Peter Knight(1917-1985)

Music Department
Composer
Actor

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Peter Knight was born on 23 June 1917 in Exmouth, Devon, England, UK. He was a composer and actor, known for Dark Crystal (1982), The Cedar Tree (1976) and Everly (2014). He was married to Babs Knight. He died on 30 July 1985.

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Known for

Frank Oz, Jim Henson, Sean Barrett, Barry Dennen, Stephen Garlick, Hus Levant, Lisa Maxwell, Brian Meehl, and Kathryn Mullen in Dark Crystal (1982)

7.1

Music Department

1982

Susan Engel, Philip Latham, Jennifer Lonsdale, and Susan Valentine in The Cedar Tree (1976)

7.5

TV Series

Music Department

Salma Hayek in Everly (2014)

5.1

Soundtrack("We Wish You A Merry Christmas")

2014

Tess (1979)

7.3

Music Department

1979

Credits

Music Department

The Last Place on Earth
8.0
TV Mini Series
- orchestrator
- 1985
Home to Roost
6.7
TV Series
- musical director
- 1985
Hambone and Hillie
4.9
- orchestrator
- 1983
Les pirates de l'île sauvage
6.1
- orchestrator
- 1983
Garçon !
6.3
- conductor
- 1983
The Bounder
6.4
TV Series
- composer: theme music
- 1982–1983
Lovesick
5.2
- conductor
- orchestrator
- 1983
Dark Crystal
7.1
- orchestrator
- 1982
Secombe with Music
TV Series
- music director
- 1981–1982
The Morecambe & Wise Show
7.9
TV Series
- musical director
- 1978–1981
La Guerre du feu
7.3
- conductor
- 1981
Le fantôme de Milburn
6.3
- conductor
- orchestrator
- 1981
Hôtel des Amériques
6.4
- orchestrator (uncredited)
- 1981
Coup de torchon
7.3
- conductor
- 1981
Le choix des armes
6.9
- musical director
- 1981

Composer

Home to Roost
6.7
TV Series
- Composer
- 1986–1990
Duty Free
6.4
TV Series
- Composer
- 1984–1986
The Bounder
6.4
TV Series
- Composer
- 1982
Heartland
2.5
TV Series
- Composer
- 1979–1980
Morecambe and Wise at the BBC
8.5
TV Series
- Composer
- 1979
Imágenes del deporte Nº 66
Short
- Composer (as P. Knight)
- 1974
Imágenes del deporte Nº 65
Short
- Composer (as P. Knight)
- 1974
Sunstruck
5.8
- Composer
- 1972
La Maison ensorcelée
5.5
- Composer
- 1968
The Flight of the Heron
7.2
TV Mini Series
- Composer
- 1968
ITV Play of the Week
6.7
TV Series
- Composer
- 1959

Actor

Personal details

Alternative names
- P. Knight
Born
- June 23, 1917
- Exmouth, Devon, England, UK
Died
- July 30, 1985
Spouse
- Babs Knight? - July 30, 1985 (his death, 1 child)

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A respected British arranger and composer from the 1950s to the 1980s.

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