Esmond Knight
Acting
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.
Known for
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tvFortunes of War
1987
Liversage
movieSuperman IV: The Quest for Peace
1987
Second Elder
tvMiss Marple: Sleeping Murder
1987
Mr. Galbraith
tvThe Invisible Man
1984
Blind Man
movieKing Lear
1983
Old Man
tvMy Cousin Rachel
1983
Sam Bates
Fame Is the Spur
1982
Old Etchells
movieAntony & Cleopatra
1981
Lepidus
movieDrake's Venture
1980
John Dee
tvRebecca
1979
Coroner
movieRomeo and Juliet
1978
Old Capulet
tvThe BBC Television Shakespeare
1978
Old Capulet
tvReturn of the Saint
1978
Paul Hanson
tv1990
1977
Mitchell
tvSupernatural
1977
Sir Charles
tvI, Claudius
1976
Domitius
movieRobin and Marian
1976
Old Defender
tvQuiller
1975
General Pickford
tvChurchill's People
1974
Penda's Father
tvFall of Eagles
1974
General Ruzski
tvBedtime Stories
1974
Vere Rawley
movieYellow Dog
1973
Mundt
tvNew Scotland Yard
1972
General Travers
tvThe Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
1971
Captain Cutler
tvCousin Bette
1971
General Hulot / Marshal Hulot
tvElizabeth R
1971
Bishop de Quadra
movieAnne of the Thousand Days
1969
Kingston / Conjuror Trendle
tvSoftly Softly: Task Force
1969
Mr. Justice Ruddy
movieDoctor Who: The Space Pirates
1969
Dom Issigri
movieWhere's Jack?
1969
Ballad Singer
tvThe Champions
1968
Minister
movieThe Winter's Tale
1968
Camillo
movieThe Parachute
1968
Helmut
Lord Raingo
1966
Sid Jenkin
The Spies
1966
General Loren
tvThirty-Minute Theatre
1965
President
tvGideon's Way
1965
Robson
tvPublic Eye
1965
Dr. Stowe
tvDetective
1964
Commodore Rupert Gill / Albert / Ernest Guppy
The Protectors
1964
Pearce Kettner
movieDecision at Midnight
1963
Peter Hauser
tvDoctor Who
1963
Dom Issigri
Festival
1963
Chorus
tvThe Saint
1962
Antoine Louvois
tvDr. Finlay's Casebook
1962
Colonel Grahame / Hugh Armitage
tvZ-Cars
1962
Albert Wallace
tvA for Andromeda
1961
Professor Ernest Reinhart
tvBarnaby Rudge
1960
Dennis, the Hangman / Dennis
Sunday-Night Play
1960
Harold P. Jackman
tvDanger Man
1960
Baron
tvAn Age of Kings
1960
Jack Cade
moviePeeping Tom
1960
Arthur Baden
movieSink the Bismarck!
1960
Captain Leach - 'Prince of Wales'
tvThe Third Man
1959
Theodore Ratteau
tvInterpol Calling
1959
Von Schriber
tvThe Invisible Man
1958
Wilson
movieBattle of the V-1
1958
Stricker
Nicholas Nickleby
1957
Wackford Squeers. Sr
tvArmchair Theatre
1956
Uncle Karl
movieHelen of Troy
1956
High Priest
movieThe Steel Key
1953
Prof. Newman
movieGirdle of Gold
1952
Evans the Milk
movieThe River
1951
The Father
Without Fear
1951
Narrator (voice)
movieGone to Earth
1950
Abel Woodus
tvSunday Night Theatre
1950
Bubnov, a Capmaker / Major Kartuschke, Legal Officer
movieHamlet
1948
Bernardo
movieUncle Silas
1947
Dr. Bryerly
movieHoliday Camp
1947
Camp Announcer
movieBlack Narcissus
1947
The Old General
movieHenry V
1944
Fluellen - Captain in the English Army
movieA Canterbury Tale
1944
Narrator / Seven-Sisters Soldier / Village Idiot
movieThe Halfway House
1944
David Davies
movieThe Silver Fleet
1943
Von Schiffer
movieThis England
1941
Vicar's Son
movieContraband
1940
Mr. Pidgeon
The Vicar of Bray
1937
Dennis Melross
Black Roses
1936
Pavo Collin
moviePagliacci
1936
Cadet Silvio
Someday
1935
Curly Blake
movieCrime Unlimited
1935
Pete Borden
movieDandy Dick
1935
Tony Mardon
Father and Son
1935
Michael Bolton
The Blue Squadron
1934
Captain Carlo Banti
movieGirls Will Be Boys
1934
Geoffrey Dawson
movieWaltzes from Vienna
1934
Johann Strauss, the Younger
The Bermondsey Kid
1933
Eddie Martin
movieDeadlock
1931
John Tring
movie77 Park Lane
1931
Philip Connor
The Ringer
1931
John Lenley
Romany Love
1931
Davy Summers
The Blue Peter
1928
Radio operator
Crew1
movieThe Dark Avenger
1955
Dialogue Coach