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Nationality
  
British

Role
  
Television actor

Name
  
Will Knightley


Years active
  
1969-present

Occupation
  
Actor

Siblings
  
Colin Knightley


Born
  
23 April 1946 (age 77) (
1946-04-23
)
London, England

Spouse
  
Sharman Macdonald (m. 1976)

Children
  
Keira Knightley, Caleb Knightley

Movies and TV shows
  
A Short Stay in Switzerland, The Hound of the Baskervilles, Wolfshead: The Legend of Robin Hood

Parents
  
William Francis Knightley, Violet Knightley

Similar People
  
Keira Knightley, Sharman Macdonald, Caleb Knightley, James Righton, Simon Curtis

Will Knightley


Will Knightley (born 23 April 1946) is an English television and stage actor.

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He has primarily worked on the stage, and is a founding member of London's Half Moon Theatre. In addition to acting, he has performed voice-over work. He has had TV stints in The Bill, Frost, Midsomer Murders and various adverts. In 2009 he appears in the BBC drama A Short Stay In Switzerland.

In 2004, he appeared on the British series Rosemary & Thyme in the episode "Orpheus in the Undergrowth" as character Jeremy Pearson. He is the father of actor Caleb (b. 1979) and actress Keira Knightley (b. 1985).

Selected credits

  • EastEnders (2014) as Henry Summerhayes
  • Calendar Girls (2009, stage play)
  • Flight Path (2007, stage play)
  • Cinderella (2005-6, stage pantomime) as Baron Hardup
  • Lone Star Mark Three (2005, stage play)
  • The Permanent Way (2005, stage play) as
  • The Brief (2004, TV series) as Gerry Graham
  • Rosemary & Thyme (2004, TV series) as Jeremy Pearson
  • Our God's Country (2002, stage play) as Captain Arthur Phillip
  • The School for Scandal (1996-7, stage play) as Sir Peter Teasle
  • Woman In Mind (1994, stage play) as Andy
  • Hush (1992, stage play) as Colin
  • Diplomatic Waves (1989, stage play) as John
  • Wild Honey (1984, stage play)
  • Epsom Downs (1977, stage play)
  • Afternoon Theatre: Only A Game (1976, radio play)

    • References

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