Cast & creator
David Knell
Best known for Grimm, Diagnosis: Murder, Great Performances
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.
Movies
20
film credits
Series
11
television credits
Career
31
1971–2025 · acting roles
Credit score
6.3
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (31)
Showing 31 of 31 credits
Series
★ 8.3
Grimm
Stan's Father
2011
Series
★ 7.1
Diagnosis: Murder
Clerk
1993
Series
★ 6.1
Great Performances
Sam Clemens
1971
Series
★ 7.5
Murder, She Wrote
Acting Police Chief Wylie Ledbetter
1984
Series
★ 5.7
St. Elsewhere
Matthew Brody
1982
Series
★ 6.5
Murphy Brown
Pizza Kid
1988
Series
★ 7.6
ALF
Dudley
1986
Series
★ 6.1
Charles in Charge
Duane
1984
Movie
★ 7.3
Total Recall
Ernie
1990
Series
★ 6.2
Bret Maverick
Rodney Catlow
1981
Series
★ 7.7
Shadow Chasers
1985
Movie
★ 6.6
Pig
Finway
2021
Movie
★ 6.3
Turner & Hooch
Ernie
1989
Movie
★ 6.3
Splash
Claude
1984M
Series
★ 6.0
Mr. Sunshine
Warren Leftwich
1986
Movie
★ 6.1
My Blue Heaven
Checker
1990
Movie
★ 5.3
Belle Starr
Ed Reed
1980
Movie
★ 4.7
Chopper Chicks in Zombietown
Booge
1989
Movie
★ 5.8
The Devil and Max Devlin
Nerve Nordlinger
1981
Movie
★ 4.9
Spring Break
Nelson
1983
Movie
★ 4.2
High School U.S.A.
1984
Movie
★ 6.9
Making Love
Michael
1982
Movie
★ 6.0
Gidget's Summer Reunion
Albert Winslow
1985
Movie
Sitra Achra
Freddy Nord
2025
Movie
★ 5.7
A Christmas Without Snow
Terry
1980
Movie
★ 5.5
September Gun
Jason, Ben's Nephew
1983
Movie
★ 7.3
To Kill a Wolf
The Rancher
2025
Movie
★ 6.8
Brer Rabbit's Christmas Carol
(voice)
1992
Movie
★ 9.0
Life on the Mississippi
1980
Movie
★ 1.0
Bitter Harvest
Brandon
1981
Movie
★ 7.7
Jailbirds
Baxter
1991