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