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

Doctor Who

The Saint

BBC Play of the Month

Z-Cars

Thirty-Minute Theatre

The Champions

Danger Man

Gideon's Way

All Movies (61)

• Superman IV: The Quest for Peace1987 · as Second Elder
• The Element of Crime1984 · as Osborne
• A Voyage Round My Father1984 · as Judge
• King Lear1983 · as Old Man
• Troilus & Cressida1981 · as Priam
• Antony & Cleopatra1981 · as Lepidus
• Drake's Venture1980 · as John Dee
• Romeo and Juliet1978 · as Old Capulet
• The Man in the Iron Mask1977 · as Armand
• Robin and Marian1976 · as Old Defender
• Yellow Dog1973 · as Mundt
• The Boy Who Turned Yellow1972 · as Doctor
• Anne of the Thousand Days1969 · as Kingston
• Doctor Who: The Space Pirates1969 · as Dom Issigri
• Where's Jack?1969 · as Ballad Singer
• The Winter's Tale1968 · as Camillo
• The Parachute1968 · as Helmut
• The Spy Who Came In from the Cold1965 · as Old Judge
• Decision at Midnight1963 · as Peter Hauser
• Peeping Tom1960 · as Arthur Baden
• Sink the Bismarck!1960 · as Captain Leach - 'Prince of Wales'
• Battle of the V-11958 · as Stricker
• The Prince and the Showgirl1957 · as Hoffman
• Helen of Troy1956 · as High Priest
• Full Circle1953
• The Steel Key1953 · as Prof. Newman
• Girdle of Gold1952 · as Evans the Milk
• The River1951 · as The Father
• Without Fear1951 · as Narrator (voice)
• Gone to Earth1950 · as Abel Woodus
• Hamlet1948 · as Bernardo
• The Red Shoes1948 · as Livy
• The End of the River1947 · as Dantos
• Uncle Silas1947 · as Dr. Bryerly
• Holiday Camp1947 · as Camp Announcer
• Black Narcissus1947 · as The Old General
• Henry V1944 · as Fluellen - Captain in the English Army
• A Canterbury Tale1944 · as Narrator / Seven-Sisters Soldier / Village Idiot
• The Halfway House1944 · as David Davies
• The Silver Fleet1943 · as Von Schiffer
• This England1941 · as Vicar's Son
• Contraband1940 · as Mr. Pidgeon
• The Arsenal Stadium Mystery1939 · as Raille
• Weddings Are Wonderful1938 · as Guy Rogers
• What Men Live By1938 · as Michael
• The Vicar of Bray1937 · as Dennis Melross
• Black Roses1936 · as Pavo Collin
• Pagliacci1936 · as Cadet Silvio
• Someday1935 · as Curly Blake
• Crime Unlimited1935 · as Pete Borden
• Dandy Dick1935 · as Tony Mardon
• Father and Son1935 · as Michael Bolton
• The Blue Squadron1934 · as Captain Carlo Banti
• Girls Will Be Boys1934 · as Geoffrey Dawson
• Waltzes from Vienna1934 · as Johann Strauss, the Younger
• The Bermondsey Kid1933 · as Eddie Martin
• Deadlock1931 · as John Tring
• 77 Park Lane1931 · as Philip Connor
• The Ringer1931 · as John Lenley
• Romany Love1931 · as Davy Summers
• The Blue Peter1928 · as Radio operator

All TV Shows (56)

• Fortunes of War1987 · as Liversage
• Miss Marple: Sleeping Murder1987 · as Mr. Galbraith
• The Invisible Man1984 · as Blind Man
• My Cousin Rachel1983 · as Sam Bates
• Rebecca1979 · as Coroner
• The BBC Television Shakespeare1978 · as Old Capulet
• Return of the Saint1978 · as Paul Hanson
• 19901977 · as Mitchell
• Supernatural1977 · as Sir Charles
• I, Claudius1976 · as Domitius
• Quiller1975 · as General Pickford
• Churchill's People1974 · as Penda's Father
• Fall of Eagles1974 · as General Ruzski
• Bedtime Stories1974 · as Vere Rawley
• Wessex Tales1973 · as Conjuror Trendle
• Arthur of the Britons1972 · as Athel
• New Scotland Yard1972 · as General Travers
• The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes1971 · as Captain Cutler
• Cousin Bette1971 · as General Hulot
• Cousin Bette1971 · as Marshal Hulot
• Elizabeth R1971 · as Bishop de Quadra
• Softly Softly: Task Force1969 · as Mr. Justice Ruddy
• The Champions1968 · as Minister
• King of the River1966 · as Donner
• Lord Raingo1966 · as Sid Jenkin
• The Spies1966 · as General Loren
• BBC Play of the Month1965 · as Helmut
• Thirty-Minute Theatre1965 · as President
• The Troubleshooters1965 · as Foss
• Gideon's Way1965 · as Robson
• Public Eye1965 · as Dr. Stowe
• Detective1964 · as Commodore Rupert Gill
• Detective1964 · as Albert
• Detective1964 · as Ernest Guppy
• The Protectors1964 · as Pearce Kettner
• Doctor Who1963 · as Dom Issigri
• Festival1963 · as Chorus
• The Saint1962 · as Antoine Louvois
• Dr. Finlay's Casebook1962 · as Colonel Grahame
• Dr. Finlay's Casebook1962 · as Hugh Armitage
• Z-Cars1962 · as Albert Wallace
• A for Andromeda1961 · as Professor Ernest Reinhart
• Barnaby Rudge1960 · as Dennis, the Hangman
• Barnaby Rudge1960 · as Dennis
• Sunday-Night Play1960 · as Harold P. Jackman
• Danger Man1960 · as Baron
• An Age of Kings1960 · as Jack Cade
• The Third Man1959 · as Theodore Ratteau
• Interpol Calling1959 · as Von Schriber
• The Invisible Man1958 · as Wilson
• Nicholas Nickleby1957 · as Wackford Squeers. Sr
• Armchair Theatre1956 · as Uncle Karl
• The Count of Monte Cristo1956 · as Gustav
• This Is Your Life1955 · as Self
• Sunday Night Theatre1950 · as Bubnov, a Capmaker
• Sunday Night Theatre1950 · as Major Kartuschke, Legal Officer