Esmond Knight
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 the Bismarck at the Battle of the Denmark Strait, and remained totally blind for two years, though he later regained some sight in his right eye
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03-05-1906Died
22-02-1987Place of Birth
East Sheen, Surrey, England, UKEsmond Knight
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 the Bismarck at the Battle of the Denmark Strait, and remained totally blind for two years, though he later regained some sight in his right eye
