Peter Halliday. In Robin and Marian (1976), a film directed by Richard Lester, he played a blind old man who defies Richard I of England. For the role, Knight removed his glass eye. Personal life Knight was married twice. He married actress Frances Clare in 1929. The couple had a daughter, actress Rosalind Knight. During the 1930s, he had a long-running affair with Nora Swinburne, of which his wife was aware. She was also an actress who appeared with him in several stage plays. After a short-lived attempt to end the affair, Knight left Frances for Nora. The couple married in 1946 and remained together until his death. Death Knight died of a heart attack in London on 23 February 1987. Work Stage The Wild Duck – Pax Robertson's Salon, London (1925) Various Shakespeare productions – full season, Old Vic (1926) Everyman – The Old Vic, London (1926) Various productions – Children's Theatre, London (1928) Hamlet – Queen's Theatre, London (with John Gielgud and Donald Wolfit) (1930) Full Season – King's Theatre, Hammersmith (1939) Full Season – Royal Shakespeare Company, Stratford-upon-Avon (1948–1949) Caesar and Cleopatra – St James's Theatre, London (with Laurence Olivier, Peter Cushing and Vivien Leigh) (1951) The Emperor's New Clothes – Ethel Barrymore Theatre, New York (with Lee J. Cobb) (1953) Full Season – The Old Vic, London (1962–1963) Agincourt – The Archer's Tale – Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester (one man show) (1973) The Family Reunion – Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester (with Edward Fox) (1973 & 1979) Crime and Punishment adapted by Paul Bailey. Directed by Michael Elliott at the Royal Exchange, Manchester (1978) Moby-Dick – Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester (with Brian Cox) (1983–1984) Filmography The Blue Peter (1928) as Radio Operator (film debut) The Ringer (1931) as John Lenley 77 Park Lane (1931) as Philip Connor Romany Love (1931) as Davy Summers The Bermondsey Kid (1933) as Eddie Martin Waltzes From Vienna (1934) as Johann Strauss Lest We Forget (1934) as Pat Doyle Jr. Father and Son (1934) as Michael Bolton Girls Will Be Boys (1934) as Geoffrey Dawson Dandy Dick (1935) as Tony Mardon Crime Unlimited (1935) as Pete Borden Someday (1935) as Curley Blake Pagliacci (1936) as Cadet Silvio The Vicar of Bray (1937) as Dennis Melross Weddings Are Wonderful (1938) as Guy Rogers The Arsenal Stadium Mystery (1939) as Raille – Trojan Team Member Contraband (1940) as Mr. Pidgeon Fingers (1941) as Sid