Actor
Esmond Knight
Born May 4, 1906 in East Sheen, Surrey, EnglandDied February 23, 198760 films
Esmond Penington Knight (4 May 1906 – 23 February 1987) was an English actor.
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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.
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60 films as actor- 1987Superman IV: The Quest for PeaceSecond Elder
- 1984The Element of CrimeOsborne
- 1984A Voyage Round My FatherJudge
- 1983King LearOld Man
- 1981Troilus & CressidaPriam
- 1981Antony & CleopatraLepidus
- 1980Drake's VentureJohn Dee
- 1978Romeo and JulietOld Capulet
- 1977The Man in the Iron MaskArmand
- 1976Robin and MarianOld Defender
- 1973Yellow DogMundt
- 1972The Boy Who Turned YellowDoctor
- 1969Anne of the Thousand DaysKingston
- 1969Doctor Who: The Space PiratesDom Issigri
- 1969Where's Jack?Ballad Singer
- 1968The Winter's TaleCamillo
- 1968The ParachuteHelmut
- 1965The Spy Who Came In from the ColdOld Judge
- 1963Decision at MidnightPeter Hauser
- 1960Peeping TomArthur Baden
- 1960Sink the Bismarck!Captain Leach - 'Prince of Wales'
- 1958Battle of the V-1Stricker
- 1957The Prince and the ShowgirlHoffman
- 1956Helen of TroyHigh Priest
- 1953The Steel KeyProf. Newman
- 1952Girdle of GoldEvans the Milk
- 1951The RiverThe Father
- 1951Without FearNarrator (voice)
- 1950Gone to EarthAbel Woodus
- 1948HamletBernardo
- 1948The Red ShoesLivy
- 1947The End of the RiverDantos
- 1947Uncle SilasDr. Bryerly
- 1947Holiday CampCamp Announcer
- 1947Black NarcissusThe Old General
- 1944Henry VFluellen - Captain in the English Army
- 1944A Canterbury TaleNarrator / Seven-Sisters Soldier / Village Idiot
- 1944The Halfway HouseDavid Davies
- 1943The Silver FleetVon Schiffer
- 1941This EnglandVicar's Son
- 1940ContrabandMr. Pidgeon
- 1939The Arsenal Stadium MysteryRaille
- 1938Weddings Are WonderfulGuy Rogers
- 1938What Men Live ByMichael
- 1937The Vicar of BrayDennis Melross
- 1936Black RosesPavo Collin
- 1936PagliacciCadet Silvio
- 1935SomedayCurly Blake
- 1935Crime UnlimitedPete Borden
- 1935Dandy DickTony Mardon
- 1935Father and SonMichael Bolton
- 1934The Blue SquadronCaptain Carlo Banti
- 1934Girls Will Be BoysGeoffrey Dawson
- 1934Waltzes from ViennaJohann Strauss, the Younger
- 1933The Bermondsey KidEddie Martin
- 1931DeadlockJohn Tring
- 193177 Park LanePhilip Connor
- 1931The RingerJohn Lenley
- 1931Romany LoveDavy Summers
- 1928The Blue PeterRadio operator