Esmond Knight
Esmond Knight
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Esmond Knight, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
94
Gender
Male
Birthday
1906-05-04 (119 years old)
Place of Birth
East Sheen, Surrey, England
Acting

1987

Fortunes of War as Liversage

1984

The Element of Crime as Osborne

1983

My Cousin Rachel as Sam Bates

1983

King Lear as Old Man

1981

Troilus & Cressida as Priam

1981

Antony & Cleopatra as Lepidus

1980

Drake's Venture as John Dee

1978

The BBC Television Shakespeare as Old Capulet

1978

Return of the Saint as Paul Hanson

1978

Romeo and Juliet as Old Capulet

1977

1990 as Not available

1976

I, Claudius as Not available

1976

Robin and Marian as Old Defender

1975

Quiller as General Pickford

1974

Bedtime Stories as Vere Rawley

1973

Yellow Dog as Mundt

1971

The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes as Captain Cutler

1971

Cousin Bette as General Hulot

1971

Elizabeth R as Bishop de Quadra

1969

Anne of the Thousand Days as Kingston

1969

Where's Jack? as Ballad Singer

1969

Doctor Who: The Space Pirates as Dom Issigri

1968

The Champions as Minister

1968

The Winter's Tale as Camillo

1968

The Parachute as Helmut

1966

Softly, Softly as Not available

1966

King of the River as Donner

1966

The Spies as General Loren

1965

BBC Play of the Month as Helmut

1965

Public Eye as Dr. Stowe

1965

Gideon's Way as Robson

1964

Detective as Not available

1963

Festival as Chorus

1963

Decision at Midnight as Not available

1962

Z-Cars as Not available

1962

Dr. Finlay's Casebook as Not available

1962

The Saint as Antoine Louvois

1961

A for Andromeda as Professor Ernest Reinhart

1960

An Age of Kings as Not available

1960

Barnaby Rudge as Not available

1960

Peeping Tom as Arthur Baden

1960

Sink the Bismarck! as Captain Leach - 'Prince of Wales'

1959

Interpol Calling as Von Schriber

1958

Battle of the V-1 as Stricker

1957

Nicholas Nickleby as Not available

1956

The Count of Monte Cristo as Not available

1956

Helen of Troy as High Priest

1955

This Is Your Life as Self

1953

The Steel Key as Prof. Newman

1953

Full Circle as Not available

1952

Girdle of Gold as Evans the Milk

1951

The River as The Father

1950

Sunday Night Theatre as Bubnov, a Capmaker

1950

Gone to Earth as Abel Woodus

1948

The Red Shoes as Livy

1948

Hamlet as Bernardo

1947

Black Narcissus as The Old General

1947

Uncle Silas as Dr. Bryerly

1947

Holiday Camp as Camp Announcer

1947

The End of the River as Dantos

1944

Henry V as Fluellen - Captain in the English Army

1944

The Halfway House as David Davies

1944

A Canterbury Tale as Narrator / Seven-Sisters Soldier / Village Idiot

1943

The Silver Fleet as Von Schiffer

1941

This England as Vicar's Son

1940

Contraband as Mr. Pidgeon

1938

Weddings Are Wonderful as Guy Rogers

1938

What Men Live By as Michael

1937

The Vicar of Bray as Dennis Melross

1936

Pagliacci as Cadet Silvio

1936

Black Roses as Pavo Collin

1935

Crime Unlimited as Pete Borden

1935

Dandy Dick as Tony Mardon

1935

Someday as Curly Blake

1935

Father and Son as Michael Bolton

1934

Waltzes from Vienna as Johann Strauss, the Younger

1934

Girls Will Be Boys as Geoffrey Dawson

1934

The Blue Squadron as Not available

1933

The Bermondsey Kid as Eddie Martin

1931

The Ringer as John Lenley

1931

Deadlock as John Tring

1931

77 Park Lane as Philip Connor

1931

Romany Love as Davy Summers

1928

The Blue Peter as Radio operator
Crew

1955

The Dark Avenger Dialogue Coach