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.
Movie | Superman IV: The Quest for Peace | Second Elder | 1987-07-24 |
Movie | A Voyage Round My Father | Judge | 1984-04-19 |
Movie | Troilus & Cressida | Priam | 1981-11-07 |
Movie | Romeo & Juliet | Old Capulet | 1978-12-03 |
Movie | The Man in the Iron Mask | Armand | 1977-07-17 |
Movie | The Boy Who Turned Yellow | Doctor | 1972-09-16 |
Movie | Cousin Bette | General Hulot | 1971-08-07 |
Movie | Where's Jack? | Ballad Singer | 1969-04-01 |
Movie | The Spy Who Came In from the Cold | Old Judge | 1965-12-16 |
Movie | Sink the Bismarck! | Captain Leach - 'Prince of Wales' | 1960-02-11 |
Movie | Peeping Tom | Arthur Baden | 1960-05-16 |
Movie | The Prince and the Showgirl | Hoffman | 1957-06-13 |
Movie | Helen of Troy | High Priest | 1956-01-26 |
Movie | The Steel Key | Prof. Newman | 1953-05-01 |
Movie | Girdle of Gold | Evans the Milk | 1952-01-01 |
Movie | The River | The Father | 1951-09-10 |
Movie | Gone to Earth | Abel Woodus | 1950-11-06 |
Movie | The Red Shoes | Livy | 1948-09-06 |
Movie | Hamlet | Bernardo | 1948-12-10 |
Movie | Black Narcissus | The Old General | 1947-05-26 |
Movie | Holiday Camp | Camp Announcer | 1947-08-05 |
Movie | Uncle Silas | Dr. Bryerly | 1947-10-08 |
Movie | The End of the River | Dantos | 1947-12-01 |
Movie | The Halfway House | David Davies | 1944-04-02 |
Movie | Henry V | Fluellen - Captain in the English Army | 1944-11-24 |
Movie | A Canterbury Tale | Narrator / Seven-Sisters Soldier / Village Idiot | 1944-08-21 |
Movie | The Silver Fleet | Von Schiffer | 1943-03-15 |
Movie | This England | Vicar's Son | 1941-07-22 |
Movie | Contraband | Mr. Pidgeon | 1940-05-11 |
Movie | The Arsenal Stadium Mystery | Raille | 1939-11-01 |
Movie | Weddings Are Wonderful | Guy Rogers | 1938-10-04 |
Movie | The Vicar of Bray | Dennis Melross | 1937-05-09 |
Movie | Pagliacci | Cadet Silvio | 1936-12-11 |
Movie | Black Roses | Pavo Collin | 1936-12-13 |
Movie | Father and Son | Michael Bolton | 1935-01-07 |
Movie | Dandy Dick | Tony Mardon | 1935-03-01 |
Movie | Crime Unlimited | Pete Borden | 1935-08-01 |
Movie | Waltzes from Vienna | Johann Strauss, the Younger | 1934-03-15 |
Movie | Girls Will Be Boys | Geoffrey Dawson | 1934-10-29 |
Movie | The Bermondsey Kid | Eddie Martin | 1933-11-01 |
Movie | The Ringer | John Lenley | 1931-03-31 |
Movie | Deadlock | John Tring | 1931-09-04 |
Movie | 77 Park Lane | Philip Connor | 1931-07-02 |
Movie | The Blue Peter | Radio operator | 1928-09-01 |
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