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Esmond Knight
Born · May 4, 1906
Died · February 23, 1987 (80 years old)
Known For: Acting
Place of Birth: East Sheen, Surrey, England
Bio
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.
Fortunes of War
Liversage · (7 episodes)
6.4
1987
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
Second Elder
4.6
1987
The Element of Crime
Osborne
6.4
1984
A Voyage Round My Father
Judge
7.6
1984
My Cousin Rachel
Sam Bates · (1 episode)
6.0
1983
Troilus & Cressida
Priam
8.0
1981
Antony & Cleopatra
Lepidus
6.3
1981
Drake's Venture
John Dee
5.0
1980
Romeo and Juliet
Old Capulet
7.4
1978
The BBC Television Shakespeare
Old Capulet · (3 episodes)
5.2
1978
Return of the Saint
Paul Hanson · (1 episode)
7.0
1978
1990
(1 episode)
6.0
1977
The Man in the Iron Mask
Armand
6.4
1977
I, Claudius
(1 episode)
7.8
1976
Robin and Marian
Old Defender
6.3
1976
Quiller
General Pickford · (1 episode)
0.0
1975
Bedtime Stories
Vere Rawley · (1 episode)
0.0
1974
Yellow Dog
Mundt
2.2
1973
The Boy Who Turned Yellow
Doctor
5.4
1972
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
Captain Cutler · (1 episode)
7.3
1971
Cousin Bette
General Hulot · (5 episodes)
3.5
1971
Elizabeth R
Bishop de Quadra · (1 episode)
7.4
1971
Anne of the Thousand Days
Kingston
7.1
1969
Doctor Who: The Space Pirates
Dom Issigri
6.5
1969
Where's Jack?
Ballad Singer
7.2
1969
The Champions
Minister · (1 episode)
6.1
1968
The Winter's Tale
Camillo
0.0
1968
The Parachute
Helmut
0.0
1968
King of the River
(1 episode)
0.0
1966
Softly, Softly
(1 episode)
5.0
1966
The Spy Who Came In from the Cold
Old Judge
7.1
1965
BBC Play of the Month
Helmut · (1 episode)
5.0
1965
Gideon's Way
Robson · (1 episode)
6.8
1965
Public Eye
Dr. Stowe · (1 episode)
7.8
1965
Detective
(1 episode)
0.0
1964
Decision at Midnight
6.0
1963
Festival
Chorus · (1 episode)
0.0
1963
The Saint
Antoine Louvois · (1 episode)
7.3
1962
Dr. Finlay's Casebook
(1 episode)
6.0
1962
Z-Cars
(1 episode)
7.0
1962
A for Andromeda
Professor Ernest Reinhart · (7 episodes)
5.0
1961
Barnaby Rudge
(6 episodes)
5.0
1960
Peeping Tom
Arthur Baden
7.4
1960
An Age of Kings
(1 episode)
4.7
1960
Sink the Bismarck!
Captain Leach - 'Prince of Wales'
6.8
1960
Interpol Calling
Von Schriber · (1 episode)
6.7
1959
Battle of the V-1
Stricker
4.5
1958
Nicholas Nickleby
(6 episodes)
0.0
1957
The Prince and the Showgirl
Hoffman
6.4
1957
The Count of Monte Cristo
(1 episode)
4.4
1956
Helen of Troy
High Priest
6.3
1956
This Is Your Life
Self · (1 episode)
6.4
1955
Full Circle
0.0
1953
The Steel Key
Prof. Newman
5.5
1953
Girdle of Gold
Evans the Milk
7.7
1952
The River
The Father
7.2
1951
Gone to Earth
Abel Woodus
6.2
1950
Hamlet
Bernardo
7.4
1948
The Red Shoes
Livy
8.0
1948
The End of the River
Dantos
5.0
1947
Uncle Silas
Dr. Bryerly
5.8
1947
Holiday Camp
Camp Announcer
6.1
1947
Black Narcissus
The Old General
7.5
1947
Henry V
Fluellen - Captain in the English Army
6.6
1944
A Canterbury Tale
Narrator / Seven-Sisters Soldier / Village Idiot
6.9
1944
The Halfway House
David Davies
6.4
1944
The Silver Fleet
Von Schiffer
6.0
1943
This England
Vicar's Son
6.2
1941
Contraband
Mr. Pidgeon
6.9
1940
The Arsenal Stadium Mystery
Raille
6.6
1939
Weddings Are Wonderful
Guy Rogers
0.0
1938
What Men Live By
Michael
8.0
1938
The Vicar of Bray
Dennis Melross
5.5
1937
Black Roses
Pavo Collin
0.0
1936
Pagliacci
Cadet Silvio
0.0
1936
Someday
Curly Blake
0.0
1935
Crime Unlimited
Pete Borden
5.8
1935
Dandy Dick
Tony Mardon
5.8
1935
Father and Son
Michael Bolton
0.0
1935
The Blue Squadron
0.0
1934
Girls Will Be Boys
Geoffrey Dawson
4.3
1934
Waltzes from Vienna
Johann Strauss, the Younger
5.3
1934
The Bermondsey Kid
Eddie Martin
0.0
1933
Deadlock
John Tring
0.0
1931
77 Park Lane
Philip Connor
0.0
1931
The Ringer
John Lenley
0.0
1931
Romany Love
Davy Summers
0.0
1931
The Blue Peter
Radio operator
0.0
1928