ACTOR

Esmond Knight

1906 - 1987

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Esmond Knight has received more than 293,149 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Esmond Knight is the 8,796th most popular actor (down from 8,497th in 2019), the 5,952nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 5,604th in 2019) and the 971st most popular British Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 290k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 39.75

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.92

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.33

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Esmond Knights by language

Over the past year Esmond Knight has had the most page views in the with 38,661 views, followed by German (1,603), and Spanish (1,359). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Afrikaans (150.00%), Ukrainian (47.89%), and Indonesian (30.13%)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Esmond Knight ranks 8,796 out of 13,578. Before him are Kate Dickie, Johnny Walker, Olivia Brown, Kiele Sanchez, Alastair Sim, and Kento Yamazaki. After him are Amanda Peterson, Santiago Cabrera, Yui Ishikawa, Kim Sung-kyun, Eva Amurri, and Sōichirō Hoshi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1906, Esmond Knight ranks 431. Before him are Albert Charles Smith, Donald Woods, S. I. Hayakawa, William Bendix, Máirtín Ó Cadhain, and Jim Bausch. After him are Richard van der Riet Woolley, Catherine Cookson, Barbara Jo Allen, Bea Benaderet, Victoria Spivey, and Stuart Milner-Barry. Among people deceased in 1987, Esmond Knight ranks 254. Before him are Errol Barrow, Antony Tudor, Madge Kennedy, Jimmy Mullen, Wim Lagendaal, and Obafemi Awolowo. After him are Aileen Meagher, Jackie Fields, Walter Abel, Joseph Parecattil, Gus Johnson, and Frank Carlson.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Esmond Knight ranks 5,952 out of 8,785. Before him are Atticus Ross (1968), Rupert Penry-Jones (1970), Andy Bell (1970), Tom Glynn-Carney (1995), Kate Dickie (1971), and Alastair Sim (1900). After him are David Haye (1980), Saskia Reeves (1961), Roberta Cowell (1918), Dominic Sherwood (1990), Ben Hardy (1991), and Birdy (1996).

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Among ACTORS In United Kingdom

Among actors born in United Kingdom, Esmond Knight ranks 971. Before him are Georgie Henley (1995), Jemma Redgrave (1965), Rupert Penry-Jones (1970), Tom Glynn-Carney (1995), Kate Dickie (1971), and Alastair Sim (1900). After him are Saskia Reeves (1961), Dominic Sherwood (1990), Ben Hardy (1991), DeObia Oparei (1971), Douglas Henshall (1965), and Beatie Edney (1962).

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Television and Movie Roles

The Element of Crime
Osborne
Fisher, an ex-detective, decides to take one final case when a mysterious serial killer claims the lives of several young girls. Fisher, unable to find the culprit, turns to Osbourne, a writer who was once respected for his contributions to the field of criminology. Fisher begins to use Osbourne's technique, which involves empathizing with serial killers; however, as the detective becomes increasingly engrossed in this method, things take a disturbing turn.
May 18o 19846.381 / 10
Peeping Tom
Arthur Baden
Loner Mark Lewis works at a film studio during the day and, at night, takes racy photographs of women. Also he's making a documentary on fear, which involves recording the reactions of victims as he murders them. He befriends Helen, the daughter of the family living in the apartment below his, and he tells her vaguely about the movie he is making.
May 16o 19607.4 / 10
The Red Shoes
Livy
In this classic drama, Vicky Page is an aspiring ballerina torn between her dedication to dance and her desire to love. While her imperious instructor, Boris Lermontov, urges to her to forget anything but ballet, Vicky begins to fall for the charming young composer Julian Craster. Eventually Vicky, under great emotional stress, must choose to pursue either her art or her romance, a decision that carries serious consequences.
Sep 6o 19488 / 10