Esmond Knight
62 movies · 51 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- May 4, 1906
- Died
- Feb 23, 1987 (age 80)
- Place of birth
- East Sheen, Surrey, England
- Also known as
- Esmond Penington Knight · Эсмонд Найт
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.
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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.
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Known for
Esmond Knight: movies and TV shows
Acting (112)
- 1987
- 1987 Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
as Second Elder
- 1987
- 1984
- 1984 The Element of Crime
as Osborne
- 1984 A Voyage Round My Father
as Judge
- 1983 King Lear
as Old Man
- 1983
- 1982
- 1981 Troilus & Cressida
as Priam
- 1981 Antony & Cleopatra
as Lepidus
- 1980 Drake's Venture
as John Dee
- 1979
- 1978 Romeo and Juliet
as Old Capulet
- 1978
- 1978
- 1977
- 1977 The Man in the Iron Mask
as Armand
- 1977
- 1976
- 1976 Robin and Marian
as Old Defender
- 1975
- 1974
- 1974
- 1974
- 1973
- 1973 Yellow Dog
as Mundt
- 1972
- 1972 The Boy Who Turned Yellow
as Doctor
- 1972
- 1971
- 1971
- 1971
- 1969 Anne of the Thousand Days
as Kingston
- 1969
- 1969 Doctor Who: The Space Pirates
as Dom Issigri
- 1969 Where's Jack?
as Ballad Singer
- 1968
- 1968 The Winter's Tale
as Camillo
- 1968 The Parachute
as Helmut
- 1966
- 1966
- 1966
- 1965 The Spy Who Came In from the Cold
as Old Judge
- 1965
- 1965
- 1965
- 1965
- 1965
- 1964
- 1964
- 1963 Decision at Midnight
as Peter Hauser
- 1963
- 1963
- 1962
- 1962
- 1962
- 1961
- 1960
- 1960
- 1960
- 1960
- 1960 Peeping Tom
as Arthur Baden
- 1960 Sink the Bismarck!
as Captain Leach - 'Prince of Wales'
- 1959
- 1959
- 1958
- 1958 Battle of the V-1
as Stricker
- 1957
- 1957 The Prince and the Showgirl
as Hoffman
- 1957
- 1956
- 1956
- 1956 Helen of Troy
as High Priest
- 1953
- 1953 The Steel Key
as Prof. Newman
- 1952 Girdle of Gold
as Evans the Milk
- 1951 The River
as The Father
- 1951 Without Fear
as Narrator (voice)
- 1950 Gone to Earth
as Abel Woodus
- 1950
- 1948 Hamlet
as Bernardo
- 1948 The Red Shoes
as Livy
- 1947 The End of the River
as Dantos
- 1947 Uncle Silas
as Dr. Bryerly
- 1947 Holiday Camp
as Camp Announcer
- 1947 Black Narcissus
as The Old General
- 1944 Henry V
as Fluellen - Captain in the English Army
- 1944 A Canterbury Tale
as Narrator / Seven-Sisters Soldier / Village Idiot
- 1944 The Halfway House
as David Davies
- 1943 The Silver Fleet
as Von Schiffer
- 1941 This England
as Vicar's Son
- 1940 Contraband
as Mr. Pidgeon
- 1939 The Arsenal Stadium Mystery
as Raille
- 1938 Weddings Are Wonderful
as Guy Rogers
- 1938 What Men Live By
as Michael
- 1937 The Vicar of Bray
as Dennis Melross
- 1936 Black Roses
as Pavo Collin
- 1936 Pagliacci
as Cadet Silvio
- 1935 Someday
as Curly Blake
- 1935 Crime Unlimited
as Pete Borden
- 1935 Dandy Dick
as Tony Mardon
- 1935 Father and Son
as Michael Bolton
- 1934 The Blue Squadron
as Captain Carlo Banti
- 1934 Girls Will Be Boys
as Geoffrey Dawson
- 1934 Waltzes from Vienna
as Johann Strauss, the Younger
- 1933 The Bermondsey Kid
as Eddie Martin
- 1931 Deadlock
as John Tring
- 1931 77 Park Lane
as Philip Connor
- 1931 The Ringer
as John Lenley
- 1931 Romany Love
as Davy Summers
- 1928 The Blue Peter
as Radio operator
Behind the camera (1)
- 1955 The Dark Avenger
Dialogue Coach
Talk shows and appearances (1)
- 1955 This Is Your Life
1 episode