Esmond Knight

Also known as Esmond Penington Knight

British actor (1906–1987)

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Works: 2

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Hamlet (the Criterion Collection)
Seeking the bubble

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East Sheen, Surrey, England

Esmond Penington Knight (4 May 1906 – 23 February 1987) was an English actor. He was an accomplished actor with a career spanning over half a century. For much of his career Esmond Knight was virtually blind. He had been badly injured in 1941 whilst on active service on board HMS Prince of Wales when she fought the Bismarck at the Battle of the Denmark Strait, and remained totally blind for two…

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Superman IV: The Quest for Peace — Second Elder1987
Fortunes of War — Liversage1987
Miss Marple: Sleeping Murder — Mr. Galbraith1987
The Element of Crime — Osborne1984
A Voyage Round My Father — Judge1984
The Invisible Man — Blind Man1984
King Lear — Old Man1983
My Cousin Rachel — Sam Bates1983
Fame Is the Spur — Old Etchells1982
Troilus & Cressida — Priam1981

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type: Group
Country: US
Active from: 1953
Active to: 1989

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: human
Family name: Knight
Gender: male
Citizenship: United Kingdom
Place of birth: East Sheen
Place of death: London
Spouse: Nora Swinburne
Child: Rosalind Knight
Occupation: television actor
Languages spoken: English language
Conflict: World War II
Military branch: Royal Navy
Image: Esmond knight.png

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cause of death: myocardial infarction
date of birth: 1906-05-04
date of death: 1987-02-23
manner of death: natural causes
name in native language: Esmond Penington Knight
start of work period: 1928-00-00
end of work period: 1987-00-00
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