Acting · East Sheen, Surrey, England · Born May 4, 1906
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.
TVFortunes of War
1987
as Liversage
MovieSuperman IV: The Quest for Peace
1987
as Second Elder
TVMiss Marple: Sleeping Murder
1987
as Mr. Galbraith
TVThe Invisible Man
1984
as Blind Man
MovieThe Element of Crime
1984
as Osborne
MovieA Voyage Round My Father
1984
as Judge
MovieKing Lear
1983
as Old Man
TVMy Cousin Rachel
1983
as Sam Bates
Fame Is the Spur
1982
as Old Etchells
MovieTroilus & Cressida
1981
as Priam
MovieAntony & Cleopatra
1981
as Lepidus
MovieDrake's Venture
1980
as John Dee
TVRebecca
1979
as Coroner
MovieRomeo and Juliet
1978
as Old Capulet
TVThe BBC Television Shakespeare
1978
as Old Capulet
TVReturn of the Saint
1978
as Paul Hanson
TV1990
1977
as Mitchell
MovieThe Man in the Iron Mask
1977
as Armand
TVSupernatural
1977
as Sir Charles
TVI, Claudius
1976
as Domitius
MovieRobin and Marian
1976
as Old Defender
TVQuiller
1975
as General Pickford
TVChurchill's People
1974
as Penda's Father
TVFall of Eagles
1974
as General Ruzski
TVBedtime Stories
1974
as Vere Rawley
TVWessex Tales
1973
as Conjuror Trendle
MovieYellow Dog
1973
as Mundt
TVArthur of the Britons
1972
as Athel
MovieThe Boy Who Turned Yellow
1972
as Doctor
TVNew Scotland Yard
1972
as General Travers
TVThe Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
1971
as Captain Cutler
TVCousin Bette
1971
as General Hulot
TVElizabeth R
1971
as Bishop de Quadra
MovieAnne of the Thousand Days
1969
as Kingston
TVSoftly Softly: Task Force
1969
as Mr. Justice Ruddy
MovieDoctor Who: The Space Pirates
1969
as Dom Issigri
MovieWhere's Jack?
1969
as Ballad Singer
TVThe Champions
1968
as Minister
MovieThe Winter's Tale
1968
as Camillo
MovieThe Parachute
1968
as Helmut
King of the River
1966
as Donner
Lord Raingo
1966
as Sid Jenkin
The Spies
1966
as General Loren
MovieThe Spy Who Came In from the Cold
1965
as Old Judge
TVBBC Play of the Month
1965
as Helmut
TVThirty-Minute Theatre
1965
as President
TVThe Troubleshooters
1965
as Foss
TVGideon's Way
1965
as Robson
TVPublic Eye
1965
as Dr. Stowe
TVDetective
1964
as Commodore Rupert Gill
TVThe Protectors
1964
as Pearce Kettner
MovieDecision at Midnight
1963
as Peter Hauser
TVDoctor Who
1963
as Dom Issigri
Festival
1963
as Chorus
TVThe Saint
1962
as Antoine Louvois
TVDr. Finlay's Casebook
1962
as Colonel Grahame
TVZ-Cars
1962
as Albert Wallace
TVA for Andromeda
1961
as Professor Ernest Reinhart
TVBarnaby Rudge
1960
as Dennis, the Hangman
Sunday-Night Play
1960
as Harold P. Jackman
TVDanger Man
1960
as Baron
TVAn Age of Kings
1960
as Jack Cade
MoviePeeping Tom
1960
as Arthur Baden
MovieSink the Bismarck!
1960
as Captain Leach - 'Prince of Wales'
TVThe Third Man
1959
as Theodore Ratteau
TVInterpol Calling
1959
as Von Schriber
TVThe Invisible Man
1958
as Wilson
MovieBattle of the V-1
1958
as Stricker
Nicholas Nickleby
1957
as Wackford Squeers. Sr
MovieThe Prince and the Showgirl
1957
as Hoffman
TVArmchair Theatre
1956
as Uncle Karl
TVThe Count of Monte Cristo
1956
as Gustav
MovieHelen of Troy
1956
as High Priest
TVThis Is Your Life
1955
as Self
Full Circle
1953
MovieThe Steel Key
1953
as Prof. Newman
MovieGirdle of Gold
1952
as Evans the Milk
MovieThe River
1951
as The Father
Without Fear
1951
as Narrator (voice)
MovieGone to Earth
1950
as Abel Woodus
TVSunday Night Theatre
1950
as Bubnov, a Capmaker
MovieHamlet
1948
as Bernardo
MovieThe Red Shoes
1948
as Livy
MovieThe End of the River
1947
as Dantos
MovieUncle Silas
1947
as Dr. Bryerly
MovieHoliday Camp
1947
as Camp Announcer
MovieBlack Narcissus
1947
as The Old General
MovieHenry V
1944
as Fluellen - Captain in the English Army
MovieA Canterbury Tale
1944
as Narrator / Seven-Sisters Soldier / Village Idiot
MovieThe Halfway House
1944
as David Davies
MovieThe Silver Fleet
1943
as Von Schiffer
MovieThis England
1941
as Vicar's Son
MovieContraband
1940
as Mr. Pidgeon
MovieThe Arsenal Stadium Mystery
1939
as Raille
Weddings Are Wonderful
1938
as Guy Rogers
What Men Live By
1938
as Michael
The Vicar of Bray
1937
as Dennis Melross
Black Roses
1936
as Pavo Collin
MoviePagliacci
1936
as Cadet Silvio
Someday
1935
as Curly Blake
MovieCrime Unlimited
1935
as Pete Borden
MovieDandy Dick
1935
as Tony Mardon
Father and Son
1935
as Michael Bolton
The Blue Squadron
1934
as Captain Carlo Banti
MovieGirls Will Be Boys
1934
as Geoffrey Dawson
MovieWaltzes from Vienna
1934
as Johann Strauss, the Younger
The Bermondsey Kid
1933
as Eddie Martin
MovieDeadlock
1931
as John Tring
Movie77 Park Lane
1931
as Philip Connor
The Ringer
1931
as John Lenley
Romany Love
1931
as Davy Summers
The Blue Peter
1928
as Radio operator
