AKA Esmond Penington Knight

Born: 4-May-1906
Birthplace: East Sheen, Surrey, England
Died: 23-Feb-1987
Location of death: London, England
Cause of death: Heart Failure

Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Actor

Nationality: England
Executive summary: The River

Military service: Royal Navy (WWII)

Wife: Frances Clare (m. 19-Jan-1929, div. 1946, one daughter, d. 1994)
Daughter: Rosalind Knight (actress, b. 3-Dec-1933)
Wife: Nora Swinburne (actress, m. 4-Oct-1946, until his death, d. 2000)

    FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
    Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (24-Jul-1987)
    The Element of Crime (14-May-1984)
    King Lear (26-Jan-1984)
    Sir Henry at Rawlinson End (Nov-1980)
    Rebecca (17-Jan-1979)
    The Man in the Iron Mask (17-Jan-1977)
    I, Claudius (20-Sep-1976)
    Robin and Marian (11-Mar-1976)
    Elizabeth R (13-Feb-1972)
    Anne of the Thousand Days (18-Dec-1969)
    The Spy Who Came In from the Cold (16-Dec-1965)
    Peeping Tom (7-Apr-1960)
    Sink the Bismarck! (11-Feb-1960)
    Battle of the V-1 (25-Aug-1958)
    The Prince and the Showgirl (13-Jun-1957)
    Helen of Troy (25-Jan-1956)
    Richard III (16-Apr-1955)
    The River (10-Sep-1951)
    Gone to Earth (6-Nov-1950)
    Hamlet (28-Sep-1948)
    The Red Shoes (6-Sep-1948)
    Black Narcissus (26-May-1947)
    Uncle Silas (1947)
    Henry the Fift (Nov-1944)
    A Canterbury Tale (21-Aug-1944)
    Contraband (11-May-1940)

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