Esmond Knight
Acting
Born: May 4, 1906 · East Sheen, Surrey, England
Died: February 23, 1987 (aged 80)
Highest Rated
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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Movies (48)
Peeping Tom
Arthur Baden
Black Narcissus
The Old General
The Red Shoes
Livy
Helen of Troy
High Priest
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
Second Elder
Hamlet
Bernardo
Robin and Marian
Old Defender
A Canterbury Tale
Narrator / Seven-Sisters Soldier / Village Idiot
The Spy Who Came In from the Cold
Old Judge
The Element of Crime
Osborne
Sink the Bismarck!
Captain Leach - 'Prince of Wales'
The Prince and the Showgirl
Hoffman
The Man in the Iron Mask
Armand
The Halfway House
David Davies
Anne of the Thousand Days
Kingston
Gone to Earth
Abel Woodus
The River
The Father
Doctor Who: The Space Pirates
Dom Issigri
Henry V
Fluellen - Captain in the English Army
This England
Vicar's Son
Battle of the V-1
Stricker
Contraband
Mr. Pidgeon
Yellow Dog
Mundt
The Steel Key
Prof. Newman
The End of the River
Dantos
Where's Jack?
Ballad Singer
Crime Unlimited
Pete Borden
Romeo and Juliet
Old Capulet
The Boy Who Turned Yellow
Doctor
The Silver Fleet
Von Schiffer
Holiday Camp
Camp Announcer
Deadlock
John Tring
Waltzes from Vienna
Johann Strauss, the Younger
A Voyage Round My Father
Judge
Girdle of Gold
Evans the Milk
Uncle Silas
Dr. Bryerly
King Lear
Old Man
The Arsenal Stadium Mystery
Raille
The Winter's Tale
Camillo
Antony & Cleopatra
Lepidus
Girls Will Be Boys
Geoffrey Dawson
77 Park Lane
Philip Connor
Drake's Venture
John Dee
Troilus & Cressida
Priam
The Parachute
Helmut
Dandy Dick
Tony Mardon
Decision at Midnight
Peter Hauser
Pagliacci
Cadet Silvio
TV Shows (50)
Doctor Who
Dom Issigri · 2 eps
The Saint
Antoine Louvois · 1 eps
BBC Play of the Month
Helmut · 1 eps
Z-Cars
Albert Wallace · 2 eps
Thirty-Minute Theatre
President · 1 eps
Sunday Night Theatre
Bubnov, a Capmaker · 1 eps
Sunday Night Theatre
Major Kartuschke, Legal Officer · 1 eps
The Champions
Minister · 1 eps
Public Eye
Dr. Stowe · 1 eps
Danger Man
Baron · 1 eps
Dr. Finlay's Casebook
Colonel Grahame · 1 eps
Dr. Finlay's Casebook
Hugh Armitage · 1 eps
The BBC Television Shakespeare
Old Capulet · 1 eps
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
Captain Cutler · 1 eps
New Scotland Yard
General Travers · 1 eps
Interpol Calling
Von Schriber · 1 eps
Return of the Saint
Paul Hanson · 1 eps
The Third Man
Theodore Ratteau · 1 eps
I, Claudius
Domitius · 1 eps
The Troubleshooters
Foss · 1 eps
Gideon's Way
Robson · 1 eps
Softly Softly: Task Force
Mr. Justice Ruddy · 1 eps
The Count of Monte Cristo
Gustav · 1 eps
Churchill's People
Penda's Father · 1 eps
An Age of Kings
Jack Cade · 1 eps
Detective
Commodore Rupert Gill · 1 eps
Detective
Albert · 1 eps
Detective
Ernest Guppy · 1 eps
Fall of Eagles
General Ruzski · 1 eps
Elizabeth R
Bishop de Quadra · 1 eps
The Protectors
Pearce Kettner · 1 eps
Supernatural
Sir Charles · 2 eps
Fortunes of War
Liversage · 2 eps
Arthur of the Britons
Athel · 1 eps
The Invisible Man
Wilson · 1 eps
Cousin Bette
General Hulot · 2 eps
Cousin Bette
Marshal Hulot · 2 eps
Quiller
General Pickford · 1 eps
1990
Mitchell · 1 eps
Miss Marple: Sleeping Murder
Mr. Galbraith · 2 eps
Barnaby Rudge
Dennis, the Hangman · 1 eps
Barnaby Rudge
Dennis · 5 eps
Bedtime Stories
Vere Rawley · 1 eps
Wessex Tales
Conjuror Trendle · 1 eps
The Invisible Man
Blind Man · 1 eps
Armchair Theatre
Uncle Karl · 1 eps
A for Andromeda
Professor Ernest Reinhart · 7 eps
Sailor of Fortune
Oberon · 1 eps
Rebecca
Coroner · 1 eps
My Cousin Rachel
Sam Bates · 1 eps
