Father — Knight Moves Character Profile

About Father

David's father, who permanently leaves the family after David's savage attack on Peter during a chess match leads to the dissolution of their marriage.

Character Facts

Played by

Don Thompson

Appears in

Knight Moves (1992)

Role

Supporting

Relationships (3)

• Father — Narrative Case Background Connection — Andy Wagner (Daniel Baldwin)

  Andy connects the criminal pattern to the father's role in the family breakdown.

• Father — Narrative Case Background Connection — Frank Sedman (Tom Skerritt)

  Frank's detective work links the murders to the father's historical abandonment.

• Father — Narrative Psychological Subject's Relative — Kathy Sheppard (Diane Lane)

  Kathy's clinical focus traces the killer's trauma back to his father's departure.

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More characters from Knight Moves

• Peter Sanderson (Christopher Lambert)
• Kathy Sheppard (Diane Lane)
• Frank Sedman (Tom Skerritt)
• Andy Wagner (Daniel Baldwin)
• Steve Nolan (Blu Mankuma)
• Jeremy Edmonds (Ferdy Mayne)
• Last Victim (Rachel Hayward)
• Christie Eastman (Elizabeth Baldwin)
• David, 9 Years Old (Codie Lucas Wilbee)
• Doctor Fulton (Sam Malkin)
• Peter, 14 Years Old (Joshua Murray)
• Miss Greenwell (Monica Marko)