Esmond Knight
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- May 4, 1906
- Died
- February 23, 1987
- Birthplace
- 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Esmond Knight, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace 1987
as Second Elder
The Element of Crime 1984
as Osborne
A Voyage Round My Father 1984
as Judge
King Lear 1983
as Old Man
Troilus & Cressida 1981
as Priam
Antony & Cleopatra 1981
as Lepidus
Drake's Venture 1980
as John Dee
Romeo and Juliet 1978
as Old Capulet
The Man in the Iron Mask 1977
as Armand
Robin and Marian 1976
as Old Defender
Yellow Dog 1973
as Mundt
The Boy Who Turned Yellow 1972
as Doctor
Anne of the Thousand Days 1969
as Kingston
Doctor Who: The Space Pirates 1969
as Dom Issigri
Where's Jack? 1969
as Ballad Singer
The Winter's Tale 1968
as Camillo
The Parachute 1968
as Helmut
The Spy Who Came In from the Cold 1965
as Old Judge
Decision at Midnight 1963
as Peter Hauser
Peeping Tom 1960
as Arthur Baden
Sink the Bismarck! 1960
as Captain Leach - 'Prince of Wales'
Battle of the V-1 1958
as Stricker
The Prince and the Showgirl 1957
as Hoffman
Helen of Troy 1956
as High Priest
The Dark Avenger 1955
Dialogue Coach
- Full Circle
Full Circle 1953
Actor
The Steel Key 1953
as Prof. Newman
Girdle of Gold 1952
as Evans the Milk
The River 1951
as The Father
- Without Fear
Without Fear 1951
as Narrator (voice)
Gone to Earth 1950
as Abel Woodus
Hamlet 1948
as Bernardo
The Red Shoes 1948
as Livy
The End of the River 1947
as Dantos
Uncle Silas 1947
as Dr. Bryerly
Holiday Camp 1947
as Camp Announcer
Black Narcissus 1947
as The Old General
Henry V 1944
as Fluellen - Captain in the English Army
A Canterbury Tale 1944
as Narrator / Seven-Sisters Soldier / Village Idiot
The Halfway House 1944
as David Davies
The Silver Fleet 1943
as Von Schiffer
This England 1941
as Vicar's Son
Contraband 1940
as Mr. Pidgeon
The Arsenal Stadium Mystery 1939
as Raille
- Weddings Are Wonderful
Weddings Are Wonderful 1938
as Guy Rogers
- What Men Live By
What Men Live By 1938
as Michael
- The Vicar of Bray
The Vicar of Bray 1937
as Dennis Melross
- Black Roses
Black Roses 1936
as Pavo Collin
Pagliacci 1936
as Cadet Silvio
- Someday
Someday 1935
as Curly Blake
Crime Unlimited 1935
as Pete Borden
Dandy Dick 1935
as Tony Mardon
- Father and Son
Father and Son 1935
as Michael Bolton
- The Blue Squadron
The Blue Squadron 1934
as Captain Carlo Banti
Girls Will Be Boys 1934
as Geoffrey Dawson
Waltzes from Vienna 1934
as Johann Strauss, the Younger
- The Bermondsey Kid
The Bermondsey Kid 1933
as Eddie Martin
Deadlock 1931
as John Tring
77 Park Lane 1931
as Philip Connor
- The Ringer
The Ringer 1931
as John Lenley
- Romany Love
Romany Love 1931
as Davy Summers
- The Blue Peter
The Blue Peter 1928
as Radio operator
Credits from TMDB.