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Esmond Penington Knight (4 May 1906 – 23 February 1987) was an English actor. He had a successful stage and film career before World War II . For much of his later career Knight was half-blind.
21 Photos. A stage actor from 1925, Esmond made his first film appearance in 77 Park Lane (1931) for Michael Powell for whom he eventually made 11 films. Esmond served in the Royal Navy during WWII and lost one eye and was almost totally blinded in the other during an engagement against The Bismarck.
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- East Sheen, Surrey, England, UK
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May 4, 1906 · East Sheen, Surrey, England, UK. Died. February 23, 1987 · London, England, UK (heart attack) Birth name. Esmond Penington Knight. Mini Bio. A stage actor from 1925, Esmond made his first film appearance in 77 Park Lane (1931) for Michael Powell for whom he eventually made 11 films.
- May 4, 1906
- February 23, 1987
1948 - 1951 Stratford, Church Stretton and India. 1951 - 1955 "Dickie Three Eyes". 1955 - 1960 Esmond Knight, This Is Your Life! 1960 - 1969 Peeping Tom and the Sixties. 1970 - 1979 A One Man Triumph.
Photo Gallery. 26 photos. Biography. A stage actor from 1925, Esmond made his first film appearance in 77 Park Lane (1931) for Michael Powell for whom he eventually made 11 films. Esmond served in the Royal Navy during WWII and lost one eye and was almost totally blinded in the other during an engagement against The Bismarck.
Biography. 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.
Actor. Near-blindness suffered in naval action early in WW2 scarcely disturbed Esmond Knight's progress from handsome romantic lead to solid character actor; indeed it arguably gave extra depth to roles like the Village Idiot in A Canterbury Tale (1944) - in which he also played a soldier and narrated the Chaucerian Prologue - and the Holy Man in Black Narcissus (1947).
