Esmond Knight
Acting
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.
TV Shows(47)
Fortunes of War
Liversage
1987
Miss Marple: Sleeping Murder
Mr. Galbraith
1987
Miss Marple
Mr. Galbraith
1984
The Invisible Man
Blind Man
1984
My Cousin Rachel
Sam Bates
1983
Rebecca
Coroner
1979
Return of the Saint
Paul Hanson
1978
1990
Mitchell
1977
Supernatural
Sir Charles
1977
I, Claudius
Domitius
1976
Quiller
General Pickford
1975
Churchill's People
Penda's Father
1974
Fall of Eagles
General Ruzski
1974
Bedtime Stories
Vere Rawley
1974
Arthur of the Britons
Athel
1972
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
Captain Cutler
1971
Cousin Bette
General Hulot
1971
Elizabeth R
Bishop de Quadra
1971
Softly Softly: Task Force
Mr. Justice Ruddy
1969
The Champions
Minister
1968
King of the River
Donner
1966
The Spies
General Loren
1966
BBC Play of the Month
Helmut
1965
Thirty-Minute Theatre
President
1965
The Troubleshooters
Foss
1965
Gideon's Way
Robson
1965
Public Eye
Dr. Stowe
1965
Detective
Commodore Rupert Gill
1964
The Protectors
Pearce Kettner
1964
Doctor Who
Dom Issigri
1963
Festival
Chorus
1963
The Saint
Antoine Louvois
1962
Dr. Finlay's Casebook
Colonel Grahame
1962
Z-Cars
Albert Wallace
1962
A for Andromeda
Professor Ernest Reinhart
1961
Barnaby Rudge
Dennis, the Hangman
1960
Sunday-Night Play
Harold P. Jackman
1960
Danger Man
Baron
1960
An Age of Kings
Jack Cade
1960
The Third Man
Theodore Ratteau
1959
Interpol Calling
Von Schriber
1959
The Invisible Man
Wilson
1958
Nicholas Nickleby
Wackford Squeers. Sr
1957
Armchair Theatre
Uncle Karl
1956
The Count of Monte Cristo
Gustav
1956
This Is Your Life
Self
1955
Sunday Night Theatre
Bubnov, a Capmaker
1950
Movies(61)
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
Second Elder
1987
The Element of Crime
Osborne
1984
A Voyage Round My Father
Judge
1984
King Lear
Old Man
1983
Troilus & Cressida
Priam
1981
Antony & Cleopatra
Lepidus
1981
Drake's Venture
John Dee
1980
Romeo and Juliet
Old Capulet
1978
The Man in the Iron Mask
Armand
1977
Robin and Marian
Old Defender
1976
Yellow Dog
Mundt
1973
The Boy Who Turned Yellow
Doctor
1972
Anne of the Thousand Days
Kingston
1969
Doctor Who: The Space Pirates
Dom Issigri
1969
Where's Jack?
Ballad Singer
1969
The Winter's Tale
Camillo
1968
The Parachute
Helmut
1968
The Spy Who Came In from the Cold
Old Judge
1965
Decision at Midnight
Peter Hauser
1963
Peeping Tom
Arthur Baden
1960
Sink the Bismarck!
Captain Leach - 'Prince of Wales'
1960
Battle of the V-1
Stricker
1958
The Prince and the Showgirl
Hoffman
1957
Helen of Troy
High Priest
1956
Full Circle
1953
The Steel Key
Prof. Newman
1953
Girdle of Gold
Evans the Milk
1952
The River
The Father
1951
Without Fear
Narrator (voice)
1951
Gone to Earth
Abel Woodus
1950
Hamlet
Bernardo
1948
The Red Shoes
Livy
1948
The End of the River
Dantos
1947
Uncle Silas
Dr. Bryerly
1947
Holiday Camp
Camp Announcer
1947
Black Narcissus
The Old General
1947
Henry V
Fluellen - Captain in the English Army
1944
A Canterbury Tale
Narrator / Seven-Sisters Soldier / Village Idiot
1944
The Halfway House
David Davies
1944
The Silver Fleet
Von Schiffer
1943
This England
Vicar's Son
1941
Contraband
Mr. Pidgeon
1940
The Arsenal Stadium Mystery
Raille
1939
Weddings Are Wonderful
Guy Rogers
1938
What Men Live By
Michael
1938
The Vicar of Bray
Dennis Melross
1937
Black Roses
Pavo Collin
1936
Pagliacci
Cadet Silvio
1936
Someday
Curly Blake
1935
Crime Unlimited
Pete Borden
1935
Dandy Dick
Tony Mardon
1935
Father and Son
Michael Bolton
1935
The Blue Squadron
Captain Carlo Banti
1934
Girls Will Be Boys
Geoffrey Dawson
1934
Waltzes from Vienna
Johann Strauss, the Younger
1934
The Bermondsey Kid
Eddie Martin
1933
Deadlock
John Tring
1931
77 Park Lane
Philip Connor
1931
The Ringer
John Lenley
1931
Romany Love
Davy Summers
1931
The Blue Peter
Radio operator
1928