Acting
Esmond Knight
EN, DA cinema · 62 credits
Born
4 May 1906
Died
23 February 1987 (aged 80)
Birthplace
East Sheen, Surrey, England
Also known as Esmond Penington Knight · Эсмонд Найт
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
Filmography
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
as Second Elder
The Element of Crime
as Osborne
King Lear
as Old Man
Troilus & Cressida
as Priam
Antony & Cleopatra
as Lepidus
Drake's Venture
as John Dee
Romeo and Juliet
as Old Capulet
The Man in the Iron Mask
as Armand
Robin and Marian
as Old Defender
Yellow Dog
as Mundt
Anne of the Thousand Days
as Kingston
Where's Jack?
as Ballad Singer
Doctor Who: The Space Pirates
as Dom Issigri
The Parachute
as Helmut
The Winter's Tale
as Camillo
The Spy Who Came In from the Cold
as Old Judge
Decision at Midnight
as Peter Hauser
Peeping Tom
as Arthur Baden
Sink the Bismarck!
as Captain Leach - 'Prince of Wales'
Battle of the V-1
as Stricker
The Prince and the Showgirl
as Hoffman
Helen of Troy
as High Priest
The Dark Avenger
Dialogue Coach
The Steel Key
as Prof. Newman
Girdle of Gold
as Evans the Milk
The River
as The Father
Without Fear
1951
Without Fear
as Narrator (voice)
Gone to Earth
as Abel Woodus
Hamlet
as Bernardo
The Red Shoes
as Livy
Black Narcissus
as The Old General
Uncle Silas
as Dr. Bryerly
The End of the River
as Dantos
Holiday Camp
as Camp Announcer
A Canterbury Tale
as Narrator / Seven-Sisters Soldier / Village Idiot
Henry V
as Fluellen - Captain in the English Army
The Halfway House
as David Davies
The Silver Fleet
as Von Schiffer
This England
as Vicar's Son
Contraband
as Mr. Pidgeon
The Vicar of Bray
1937
The Vicar of Bray
as Dennis Melross
Black Roses
1936
Black Roses
as Pavo Collin
Pagliacci
as Cadet Silvio
Crime Unlimited
as Pete Borden
Dandy Dick
as Tony Mardon
Someday
1935
Someday
as Curly Blake
Father and Son
1935
Father and Son
as Michael Bolton
The Blue Squadron
1934
The Blue Squadron
as Captain Carlo Banti
Waltzes from Vienna
as Johann Strauss, the Younger
Girls Will Be Boys
as Geoffrey Dawson
The Bermondsey Kid
1933
The Bermondsey Kid
as Eddie Martin
77 Park Lane
as Philip Connor
Deadlock
as John Tring
The Ringer
1931
The Ringer
as John Lenley
Romany Love
1931
Romany Love
as Davy Summers
The Blue Peter
1928
The Blue Peter
as Radio operator