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Esmond Knight
Esmond Knight

Esmond Knight

ActingBorn May 4, 1906Died February 23, 1987 (age 80)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.

Filmography

1987
Fortunes of War

as Liversage

TV
1987Movie
1987TV
1984
The Invisible Man

as Blind Man

TV
1984Movie
1984Movie
1983
King Lear

as Old Man

Movie
1983
My Cousin Rachel

as Sam Bates

TV
1981Movie
1981Movie
1980
Drake's Venture

as John Dee

Movie
1979
Rebecca

as Coroner

TV
1978
Romeo and Juliet

as Old Capulet

Movie
1978TV
1978
Return of the Saint

as Paul Hanson

TV
1977
1990

as Mitchell

TV
1977Movie
1977
Supernatural

as Sir Charles

TV
1976
I, Claudius

as Domitius

TV
1976
Robin and Marian

as Old Defender

Movie
1975
Quiller

as General Pickford

TV
1974
Churchill's People

as Penda's Father

TV
1974
Fall of Eagles

as General Ruzski

TV
1974
Bedtime Stories

as Vere Rawley

TV
1973
Wessex Tales

as Conjuror Trendle

TV
1973
Yellow Dog

as Mundt

Movie
1972TV
1972Movie
1972
New Scotland Yard

as General Travers

TV
1971TV
1971
Cousin Bette

as General Hulot

TV
1971
Cousin Bette

as Marshal Hulot

TV
1971
Elizabeth R

as Bishop de Quadra

TV
1969Movie
1969
Softly Softly: Task Force

as Mr. Justice Ruddy

TV
1969Movie
1969
Where's Jack?

as Ballad Singer

Movie
1968
The Champions

as Minister

TV
1968Movie
1968
The Parachute

as Helmut

Movie
1966TV
1966
Lord Raingo

as Sid Jenkin

TV
1966
The Spies

as General Loren

TV
1965TV
1965TV
1965TV
1965
Gideon's Way

as Robson

TV
1965
Public Eye

as Dr. Stowe

TV
1964
Detective

as Commodore Rupert Gill

TV
1964
Detective

as Albert

TV
1964
Detective

as Ernest Guppy

TV
1964
The Protectors

as Pearce Kettner

TV
1963
Decision at Midnight

as Peter Hauser

Movie
1963
Doctor Who

as Dom Issigri

TV
1963
Festival

as Chorus

TV
1962
The Saint

as Antoine Louvois

TV
1962
Dr. Finlay's Casebook

as Colonel Grahame

TV
1962
Dr. Finlay's Casebook

as Hugh Armitage

TV
1962
Z-Cars

as Albert Wallace

TV
1961
A for Andromeda

as Professor Ernest Reinhart

TV
1960
Barnaby Rudge

as Dennis, the Hangman

TV
1960
Barnaby Rudge

as Dennis

TV
1960
Sunday-Night Play

as Harold P. Jackman

TV
1960
Danger Man

as Baron

TV
1960
An Age of Kings

as Jack Cade

TV
1960
Peeping Tom

as Arthur Baden

Movie
1960
Sink the Bismarck!

as Captain Leach - 'Prince of Wales'

Movie
1959
The Third Man

as Theodore Ratteau

TV
1959
Interpol Calling

as Von Schriber

TV
1958TV
1958Movie
1957
Nicholas Nickleby

as Wackford Squeers. Sr

TV
1957Movie
1956
Armchair Theatre

as Uncle Karl

TV
1956
Helen of Troy

as High Priest

Movie
1955TV
1953Movie
1953
The Steel Key

as Prof. Newman

Movie
1952
Girdle of Gold

as Evans the Milk

Movie
1951
The River

as The Father

Movie
1951
Without Fear

as Narrator (voice)

Movie
1950
Gone to Earth

as Abel Woodus

Movie
1950
Sunday Night Theatre

as Bubnov, a Capmaker

TV
1950
Sunday Night Theatre

as Major Kartuschke, Legal Officer

TV
1948
Hamlet

as Bernardo

Movie
1948Movie
1947Movie
1947
Uncle Silas

as Dr. Bryerly

Movie
1947
Holiday Camp

as Camp Announcer

Movie
1947
Black Narcissus

as The Old General

Movie
1944
Henry V

as Fluellen - Captain in the English Army

Movie
1944
A Canterbury Tale

as Narrator / Seven-Sisters Soldier / Village Idiot

Movie
1944
The Halfway House

as David Davies

Movie
1943
The Silver Fleet

as Von Schiffer

Movie
1941
This England

as Vicar's Son

Movie
1940
Contraband

as Mr. Pidgeon

Movie
1939Movie
1938Movie
1938Movie
1937
The Vicar of Bray

as Dennis Melross

Movie
1936
Black Roses

as Pavo Collin

Movie
1936
Pagliacci

as Cadet Silvio

Movie
1935
Someday

as Curly Blake

Movie
1935
Crime Unlimited

as Pete Borden

Movie
1935
Dandy Dick

as Tony Mardon

Movie
1935
Father and Son

as Michael Bolton

Movie
1934
The Blue Squadron

as Captain Carlo Banti

Movie
1934
Girls Will Be Boys

as Geoffrey Dawson

Movie
1934
Waltzes from Vienna

as Johann Strauss, the Younger

Movie
1933
The Bermondsey Kid

as Eddie Martin

Movie
1931
Deadlock

as John Tring

Movie
1931
77 Park Lane

as Philip Connor

Movie
1931
The Ringer

as John Lenley

Movie
1931
Romany Love

as Davy Summers

Movie
1928
The Blue Peter

as Radio operator

Movie

Personal Info

DepartmentActing
BirthdayMay 4, 1906
Day of DeathFebruary 23, 1987
Place of BirthEast Sheen, Surrey, England
Popularity0.4