4.6
Movie
Acting
Esmond Knight
- Born
- Died
- (aged 80)
- Birthplace
- East Sheen, Surrey, England
- Credits
- 115 titles
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.
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Signature work
Known For
4.6
Movie
7.4
Movie
Peeping Tom
8.0
Movie
The Red Shoes
7.9
TV
Doctor Who
7.5
Movie
Black Narcissus
7.1
Movie
The Spy Who Came In from the Cold
7.4
Movie
Hamlet
6.3
Movie
Robin and Marian
6.4
Movie
The Element of Crime
6.3
Movie
The Prince and the Showgirl
7.8
TV
I, Claudius
7.2
Movie
Anne of the Thousand Days
6.7
Movie
Henry V
7.2
Movie
The River
7.4
TV
The Saint
6.9
Movie
A Canterbury Tale
6.9
Movie
Sink the Bismarck!
6.4
Movie
The Man in the Iron Mask
Acting credits 114
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1987 | Fortunes of War TV | Liversage (2 ep) |
| 1987 | Superman IV: The Quest for Peace Film | Second Elder |
| 1987 | Miss Marple: Sleeping Murder TV | Mr. Galbraith (2 ep) |
| 1985 | Blott on the Landscape TV | Sir Francis Puckerington (3 ep) |
| 1984 | The Invisible Man TV | Blind Man (1 ep) |
| 1984 | The Element of Crime Film | Osborne |
| 1984 | A Voyage Round My Father Film | Judge |
| 1983 | King Lear Film | Old Man |
| 1983 | My Cousin Rachel TV | Sam Bates (1 ep) |
| 1982 | Fame Is the Spur TV | Old Etchells (1 ep) |
| 1981 | Troilus & Cressida Film | Priam |
| 1981 | Antony & Cleopatra Film | Lepidus |
| 1980 | Drake's Venture Film | John Dee |
| 1979 | Rebecca TV | Coroner (1 ep) |
| 1978 | Romeo and Juliet Film | Old Capulet |
| 1978 | The BBC Television Shakespeare TV | Old Capulet (1 ep) |
| 1978 | Return of the Saint TV | Paul Hanson (1 ep) |
| 1977 | 1990 TV | Mitchell (1 ep) |
| 1977 | The Man in the Iron Mask Film | Armand |
| 1977 | Supernatural TV | Sir Charles (2 ep) |
| 1976 | I, Claudius TV | Domitius (1 ep) |
| 1976 | Robin and Marian Film | Old Defender |
| 1975 | Quiller TV | General Pickford (1 ep) |
| 1974 | Churchill's People TV | Penda's Father (1 ep) |
| 1974 | Fall of Eagles TV | General Ruzski (1 ep) |
| 1974 | Bedtime Stories TV | Vere Rawley (1 ep) |
| 1973 | Wessex Tales TV | Conjuror Trendle (1 ep) |
| 1973 | Yellow Dog Film | Mundt |
| 1972 | Arthur of the Britons TV | Athel (1 ep) |
| 1972 | The Boy Who Turned Yellow Film | Doctor |
| 1972 | New Scotland Yard TV | General Travers (1 ep) |
| 1971 | The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes TV | Captain Cutler (1 ep) |
| 1971 | Cousin Bette TV | General Hulot, Marshal Hulot (2 ep) |
| 1971 | Elizabeth R TV | Bishop de Quadra (1 ep) |
| 1969 | Anne of the Thousand Days Film | Kingston |
| 1969 | Softly Softly: Task Force TV | Mr. Justice Ruddy (1 ep) |
| 1969 | Doctor Who: The Space Pirates Film | Dom Issigri |
| 1969 | Where's Jack? Film | Ballad Singer |
| 1968 | The Champions TV | Minister (1 ep) |
| 1968 | The Winter's Tale Film | Camillo |
| 1968 | The Parachute Film | Helmut |
| 1966 | King of the River TV | Donner (1 ep) |
| 1966 | Lord Raingo TV | Sid Jenkin (4 ep) |
| 1966 | The Spies TV | General Loren (1 ep) |
| 1965 | The Spy Who Came In from the Cold Film | Old Judge |
| 1965 | BBC Play of the Month TV | Helmut (1 ep) |
| 1965 | Thirty-Minute Theatre TV | President (1 ep) |
| 1965 | The Troubleshooters TV | Foss (1 ep) |
| 1965 | Gideon's Way TV | Robson (1 ep) |
| 1965 | Public Eye TV | Dr. Stowe (1 ep) |
| 1964 | Detective TV | Commodore Rupert Gill, Albert, Ernest Guppy (1 ep) |
| 1964 | The Protectors TV | Pearce Kettner (1 ep) |
| 1963 | Decision at Midnight Film | Peter Hauser |
| 1963 | Doctor Who TV | Dom Issigri (2 ep) |
| 1963 | Festival TV | Chorus (1 ep) |
| 1962 | The Saint TV | Antoine Louvois (1 ep) |
| 1962 | Dr. Finlay's Casebook TV | Colonel Grahame, Hugh Armitage (1 ep) |
| 1962 | Z-Cars TV | Albert Wallace (2 ep) |
| 1961 | A for Andromeda TV | Professor Ernest Reinhart (7 ep) |
| 1960 | Barnaby Rudge TV | Dennis, the Hangman (1 ep) |
Crew credits 1
| Year | Title | Job |
|---|---|---|
| 1955 | The Dark Avenger Film | Dialogue Coach |