Esmond Knight
Known for Acting · 110 credits
- Born
- 1906-05-04
- Died
- 1987-02-23
- Place of birth
- East Sheen, Surrey, England
- Also known as
- Esmond Penington Knight · Эсмонд Найт
Biography
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.
Known For
TV Shows (49)
Doctor Who
1963
as Dom Issigri
The Saint
1962
as Antoine Louvois
Z-Cars
1962
as Albert Wallace
BBC Play of the Month
1965
as Helmut
The Champions
1968
as Minister
I, Claudius
1976
as Domitius
Danger Man
1960
as Baron
Sunday Night Theatre
1950
as Bubnov, a Capmaker / Major Kartuschke, Legal Officer
This Is Your Life
1955
as Self
Dr. Finlay's Casebook
1962
as Colonel Grahame / Hugh Armitage
Thirty-Minute Theatre
1965
as President
The Third Man
1959
as Theodore Ratteau
Public Eye
1965
as Dr. Stowe
Gideon's Way
1965
as Robson
Return of the Saint
1978
as Paul Hanson
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
1971
as Captain Cutler
Churchill's People
1974
as Penda's Father
Festival
1963
as Chorus
Softly Softly: Task Force
1969
as Mr. Justice Ruddy
The Count of Monte Cristo
1956
as Gustav
The Troubleshooters
1965
as Foss
Interpol Calling
1959
as Von Schriber
Sunday-Night Play
1960
as Harold P. Jackman
Detective
1964
as Commodore Rupert Gill / Albert / Ernest Guppy
Fall of Eagles
1974
as General Ruzski
New Scotland Yard
1972
as General Travers
An Age of Kings
1960
as Jack Cade
The Invisible Man
1958
as Wilson
Quiller
1975
as General Pickford
Arthur of the Britons
1972
as Athel
1990
1977
as Mitchell
Elizabeth R
1971
as Bishop de Quadra
Fortunes of War
1987
as Liversage
King of the River
1966
as Donner
Armchair Theatre
1956
as Uncle Karl
Supernatural
1977
as Sir Charles
Miss Marple: Sleeping Murder
1987
as Mr. Galbraith
Barnaby Rudge
1960
as Dennis, the Hangman
Rebecca
1979
as Coroner
Bedtime Stories
1974
as Vere Rawley
Wessex Tales
1973
as Conjuror Trendle
Miss Marple
1984
as Mr. Galbraith
Cousin Bette
1971
as General Hulot / Marshal Hulot
A for Andromeda
1961
as Professor Ernest Reinhart
The Spies
1966
as General Loren
The Invisible Man
1984
as Blind Man
The Protectors
1964
as Pearce Kettner
Nicholas Nickleby
1957
as Wackford Squeers. Sr
My Cousin Rachel
1983
as Sam Bates
Movies (61)
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
1987
as Second Elder
Helen of Troy
1956
as High Priest
The Red Shoes
1948
as Livy
The Spy Who Came In from the Cold
1965
as Old Judge
The Man in the Iron Mask
1977
as Armand
Peeping Tom
1960
as Arthur Baden
Sink the Bismarck!
1960
as Captain Leach - 'Prince of Wales'
Black Narcissus
1947
as The Old General
Anne of the Thousand Days
1969
as Kingston
The Prince and the Showgirl
1957
as Hoffman
Hamlet
1948
as Bernardo
The Element of Crime
1984
as Osborne
Robin and Marian
1976
as Old Defender
Henry V
1944
as Fluellen - Captain in the English Army
A Voyage Round My Father
1984
as Judge
King Lear
1983
as Old Man
A Canterbury Tale
1944
as Narrator / Seven-Sisters Soldier / Village Idiot
Contraband
1940
as Mr. Pidgeon
Troilus & Cressida
1981
as Priam
The Silver Fleet
1943
as Von Schiffer
The End of the River
1947
as Dantos
The River
1951
as The Father
Where's Jack?
1969
as Ballad Singer
Holiday Camp
1947
as Camp Announcer
Yellow Dog
1973
as Mundt
Waltzes from Vienna
1934
as Johann Strauss, the Younger
Gone to Earth
1950
as Abel Woodus
Battle of the V-1
1958
as Stricker
Romeo and Juliet
1978
as Old Capulet
The Boy Who Turned Yellow
1972
as Doctor
The Halfway House
1944
as David Davies
Decision at Midnight
1963
as Peter Hauser
Girls Will Be Boys
1934
as Geoffrey Dawson
The Steel Key
1953
as Prof. Newman
Uncle Silas
1947
as Dr. Bryerly
What Men Live By
1938
as Michael
Doctor Who: The Space Pirates
1969
as Dom Issigri
The Parachute
1968
as Helmut
Antony & Cleopatra
1981
as Lepidus
The Arsenal Stadium Mystery
1939
as Raille
The Winter's Tale
1968
as Camillo
Someday
1935
as Curly Blake
Black Roses
1936
as Pavo Collin
Dandy Dick
1935
as Tony Mardon
This England
1941
as Vicar's Son
The Blue Squadron
1934
as Captain Carlo Banti
77 Park Lane
1931
as Philip Connor
The Vicar of Bray
1937
as Dennis Melross
Crime Unlimited
1935
as Pete Borden
Girdle of Gold
1952
as Evans the Milk
The Ringer
1931
as John Lenley
Pagliacci
1936
as Cadet Silvio
Full Circle
1953
Deadlock
1931
as John Tring
Father and Son
1935
as Michael Bolton
Drake's Venture
1980
as John Dee
The Blue Peter
1928
as Radio operator
The Bermondsey Kid
1933
as Eddie Martin
Romany Love
1931
as Davy Summers
Weddings Are Wonderful
1938
as Guy Rogers
Without Fear
1951
as Narrator (voice)
About Esmond Knight
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 Clo… With 110 credits spanning from 1928 to 1987, Esmond Knight has appeared in 61 films and 49 TV shows.
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- Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987) — as Second Elder
- Helen of Troy (1956) — as High Priest
- The Red Shoes (1948) — as Livy
- The Spy Who Came In from the Cold (1965) — as Old Judge
- The Man in the Iron Mask (1977) — as Armand
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