caption children birth_place name birth_date spouse image article_title birth_name occupation alma_mater
robert knuckle , 2014 richard laura mark kelly windsor , ontario , ca robert knuckle 15 february 1935 elizabeth anne myles -lrb- 1962-present -rrb- robert knuckle , 2014.jpg robert knuckle
 robert gordon knuckle author , playwright , actor , public speaker university of windsor
robert knuckle

robert gordon knuckle -lrb- born february 15 , 1935 -rrb- is a best-selling canadian author , actor and playwright .
he is member of the playwrights guild of canada .
knuckle was an educator for thirty-five years before he started writing full-time in 1992 .
he is an actra award-winning author of nine books and two booklets .
most of his books are about true crime and/or tales of the royal canadian mounted police .
he has also written for the stage , television , radio , and cinema .
seven of his stage plays have been produced at major venues in canada , usa , and in europe , including the edinburgh fringe festival .
he is a contributing researcher with encyclopedia titanica , specializing in canada 's role in retrieving the titanic bodies from the sea and their burials in three halifax graveyards .
knuckle is also a prolific public speaker who has addressed over 200 service clubs .
his topics include presentations about his books and plays and include a power-point presentation on `` canada and the titanic '' which deals with the aftermath of the titanic tragedy .
