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
Arthur Baden
Peeping Tom
Kingston
Anne of the Thousand Days
Bernardo
Hamlet
Osborne
Forbrydelsens element
Decision at Midnight
Old Judge
The Spy Who Came In from the Cold
Pete Borden
Crime Unlimited
Helmut
The Parachute
The Father
The River
The Old General
Black Narcissus
Captain Leach - 'Prince of Wales'
Sink the Bismarck!
Livy
The Red Shoes
Captain Carlo Banti
The Blue Squadron
Johann Strauss, the Younger
Waltzes from Vienna
Dr. Bryerly
Uncle Silas
Abel Woodus
Gone to Earth
Mr. Pidgeon
Contraband
Von Schiffer
The Silver Fleet
Armand
The Man in the Iron Mask
Mundt
Yellow Dog
Tony Mardon
Dandy Dick
Pavo Collin
Black Roses
Dennis Melross
The Vicar of Bray
Vicar's Son
This England
Guy Rogers
Weddings Are Wonderful
Dantos
The End of the River
Camp Announcer
Holiday Camp
Geoffrey Dawson
Girls Will Be Boys
Narrator / Seven-Sisters Soldier / Village Idiot
A Canterbury Tale
Raille
The Arsenal Stadium Mystery
Evans the Milk
Girdle of Gold
Doctor
The Boy Who Turned Yellow
Camillo
The Winter's Tale
Cadet Silvio
Pagliacci
Eddie Martin
The Bermondsey Kid
Stricker
Battle of the V-1
Fluellen - Captain in the English Army
The Chronicle History of King Henry the Fifth with His Battell Fought at Agincourt in France
Ballad Singer
Where's Jack?
Curly Blake
Someday
Michael Bolton
Father and Son
David Davies
The Halfway House
Radio operator
The Blue Peter
Priam
Troilus & Cressida
Philip Connor
77 Park Lane
Judge
A Voyage Round My Father
John Tring
Deadlock
John Lenley
The Ringer
Davy Summers
Romany Love
Hoffman
The Prince and the Showgirl
Michael
What Men Live By
Old Capulet
Romeo and Juliet
Old Defender
Robin and Marian
High Priest
Helen of Troy
Lepidus
Antony & Cleopatra
Prof. Newman
The Steel Key
Dom Issigri
Doctor Who: The Space Pirates
Second Elder
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
John Dee
Drake's Venture
Full Circle
Old Man
King Lear
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
60
Gender
Male
Birthday
1906-05-04
Place of Birth
East Sheen, Surrey, England
Also Known As
Esmond Penington Knight