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Encyclopedia > Esmond Knight

Esmond Knight was an accomplished British character actor (4 May 1906 - 22 February 1987), 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 was attacked by the Bismarck, and remained totally blind for two years, though he later regained some sight in his right eye. During this period, Esmond dictated an early autobiography to his secretary, Annabella Cloudsley, Seeking The Bubble (Hutchinson & Co. 1943). He died of a heart attack. His daughter is the actress Rosalind Knight. May 4 is the 124th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (125th in leap years). ... 1906 (MCMVI) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... February 22 is the 53rd day of every year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... For the movie, see 1941 (film) 1941 (MCMXLI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1941 calendar). ... HMS Prince Of Wales was a King George V-class battleship of the Royal Navy, built at the Cammell Laird shipyard in Birkenhead, England. ... The German battleship Bismarck is probably the most famous warship of the Second World War. ... 1943 (MCMXLIII) is a common year starting on Friday. ... Rosalind Knight Born 3rd December 1933, is a British actress. ...

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1925 (MCMXXV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Old Vic is a theatre in the Waterloo area of London. ... 1926 (MCMXXVI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1928 (MCMXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark is a tragedy by William Shakespeare and is one of his best-known and most often quoted plays. ... John Gielgud as photographed in 1936 by Carl Van Vechten Sir Arthur John Gielgud OM CH (14 April 1904–21 May 2000), known as Sir John Gielgud and often as Johnnie Gielgud, was an English theatre and film actor, regarded by many as one of the greatest British actors of... Donald Wolfit (1902-1968) was an English actor-manager, knighted in 1957 for his services to the theatre. ... 1930 (MCMXXX) is a common year starting on Wednesday. ... 1939 (MCMXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Royal Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon The Royal Shakespeare Company is a British theatre company, one of the most influential in the country. ... 1948 (MCMXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1948 calendar). ... 1949 (MCMXLIX) is a common year starting on Saturday. ... Laurence Olivier, as photographed in 1939 by Carl Van Vechten The Right Honourable Laurence Kerr Olivier, Baron Olivier, OM, KBE (May 22, 1907 – July 11, 1989) was an Oscar winning English actor and director, esteemed by many as the greatest actor of the 20th century. ... Peter Cushing OBE Cushing (left) in the TV release of Nineteen Eighty-Four in the winter of 1954 on BBC Television. ... Vivien Leigh photographed in 1958 Vivien Leigh (November 5, 1913 – July 8, 1967) was an English actress who achieved outstanding success in theatre and cinema. ... 1951 (MCMLI) was a common year starting on Monday; see its calendar. ... Lee J. Cobb Lee J. Cobb (December 8, 1911 – February 11, 1976) was an American actor. ... 1953 (MCMLIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link is to a full 1953 calendar). ... 1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar). ... Template:C20YearInnTopic 1963 (MCMLXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (the link is to a full 1963 calendar). ... There have been several well-known individuals named Edward Fox, including: Edward Fox (c. ... 1973 (MCMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1973 calendar). ... This page refers to the year 1979. ... Moby-Dick book cover Moby-Dick — the hyphen in the title is present in the original edition — is a novel by Herman Melville. ... There have been several well-known individuals named Edward Fox, including: Edward Fox (c. ... 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1984 (MCMLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

