Real world article
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(written from a Production point of view)
Joe Knowland (26 July 1930 – 14 March 2019; age 88) was an actor who appeared as the Antique store owner in Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home.
His first Hollywood role was as a guard in Escape from Alcatraz (1979).
He and his wife Dee co-chaired a board to finance the restoration of the Paramount Theatre of the Arts. He also served on the Oakland Chamber of Commerce and a few college boards. In addition, he was a former editor and publisher of the Oakland Tribune, and later became a real estate agent.
Knowland died on 14 March 2019 at the age of 88. [1]