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Haunted mansion knight

The Beheaded Knight is a notorious ghost from the Haunted Mansion.

Description

The ghost of a beheaded knight stands next to his ghostly executioner in the graveyard scene, holding his singing head in an extended hand. The knight sings in a German accent, suggesting he is a germanic knight.

Trivia

  • His voice was provided by Ernie Newton.
  • In the 2003 film, the knight makes a brief appearance in the graveyard, picking up his head from a basket while another ghost kneels down to be decapitated by the executioner.
  • The knight appears in the video game, but was was beheaded by guillotine rather than the executioner's axe. He is one of the main "friendly ghosts".
  • In the Holiday version of the ride, for some reason he has a British accent instead of a German one. This is also the case in the video game.
  • In the activity book Build Your Own Haunted Mansion (released in conjunction with the 2003 film), the knight was named Galahad.
  • In the SLG comics, his name is given as Fred.
  • In the Ghost Post, he is named Victor Geist and retains his German accent. He is shown to have a relationship with Sally Slater (the name given to the Tightrope Walker).
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