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1929 (MCMXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1933 (MCMXXXIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Arsenal Stadium Mystery is a 1939 British film, and is one of the first feature films where football is a central element in the plot. ... 1939 (MCMXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Laurence Olivier, as photographed in 1939 by Carl Van Vechten The Right Honourable Laurence Kerr Olivier, Baron Olivier, OM, KBE (May 22, 1907 – July 11, 1989) was an Oscar winning English actor and director, esteemed by many as the greatest actor of the 20th century. ... Henry V is a 1944 film adaptation of the William Shakespeare play Henry V; it was released in Los Angeles in 1946. ... 1944 (MCMXLIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1944 calendar). ... Black Narcissus (1947) is a film by the British director-writer team of Powell & Pressburger, based on the novel by Rumer Godden. ... 1947 (MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1947 calendar). ... Helpmann, Shearer and Massine in The Red Shoes. ... 1948 (MCMXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1948 calendar). ... Laurence Olivier, as photographed in 1939 by Carl Van Vechten The Right Honourable Laurence Kerr Olivier, Baron Olivier, OM, KBE (May 22, 1907 – July 11, 1989) was an Oscar winning English actor and director, esteemed by many as the greatest actor of the 20th century. ... The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark is a tragedy by William Shakespeare and is one of his best-known and most often quoted plays. ... 1948 (MCMXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1948 calendar). ... Laurence Olivier, as photographed in 1939 by Carl Van Vechten The Right Honourable Laurence Kerr Olivier, Baron Olivier, OM, KBE (May 22, 1907 – July 11, 1989) was an Oscar winning English actor and director, esteemed by many as the greatest actor of the 20th century. ... DVD cover Richard III is a 1955 British movie, directed by and starring Laurence Olivier. ... 1954 (MCMLIV) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Prince and the Showgirl is a 1957 Hollywood film starring Marilyn Monroe and co-starring Laurence Olivier who also directed. ... 1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Peeping Tom is a 1960 psychological horror film by the British film director Michael Powell. ... 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1960 calendar). ... Sink the Bismark is a song, written by country music singer Johnny Horton and Tillman Franks, based on the pursuit and eventual sinking of the German battleship Bismarck in May of 1941. ... 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1960 calendar). ... The Spy Who Came in from the Cold is an espionage novel by John le Carré, which tells the story of Alec Lemas, a British spy, who resigns from the Circus (as the British Secret Service is known in John le Carrés books) and defects to East Germany. ... 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1965 calendar). ... Anne of the Thousand Days is an Academy Award-winning 1969 costume drama, directed by Charles Jarrot. ... 1969 (MCMLXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1969 calendar). ... Robin and Marian is a 1976 film starring Sean Connery as Robin Hood, Audrey Hepburn as Maid Marian, Nicol Williamson as Little John, Robert Shaw as Sheriff of Nottingham, Richard Harris as King Richard and Ian Holm as King John. ... 1976 (MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1976 calendar). ... The Element of Crime (Danish: Forbrydelsens element) is the first feature film directed by noted Danish filmmaker Lars von Trier, released in 1984. ... 1984 (MCMLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Superman IV: The Quest For Peace is a 1987 film, the last of the Superman theatrical movies. ... 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

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Self-portrait (1886) Vincent Willem van Gogh (March 30, 1853 - July 29, 1890) was a Dutch painter, generally considered one of the greatest painters in European art history. ... 1937 (MCMXXXVII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, (or Nicholas Nickleby for short) is a comic novel of Charles Dickens. ... A for Andromeda is the title of a 1961 British television drama series and novel by astronomer Fred Hoyle and TV producer John Elliot. ... 1961 (MCMLXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... One of a half-dozen North American DVD releases of the series. ... The Third Man (1949) is a somewhat unconventional film noir directed by Carol Reed. ... Doctor Who is a long-running British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC about a mysterious time-travelling adventurer known only as The Doctor, who explores time and space with his companions, fighting evil. ... The Space Pirates is a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which originally aired in six weekly parts from March 8 to April 12, 1969. ... Z-Cars (sometimes written as Z Cars, and always pronounced zed, never zee) was a British television drama series centred around the work of regular beat police officers in the fictional town of Newtown, near Liverpool, in the north-west of England. ... She Stoops to Conquer is a comedy by Oliver Goldsmith, first performed in 1773. ... 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1971 calendar). ... Background - Elizabeth R was a BBC TV drama serial broadcast in six parts on terrestrial channel BBC Two during February to March 1971. ... I, Claudius is a novel by Robert Graves, (ISBN 067972477X) first published in 1934, dealing sympathetically with the life of the Roman Emperor Claudius and the history of the Julio-Claudian Dynasty and Roman Empire, from Julius Caesars assassination in 44 BC to Caligulas assassination in 41 AD... Return of the Saint was a British action-adventure television series that aired for one season in 1978 and 1979 in Britain on ITV, and was also broadcast on CBS in the United States. ... 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1978 calendar). ... The Borgias on the cover of Radio Times magazine. ... 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The History of Troilus and Cressida is a play by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written around 1602, shortly after the completion of Hamlet. ... Antony and Cleopatra is a historical tragedy by William Shakespeare, first performed in 1607 or 1608 and printed in the First Folio, 1623. ... 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Blott on the Landscape is a novel written in 1975 by Tom Sharpe, which became a special 6-part television series, made by the BBC, in 1985. ... This article is about the year. ... Fortunes of War - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ...

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Crew of HMS Prince of Wales (1103 words)
Esmond Knight was present during the Battle of the Denmark Strait, the action in which HMS Prince of Wales and HMS Hood fought against the German battleship Bismarck and the cruiser Prinz Eugen.
Mr Esmond Knight, the actor, died suddenly on February 23 while at his flat in Cranmer Court in London whilst home on a break from shooting on location in Egypt.
Esmond Pennington Knight was born at East Sheen, Surrey on May 4, 1906, and educated at Westminster School, for which he had a sustained affection.
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