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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.
Mar 21, 2023 · A number of British actors served during the Second World War, but few could claim they came face to face with the German battleship Bismarck and lived to tell the tale. Someone who did just that was Esmond Knight, the stage and cinema star who actually became injured during an engagement with Bismarck, which resulted in him losing an eye.
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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. He had been badly injured in 1941 whilst on active service on board HMS Prince of Wales when she fought...
During World War II Knight was in the Royal Navy, and while serving on the Prince of Wales was hit in the face by molten metal and blinded. He underwent rehabilitation at a St Dunstan’s training school and was able to resume acting, partially recovering his sight in 1943, but at best it was “like looking through clouds”, and it eventually ...
From the late 1940s until his death in 1987, he was a prolific artist. Whilst recuperating from his wartime injuries, and completely blind at the time, Esmond dictated an autobiography to his secretary, Annabella Cloudsley. Seeking The Bubble (Hutchinson & Co. 1943) recounts his life up to that point, including delightful scenarios from his ...
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. He had been badly wounded in 1941 while 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 years, though ...
Towards the end of the 1950s, two events occurred that took Esmond back in time to the day that changed his life - 24th May 1941 - the day he was injured on board HMS Prince of Wales.
