Esmond Penington Knight (4 May 1906 – 23 February 1987) was an English actor.
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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Filmography (Movies)
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
Character:Second Elder
Release Date:24/07/1987
The Element of Crime
Character:Osborne
Release Date:14/05/1984
A Voyage Round My Father
Character:Judge
Release Date:19/04/1984
King Lear
Character:Old Man
Release Date:03/04/1983
Troilus & Cressida
Character:Priam
Release Date:07/11/1981
Antony & Cleopatra
Character:Lepidus
Release Date:08/05/1981
Drake's Venture
Character:John Dee
Release Date:28/12/1980
Romeo and Juliet
Character:Old Capulet
Release Date:03/12/1978
The Man in the Iron Mask
Character:Armand
Release Date:17/07/1977
Robin and Marian
Character:Old Defender
Release Date:11/03/1976
Yellow Dog
Character:Mundt
Release Date:11/08/1973
The Boy Who Turned Yellow
Character:Doctor
Release Date:16/09/1972
Anne of the Thousand Days
Character:Kingston
Release Date:18/12/1969
Doctor Who: The Space Pirates
Character:Dom Issigri
Release Date:12/04/1969
Where's Jack?
Character:Ballad Singer
Release Date:01/04/1969
The Winter's Tale
Character:Camillo
Release Date:27/05/1968
The Parachute
Character:Helmut
Release Date:21/01/1968
The Spy Who Came In from the Cold
Character:Old Judge
Release Date:16/12/1965
Decision at Midnight
Character:
Release Date:12/12/1963
Peeping Tom
Character:Arthur Baden
Release Date:07/04/1960
Sink the Bismarck!
Character:Captain Leach - 'Prince of Wales'
Release Date:11/02/1960
Battle of the V-1
Character:Stricker
Release Date:01/01/1958
The Prince and the Showgirl
Character:Hoffman
Release Date:13/06/1957
Helen of Troy
Character:High Priest
Release Date:26/01/1956
Full Circle
Character:
Release Date:06/08/1953
The Steel Key
Character:Prof. Newman
Release Date:01/05/1953
Girdle of Gold
Character:Evans the Milk
Release Date:01/01/1952
The River
Character:The Father
Release Date:10/09/1951
Gone to Earth
Character:Abel Woodus
Release Date:06/11/1950
Hamlet
Character:Bernardo
Release Date:10/12/1948
The Red Shoes
Character:Livy
Release Date:06/09/1948
The End of the River
Character:Dantos
Release Date:01/12/1947
Uncle Silas
Character:Dr. Bryerly
Release Date:08/10/1947
Holiday Camp
Character:Camp Announcer
Release Date:05/08/1947
Black Narcissus
Character:The Old General
Release Date:26/05/1947
Henry V
Character:Fluellen - Captain in the English Army
Release Date:24/11/1944
A Canterbury Tale
Character:Narrator / Seven-Sisters Soldier / Village Idiot
Release Date:21/08/1944
The Halfway House
Character:David Davies
Release Date:02/04/1944
The Silver Fleet
Character:Von Schiffer
Release Date:16/06/1943
This England
Character:Vicar's Son
Release Date:22/07/1941
Contraband
Character:Mr. Pidgeon
Release Date:11/05/1940
The Arsenal Stadium Mystery
Character:Raille
Release Date:01/11/1939
Weddings Are Wonderful
Character:Guy Rogers
Release Date:04/10/1938
What Men Live By
Character:Michael
Release Date:01/09/1938
The Vicar of Bray
Character:Dennis Melross
Release Date:09/05/1937
Black Roses
Character:Pavo Collin
Release Date:13/12/1936
Pagliacci
Character:Cadet Silvio
Release Date:11/12/1936
Someday
Character:Curly Blake
Release Date:18/11/1935
Crime Unlimited
Character:Pete Borden
Release Date:01/08/1935
Dandy Dick
Character:Tony Mardon
Release Date:01/03/1935
Father and Son
Character:Michael Bolton
Release Date:07/01/1935
The Blue Squadron
Character:Captain Carlo Banti
Release Date:12/12/1934
Girls Will Be Boys
Character:Geoffrey Dawson
Release Date:29/10/1934
Waltzes from Vienna
Character:Johann Strauss, the Younger
Release Date:15/03/1934
The Bermondsey Kid
Character:Eddie Martin
Release Date:01/11/1933
Deadlock
Character:John Tring
Release Date:04/09/1931
77 Park Lane
Character:Philip Connor
Release Date:02/07/1931
The Ringer
Character:John Lenley
Release Date:31/03/1931
Romany Love
Character:Davy Summers
Release Date:24/02/1931
The Blue Peter
Character:Radio operator
Release Date:01/09/1928
Television Appearances
Fortunes of War
Character:Liversage
The Invisible Man
Character:Blind Man
My Cousin Rachel
Character:Sam Bates
Rebecca
Character:Coroner
Return of the Saint
Character:Paul Hanson
1990
Character:
Supernatural
Character:Sir Charles
I, Claudius
Character:Domitius
Quiller
Character:General Pickford
Churchill's People
Character:Penda's Father
Bedtime Stories
Character:Vere Rawley
Wessex Tales
Character:Conjuror Trendle
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
Character:Captain Cutler
Cousin Bette
Character:General Hulot
Cousin Bette
Character:Marshal Hulot
Elizabeth R
Character:Bishop de Quadra
The Champions
Character:Minister
King of the River
Character:Donner
Softly, Softly
Character:
The Spies
Character:General Loren
BBC Play of the Month
Character:Helmut
Gideon's Way
Character:Robson
Public Eye
Character:Dr. Stowe
Detective
Character:
Festival
Character:Chorus
The Saint
Character:Antoine Louvois
Dr. Finlay's Casebook
Character:
Z-Cars
Character:
A for Andromeda
Character:Professor Ernest Reinhart
Barnaby Rudge
Character:
Sunday-Night Play
Character:Harold P. Jackman
An Age of Kings
Character:
Interpol Calling
Character:Von Schriber
Nicholas Nickleby
Character:
The Count of Monte Cristo
Character:
This Is Your Life
Character:Self
Sunday Night Theatre
Character:Bubnov, a Capmaker
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