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Esmond Knight
Actor
Born May 4, 1906Died February 23, 1987 (80 years)
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.
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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.
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Known For
Filmography
| 1987 | Fortunes of War (TV Series) · as Liversage |
| 1987 | Superman IV: The Quest for Peace · as Second Elder |
| 1987 | Miss Marple: Sleeping Murder · as Mr. Galbraith |
| 1985 | Blott on the Landscape (TV Series) · as Sir Francis Puckerington |
| 1984 | The Invisible Man (1984) (TV Series) · as Blind Man |
| 1984 | The Element of Crime · as Osborne |
| 1983 | King Lear · as Old Man |
| 1983 | My Cousin Rachel (TV Series) · as Sam Bates |
| 1982 | A Voyage Round My Father · as Judge |
| 1982 | I Remember Nelson (TV Series) · as Elderly Guest |
| 1981 | Troilus & Cressida · as Priam |
| 1981 | The Borgias (1981) (TV Series) · as Cardinal Gian Battista Orsini |
| 1981 | Antony & Cleopatra · as Lepidus |
| 1980 | Sir Henry at Rawlinson End · as Cast |
| 1979 | Rebecca (1979) (TV Series) · as Coroner |
| 1978 | Romeo & Juliet · as Old Capulet |
| 1978 | BBC Television Shakespeare (TV Series) · as Old Capulet |
| 1978 | Return of the Saint (TV Series) · as Paul Hanson |
| 1977 | 1990 (TV Series) |
| 1977 | Supernatural (1977) (TV Series) · as Sir Charles |
| 1977 | The Man in the Iron Mask · as Armand |
| 1976 | I, Claudius (TV Series) |
| 1976 | Robin and Marian · as Old Defender |
| 1975 | Ballet Shoes (TV Series) · as Great Uncle Matthew |
| 1974 | Fall of Eagles (TV Series) · as General Ruzski |
| 1973 | Wessex Tales (TV Series) · as Conjuror Trendle |
| 1973 | Yellow Dog · as Mundt |
| 1972 | Arthur of the Britons (TV Series) · as Athel |
| 1972 | The Boy Who Turned Yellow · as Doctor |
| 1972 | New Scotland Yard (TV Series) · as General Travers |
| 1971 | The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes (TV Series) · as Captain Cutler |
| 1971 | Cousin Bette (TV Series) · as General Hulot |
| 1971 | Elizabeth R (TV Series) · as Bishop De Quadra |
| 1969 | Anne of the Thousand Days · as Kingston |
| 1969 | Softly Softly Task Force (TV Series) · as Mr. Justice Ruddy |
| 1969 | Where's Jack? · as Ballad Singer |
| 1968 | The Champions (TV Series) · as Minister |
| 1967 | The Winter's Tale · as Camillo |
| 1966 | Softly Softly (TV Series) |
| 1965 | The Spy Who Came in from the Cold · as Old Judge |
| 1965 | Play of the Month (TV Series) · as Helmut |
| 1965 | Thirty-Minute Theatre (TV Series) · as President |
| 1965 | The Troubleshooters (TV Series) · as Foss |
| 1965 | Public Eye (TV Series) · as Dr. Stowe |
| 1965 | |
| 1964 | Gideon C.I.D. (TV Series) · as Robson |
| 1964 | The Midnight Men (TV Series) · as Col. Vyner |
| 1963 | Doctor Who (TV Series) · as Dom Issigri |
| 1962 | |
| 1962 | Dr. Finlay's Casebook (TV Series) |
| 1962 | Z Cars (TV Series) |
| 1961 | A for Andromeda (TV Series) · as Professor Ernest Reinhart |
| 1960 | Danger Man (TV Series) · as Baron |
| 1960 | Peeping Tom · as Arthur Baden |
| 1960 | An Age of Kings (TV Series) |
| 1960 | Sink the Bismarck! · as Captain Leach - 'prince Of Wales' |
| 1960 | BBC Sunday-Night Play (TV Series) · as Harold P. Jackman |
| 1959 | Interpol Calling (TV Series) · as Von Schriber |
| 1959 | The Third Man (TV Series) · as Theodore Ratteau |
| 1958 | Our Mutual Friend (1958) (TV Series) · as Silas Wegg |
| 1958 | H.G. Wells' Invisible Man (TV Series) · as Wilson |
| 1958 | Missiles from Hell · as Stricker |
| 1957 | Television World Theatre (TV Series) · as Mr. Sterling |
| 1957 | The Prince and the Showgirl · as Hoffman |
| 1956 | Armchair Theatre (TV Series) · as Uncle Karl |
| 1956 | The Count of Monte Cristo (TV Series) |
| 1956 | Helen of Troy · as High Priest |
| 1955 | Richard III · as Ratcliffe |
| 1955 | ITV Play of the Week (TV Series) · as Marmeladov |
| 1955 | ITV Television Playhouse (TV Series) · as Dr. Halbert |
| 1953 | The Steel Key · as Prof. Newman |
| 1952 | Girdle of Gold · as Evans The Milk |
| 1951 | The River · as The Father |
| 1950 | Gone to Earth · as Abel Woodus |
| 1950 | Sunday Night Theatre (TV Series) · as Bubnov, A Capmaker |
| 1948 | The Red Shoes · as Livy |
| 1948 | |
| 1947 | The End of the River · as Dantos |
| 1947 | The Inheritance · as Dr. Bryerly |
| 1947 | Holiday Camp · as Camp Announcer |
| 1947 | Black Narcissus · as The Old General |
| 1944 | |
| 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 | Blackout · as Mr. Pidgeon |
| 1939 | The Arsenal Stadium Mystery · as Raille |
| 1937 | The Vicar of Bray · as Dennis Melross |
| 1937 | Night Must Fall · as Dan |
| 1936 | A Clown Must Laugh · as Cadet Silvio |
| 1935 | Crime Unlimited · as Pete Borden |
| 1935 | Dandy Dick · as Tony Mardon |
| 1934 | Girls Will Be Boys · as Geoffrey Dawson |
| 1934 | |
| 1934 | Waltzes from Vienna · as Johann Strauss, The Younger |
| 1931 | The Gaunt Stranger · as John Lenley |
| 1931 | Romany Love · as Davy Summers |
| 1928 | The Blue Peter · as Radio Operator |