- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- May 4, 1906
- Place of Birth
- East Sheen, Surrey, England
- Died
- February 23, 1987
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 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. Kn…
Filmography
tvFortunes of War
1987 · Liversage
movieSuperman IV: The Quest for Peace
1987 · Second Elder
tvMiss Marple: Sleeping Murder
1987 · Mr. Galbraith
tvThe Invisible Man
1984 · Blind Man
movieThe Element of Crime
1984 · Osborne
movieA Voyage Round My Father
1984 · Judge
movieKing Lear
1983 · Old Man
tvMy Cousin Rachel
1983 · Sam Bates
movieTroilus & Cressida
1981 · Priam
movieAntony & Cleopatra
1981 · Lepidus
movieDrake's Venture
1980 · John Dee
tvRebecca
1979 · Coroner
movieRomeo and Juliet
1978 · Old Capulet
tvThe BBC Television Shakespeare
1978 · Old Capulet
tvReturn of the Saint
1978 · Paul Hanson
tv1990
1977 · Mitchell
movieThe Man in the Iron Mask
1977 · Armand
tvSupernatural
1977 · Sir Charles
tvI, Claudius
1976 · Domitius
movieRobin and Marian
1976 · Old Defender
Quiller
tvQuiller
1975 · General Pickford
tvChurchill's People
1974 · Penda's Father
tvFall of Eagles
1974 · General Ruzski
tvBedtime Stories
1974 · Vere Rawley
tvWessex Tales
1973 · Conjuror Trendle
movieYellow Dog
1973 · Mundt
tvArthur of the Britons
1972 · Athel
movieThe Boy Who Turned Yellow
1972 · Doctor
tvNew Scotland Yard
1972 · General Travers
tvThe Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
1971 · Captain Cutler
tvCousin Bette
1971 · General Hulot, Marshal Hulot
tvElizabeth R
1971 · Bishop de Quadra
movieAnne of the Thousand Days
1969 · Kingston
tvSoftly Softly: Task Force
1969 · Mr. Justice Ruddy
movieDoctor Who: The Space Pirates
1969 · Dom Issigri
movieWhere's Jack?
1969 · Ballad Singer
tvThe Champions
1968 · Minister
movieThe Winter's Tale
1968 · Camillo
movieThe Parachute
1968 · Helmut
King of the River
tvKing of the River
1966 · Donner
Lord Raingo
tvLord Raingo
1966 · Sid Jenkin
The Spies
tvThe Spies
1966 · General Loren
movieThe Spy Who Came In from the Cold
1965 · Old Judge
tvBBC Play of the Month
1965 · Helmut
tvThirty-Minute Theatre
1965 · President
tvThe Troubleshooters
1965 · Foss
tvGideon's Way
1965 · Robson
tvPublic Eye
1965 · Dr. Stowe
tvDetective
1964 · Commodore Rupert Gill, Albert, Ernest Guppy
The Protectors
tvThe Protectors
1964 · Pearce Kettner
movieDecision at Midnight
1963 · Peter Hauser
tvDoctor Who
1963 · Dom Issigri
Festival
tvFestival
1963 · Chorus
tvThe Saint
1962 · Antoine Louvois
tvDr. Finlay's Casebook
1962 · Colonel Grahame, Hugh Armitage
tvZ-Cars
1962 · Albert Wallace
tvA for Andromeda
1961 · Professor Ernest Reinhart
tvBarnaby Rudge
1960 · Dennis, the Hangman
Sunday-Night Play
tvSunday-Night Play
1960 · Harold P. Jackman
tvDanger Man
1960 · Baron
tvAn Age of Kings
1960 · Jack Cade
moviePeeping Tom
1960 · Arthur Baden
movieSink the Bismarck!
1960 · Captain Leach - 'Prince of Wales'
tvThe Third Man
1959 · Theodore Ratteau
tvInterpol Calling
1959 · Von Schriber
tvThe Invisible Man
1958 · Wilson
movieBattle of the V-1
1958 · Stricker
Nicholas Nickleby
tvNicholas Nickleby
1957 · Wackford Squeers. Sr
movieThe Prince and the Showgirl
1957 · Hoffman
tvArmchair Theatre
1956 · Uncle Karl
tvThe Count of Monte Cristo
1956 · Gustav
movieHelen of Troy
1956 · High Priest
tvThis Is Your Life
1955 · Self
movieThe Dark Avenger
1955 · Dialogue Coach
Full Circle
movieFull Circle
1953
movieThe Steel Key
1953 · Prof. Newman
movieGirdle of Gold
1952 · Evans the Milk
movieThe River
1951 · The Father
Without Fear
movieWithout Fear
1951 · Narrator (voice)
movieGone to Earth
1950 · Abel Woodus
tvSunday Night Theatre
1950 · Bubnov, a Capmaker, Major Kartuschke, Legal Officer
movieHamlet
1948 · Bernardo
movieThe Red Shoes
1948 · Livy
movieThe End of the River
1947 · Dantos
movieUncle Silas
1947 · Dr. Bryerly
movieHoliday Camp
1947 · Camp Announcer
movieBlack Narcissus
1947 · The Old General
movieHenry V
1944 · Fluellen - Captain in the English Army
movieA Canterbury Tale
1944 · Narrator / Seven-Sisters Soldier / Village Idiot
movieThe Halfway House
1944 · David Davies
movieThe Silver Fleet
1943 · Von Schiffer
movieThis England
1941 · Vicar's Son
movieContraband
1940 · Mr. Pidgeon
movieThe Arsenal Stadium Mystery
1939 · Raille
Weddings Are Wonderful
movieWeddings Are Wonderful
1938 · Guy Rogers
What Men Live By
movieWhat Men Live By
1938 · Michael
The Vicar of Bray
movieThe Vicar of Bray
1937 · Dennis Melross
Black Roses
movieBlack Roses
1936 · Pavo Collin
moviePagliacci
1936 · Cadet Silvio
Someday
movieSomeday
1935 · Curly Blake
movieCrime Unlimited
1935 · Pete Borden
movieDandy Dick
1935 · Tony Mardon
Father and Son
movieFather and Son
1935 · Michael Bolton
The Blue Squadron
movieThe Blue Squadron
1934 · Captain Carlo Banti
movieGirls Will Be Boys
1934 · Geoffrey Dawson
movieWaltzes from Vienna
1934 · Johann Strauss, the Younger
The Bermondsey Kid
movieThe Bermondsey Kid
1933 · Eddie Martin
movieDeadlock
1931 · John Tring
movie77 Park Lane
1931 · Philip Connor
The Ringer
movieThe Ringer
1931 · John Lenley
Romany Love
movieRomany Love
1931 · Davy Summers
The Blue Peter
movieThe Blue Peter
1928 · Radio operator