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. Knight died of a heart attack. He was cremated.
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Acted in
Fortunes of War
1987
as Liversage
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
1987
as Second Elder
The Element of Crime
1984
as Osborne
A Voyage Round My Father
1984
as Judge
My Cousin Rachel
1983
as Sam Bates
Troilus & Cressida
1981
as Priam
Antony & Cleopatra
1981
as Lepidus
Drake's Venture
1980
as John Dee
Romeo & Juliet
1978
as Old Capulet
The BBC Television Shakespeare
1978
as Old Capulet
Return of the Saint
1978
as Paul Hanson
1990
1977
The Man in the Iron Mask
1977
as Armand
I, Claudius
1976
Robin and Marian
1976
as Old Defender
Quiller
1975
as General Pickford
Bedtime Stories
1974
as Vere Rawley
Yellow Dog
1973
as Mundt
The Boy Who Turned Yellow
1972
as Doctor
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
1971
as Captain Cutler
Cousin Bette
1971
as General Hulot
Elizabeth R
1971
as Bishop de Quadra
Anne of the Thousand Days
1969
as Kingston
Doctor Who: The Space Pirates
1969
as Dom Issigri
Where's Jack?
1969
as Ballad Singer
The Champions
1968
as Minister
The Winter's Tale
1968
as Camillo
The Parachute
1968
as Helmut
King of the River
1966
Softly, Softly
1966
The Spy Who Came In from the Cold
1965
as Old Judge
BBC Play of the Month
1965
as Helmut
Gideon's Way
1965
as Robson
Public Eye
1965
as Dr. Stowe
Detective
1964
Decision at Midnight
1963
Festival
1963
as Chorus
The Saint
1962
as Antoine Louvois
Dr. Finlay's Casebook
1962
Z-Cars
1962
A for Andromeda
1961
as Professor Ernest Reinhart
Barnaby Rudge
1960
Peeping Tom
1960
as Arthur Baden
An Age of Kings
1960
Sink the Bismarck!
1960
as Captain Leach - 'Prince of Wales'
Interpol Calling
1959
as Von Schriber
Battle of the V-1
1958
as Stricker
Nicholas Nickleby
1957
The Prince and the Showgirl
1957
as Hoffman
The Count of Monte Cristo
1956
Helen of Troy
1956
as High Priest
This Is Your Life
1955
as Self
Full Circle
1953
The Steel Key
1953
as Prof. Newman
Girdle of Gold
1952
as Evans the Milk
The River
1951
as The Father
Gone to Earth
1950
as Abel Woodus
Hamlet
1948
as Bernardo
The Red Shoes
1948
as Livy
The End of the River
1947
as Dantos
Uncle Silas
1947
as Dr. Bryerly
Holiday Camp
1947
as Camp Announcer
Black Narcissus
1947
as The Old General
Henry V
1944
as Fluellen - Captain in the English Army
A Canterbury Tale
1944
as Narrator / Seven-Sisters Soldier / Village Idiot
The Halfway House
1944
as David Davies
The Silver Fleet
1943
as Von Schiffer
This England
1941
as Vicar's Son
Contraband
1940
as Mr. Pidgeon
The Arsenal Stadium Mystery
1939
as Raille
Weddings Are Wonderful
1938
as Guy Rogers
What Men Live By
1938
as Michael
The Vicar of Bray
1937
as Dennis Melross
Black Roses
1936
as Pavo Collin
Pagliacci
1936
as Cadet Silvio
Someday
1935
as Curly Blake
Crime Unlimited
1935
as Pete Borden
Dandy Dick
1935
as Tony Mardon
Father and Son
1935
as Michael Bolton
The Blue Squadron
1934
Girls Will Be Boys
1934
as Geoffrey Dawson
Waltzes from Vienna
1934
as Johann Strauss, the Younger
The Bermondsey Kid
1933
as Eddie Martin
Deadlock
1931
as John Tring
77 Park Lane
1931
as Philip Connor
The Ringer
1931
as John Lenley
Romany Love
1931
as Davy Summers
The Blue Peter
1928
as Radio operator