Esmond Knight
Known for: Acting
Born: May 4, 1906
Died: February 23, 1987
Place of birth: East Sheen, Surrey, England
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.
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Filmography
62 movies · 52 TV shows, newest first
6.3
Fortunes of War
1987
4.6
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
1987
7.3
Miss Marple: Sleeping Murder
1987
7.3
The Invisible Man
1984
6.4
The Element of Crime
1984
7.4
A Voyage Round My Father
1984
6.7
King Lear
1983
7.0
My Cousin Rachel
19836.0
Fame Is the Spur
1982
8.0
Troilus & Cressida
1981
7.3
Antony & Cleopatra
1981
5.8
Drake's Venture
1980
7.5
Rebecca
1979
7.6
Romeo and Juliet
1978
6.0
The BBC Television Shakespeare
1978
7.0
Return of the Saint
1978
6.5
1990
1977
6.4
The Man in the Iron Mask
1977
7.2
Supernatural
1977
7.8
I, Claudius
1976
6.3
Robin and Marian
1976
10.0
Quiller
1975
5.0
Churchill's People
1974
7.0
Fall of Eagles
1974
NR
Bedtime Stories
1974
7.0
Wessex Tales
1973
4.9
Yellow Dog
1973
8.0
Arthur of the Britons
1972
5.6
The Boy Who Turned Yellow
1972
6.3
New Scotland Yard
1972
7.5
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
1971
4.0
Cousin Bette
1971
7.5
Elizabeth R
1971
7.1
Anne of the Thousand Days
1969
6.0
Softly Softly: Task Force
1969
5.2
Doctor Who: The Space Pirates
1969
7.5
Where's Jack?
1969
6.5
The Champions
1968
7.0
The Winter's Tale
1968
NR
The Parachute
19687.0
King of the River
1966NR
Lord Raingo
196610.0
The Spies
1966
7.1
The Spy Who Came In from the Cold
1965
5.2
BBC Play of the Month
1965
4.3
Thirty-Minute Theatre
1965
7.3
The Troubleshooters
1965
7.0
Gideon's Way
1965
8.2
Public Eye
1965
9.0
Detective
1964
8.0
The Protectors
1964
7.5
Decision at Midnight
1963
7.9
Doctor Who
19638.0
Festival
1963
7.4
The Saint
1962
6.7
Dr. Finlay's Casebook
1962
7.3
Z-Cars
1962
5.5
A for Andromeda
1961
5.0
Barnaby Rudge
1960NR
Sunday-Night Play
1960
7.3
Danger Man
1960
5.3
An Age of Kings
1960
7.5
Peeping Tom
1960
6.8
Sink the Bismarck!
1960
7.2
The Third Man
1959
7.3
Interpol Calling
1959
7.3
The Invisible Man
1958
5.2
Battle of the V-1
1958NR
Nicholas Nickleby
1957
6.4
The Prince and the Showgirl
1957
NR
Sailor of Fortune
1957
6.0
Armchair Theatre
1956
5.6
The Count of Monte Cristo
1956
6.3
Helen of Troy
1956
6.7
This Is Your Life
1955
6.4
The Dark Avenger
1955NR
Full Circle
1953
6.3
The Steel Key
1953
8.3
Girdle of Gold
1952
7.2
The River
1951NR
Without Fear
1951
6.2
Gone to Earth
1950
3.5
Sunday Night Theatre
1950
7.4
Hamlet
1948
8.0
The Red Shoes
1948
6.3
The End of the River
1947
5.9
Uncle Silas
1947
6.8
Holiday Camp
1947
7.5
Black Narcissus
1947
6.7
Henry V
1944
6.9
A Canterbury Tale
1944
6.5
The Halfway House
1944
6.4
The Silver Fleet
1943
6.9
This England
1941
7.1
Contraband
1940
7.2
The Arsenal Stadium Mystery
19399.0
Weddings Are Wonderful
19387.5
What Men Live By
19386.3
The Vicar of Bray
19377.0
Black Roses
1936
9.0
Pagliacci
19369.0
Someday
1935
6.0
Crime Unlimited
1935
6.9
Dandy Dick
193510.0
Father and Son
19357.0
The Blue Squadron
1934
5.8
Girls Will Be Boys
1934
5.4
Waltzes from Vienna
19349.0
The Bermondsey Kid
1933
7.0
Deadlock
1931
NR
77 Park Lane
193110.0
The Ringer
19317.0
Romany Love
19318.0
The Blue Peter
1928