Esmond Knight
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- May 4, 1906
- Died
- February 23, 1987 (aged 80)
- Birthplace
- East Sheen, Surrey, England
Biography
Esmond Penington Knight (4 May 1906 – 23 February 1987) was an English actor. He was an accomplished actor with a career spanning over half a century. For much of his career Esmond Knight was virtually blind. He had been badly injured in 1941 whilst on active service on board HMS Prince of Wales when she fought the Bismarck at the Battle of the Denmark Strait, and remained totally blind for two years, though he later regained some sight in his right eye. During this period, Esmond dictated an early autobiography to his secretary, Annabella Cloudsley, Seeking The Bubble (Hutchinson & Co. 1943). He played the captain of the HMS Prince of Wales in the 1960 movie Sink the Bismarck! He starred as Professor Ernest Reinhart in the 1961 British science fiction television series, A for Andromeda, alongside Patricia Kneale and Peter Halliday. His daughter is the actress Rosalind Knight. Knight died of a heart attack. He was cremated. Description above from the Wikipedia article Esmond Knight, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Filmography
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
Movie · as Second Elder
Fortunes of War
TV · as Liversage · 2 eps
Miss Marple: Sleeping Murder
TV · as Mr. Galbraith · 2 eps
Blott on the Landscape
TV · as Sir Francis Puckerington · 3 eps
The Element of Crime
Movie · as Osborne
A Voyage Round My Father
Movie · as Judge
The Invisible Man
TV · as Blind Man · 1 ep
King Lear
Movie · as Old Man
My Cousin Rachel
TV · as Sam Bates · 1 ep
Fame Is the Spur
TV · as Old Etchells · 1 ep
Troilus & Cressida
Movie · as Priam
Antony & Cleopatra
Movie · as Lepidus
Drake's Venture
Movie · as John Dee
Rebecca
TV · as Coroner · 1 ep
Romeo and Juliet
Movie · as Old Capulet
Return of the Saint
TV · as Paul Hanson · 1 ep
The BBC Television Shakespeare
TV · as Old Capulet · 1 ep
The Man in the Iron Mask
Movie · as Armand
1990
TV · as Mitchell · 1 ep
Supernatural
TV · as Sir Charles · 2 eps
Robin and Marian
Movie · as Old Defender
I, Claudius
TV · as Domitius · 1 ep
Quiller
TV · as General Pickford · 1 ep
Churchill's People
TV · as Penda's Father · 1 ep
Fall of Eagles
TV · as General Ruzski · 1 ep
Bedtime Stories
TV · as Vere Rawley · 1 ep
Yellow Dog
Movie · as Mundt
Wessex Tales
TV · as Conjuror Trendle · 1 ep
The Boy Who Turned Yellow
Movie · as Doctor
Arthur of the Britons
TV · as Athel · 1 ep
New Scotland Yard
TV · as General Travers · 1 ep
Elizabeth R
TV · as Bishop de Quadra · 1 ep
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
TV · as Captain Cutler · 1 ep
Cousin Bette
TV · as General Hulot, Marshal Hulot · 2 eps
Anne of the Thousand Days
Movie · as Kingston
Where's Jack?
Movie · as Ballad Singer
Doctor Who: The Space Pirates
Movie · as Dom Issigri
Softly Softly: Task Force
TV · as Mr. Justice Ruddy · 1 ep
The Parachute
Movie · as Helmut
The Winter's Tale
Movie · as Camillo
The Champions
TV · as Minister · 1 ep
The Spies
TV · as General Loren · 1 ep
King of the River
TV · as Donner · 1 ep
Lord Raingo
TV · as Sid Jenkin · 4 eps
The Spy Who Came In from the Cold
Movie · as Old Judge
Gideon's Way
TV · as Robson · 1 ep
Public Eye
TV · as Dr. Stowe · 1 ep
BBC Play of the Month
TV · as Helmut · 1 ep
The Troubleshooters
TV · as Foss · 1 ep
Thirty-Minute Theatre
TV · as President · 1 ep
Detective
TV · as Commodore Rupert Gill, Albert, Ernest Guppy · 1 ep
The Protectors
TV · as Pearce Kettner · 1 ep
Decision at Midnight
Movie · as Peter Hauser
Festival
TV · as Chorus · 1 ep
Doctor Who
TV · as Dom Issigri · 2 eps
Z-Cars
TV · as Albert Wallace · 2 eps
The Saint
TV · as Antoine Louvois · 1 ep
Dr. Finlay's Casebook
TV · as Colonel Grahame, Hugh Armitage · 1 ep
A for Andromeda
TV · as Professor Ernest Reinhart · 7 eps
Peeping Tom
Movie · as Arthur Baden
Sink the Bismarck!
Movie · as Captain Leach - 'Prince of Wales'
An Age of Kings
TV · as Jack Cade · 1 ep
Sunday-Night Play
TV · as Harold P. Jackman · 1 ep
Danger Man
TV · as Baron · 1 ep
Barnaby Rudge
TV · as Dennis, the Hangman · 1 ep
Interpol Calling
TV · as Von Schriber · 1 ep
The Third Man
TV · as Theodore Ratteau · 1 ep
Battle of the V-1
Movie · as Stricker
The Invisible Man
TV · as Wilson · 1 ep
The Prince and the Showgirl
Movie · as Hoffman
Nicholas Nickleby
TV · as Wackford Squeers. Sr · 6 eps
Sailor of Fortune
TV · as Oberon · 1 ep
Helen of Troy
Movie · as High Priest
Armchair Theatre
TV · as Uncle Karl · 1 ep
The Count of Monte Cristo
TV · as Gustav · 1 ep
This Is Your Life
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Steel Key
Movie · as Prof. Newman
Full Circle
Movie
Girdle of Gold
Movie · as Evans the Milk
The River
Movie · as The Father
Without Fear
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Gone to Earth
Movie · as Abel Woodus
Sunday Night Theatre
TV · as Bubnov, a Capmaker, Major Kartuschke, Legal Officer · 1 ep
Hamlet
Movie · as Bernardo
The Red Shoes
Movie · as Livy
Black Narcissus
Movie · as The Old General
Uncle Silas
Movie · as Dr. Bryerly
The End of the River
Movie · as Dantos
Holiday Camp
Movie · as Camp Announcer
A Canterbury Tale
Movie · as Narrator / Seven-Sisters Soldier / Village Idiot
Henry V
Movie · as Fluellen - Captain in the English Army
The Halfway House
Movie · as David Davies
The Silver Fleet
Movie · as Von Schiffer
This England
Movie · as Vicar's Son
Contraband
Movie · as Mr. Pidgeon
The Arsenal Stadium Mystery
Movie · as Raille
Weddings Are Wonderful
Movie · as Guy Rogers
What Men Live By
Movie · as Michael
The Vicar of Bray
Movie · as Dennis Melross
Black Roses
Movie · as Pavo Collin
Pagliacci
Movie · as Cadet Silvio
Crime Unlimited
Movie · as Pete Borden
Dandy Dick
Movie · as Tony Mardon
Someday
Movie · as Curly Blake
Father and Son
Movie · as Michael Bolton
The Blue Squadron
Movie · as Captain Carlo Banti
Waltzes from Vienna
Movie · as Johann Strauss, the Younger
Girls Will Be Boys
Movie · as Geoffrey Dawson
The Bermondsey Kid
Movie · as Eddie Martin
77 Park Lane
Movie · as Philip Connor
Deadlock
Movie · as John Tring
The Ringer
Movie · as John Lenley
Romany Love
Movie · as Davy Summers
The Blue Peter
Movie · as Radio operator