September Gun as Jason, Ben's Nephew
1983Spring Break as Nelson
1982St. Elsewhere as Matthew Brody
1982Making Love as Michael
1981Bret Maverick as Rodney Catlow
1981Bitter Harvest as Brandon
1981The Devil and Max Devlin as Nerve Nordlinger
1980A Christmas Without Snow as Terry
1980Life on the Mississippi
1980Belle Starr as Ed Reed
1971Great Performances as Sam Clemens