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.

Known For

Grimm

Stan's Father

Murder, She Wrote

Acting Police Chief Wylie Ledbetter

Diagnosis: Murder

Clerk

Great Performances

Sam Clemens

ALF

Dudley

St. Elsewhere

Matthew Brody

Murphy Brown

Pizza Kid

Total Recall

Ernie

Filmography

Year	Movie	Role
2025	Sitra Achra	Freddy Nord
2024	To Kill a Wolf	The Rancher
2021	Pig	Finway
1992	Brer Rabbit's Christmas Carol	(voice)
1991	Jailbirds	Baxter
1990	Total Recall	Ernie
1990	My Blue Heaven	Checker
1989	Turner & Hooch	Ernie
1989	Chopper Chicks in Zombietown	Booge
1985	Gidget's Summer Reunion	Albert Winslow
1984	Splash	Claude
1984	High School U.S.A.
1983	Spring Break	Nelson
1983	September Gun	Jason, Ben's Nephew
1982	Making Love	Michael
1981	The Devil and Max Devlin	Nerve Nordlinger
1981	Bitter Harvest	Brandon
1980	A Christmas Without Snow	Terry
1980	Belle Starr	Ed Reed
1980	Life on the Mississippi

Year	TV Show	Role
2011	Grimm	Stan's Father
1993	Diagnosis: Murder	Clerk
1988	Murphy Brown	Pizza Kid
1986	ALF	Dudley
1986	Mr. Sunshine	Warren Leftwich
1985	Shadow Chasers
1984	Murder, She Wrote	Acting Police Chief Wylie Ledbetter
1984	Charles in Charge	Duane
1982	St. Elsewhere	Matthew Brody
1981	Bret Maverick	Rodney Catlow
1971	Great Performances	Sam Clemens