Esmond Knight
Age: 80 | From: East Sheen, Surrey, England
Person Details
Birthday: 1906-05-04 09:36:35
Death: 1987-02-23 09:36:35
Aliases: No known aliases
Gender: Male
Place of birth: East Sheen, Surrey, England
Homepage:
Movie Involvements: 47
TV Involvements: 16
Most Famous Work
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.
Most Famous Work
The Saint
(1962) Antoine Louvois
The Champions
(1968) Minister
Play of the Month
(1965) Helmut
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
(1971) Captain Cutler
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
(1987) Second Elder
Return of the Saint
(1978) Paul Hanson
Elizabeth R
(1971) Bishop de Quadra
Interpol Calling
(1959) Von SchriberActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1987 | Liversage | |
| Second Elder | ||
| Mr. Galbraith | ||
| 1984 | Osborne | |
| Judge | ||
| 1983 | Sam Bates | |
| 1981 | Priam | |
| Lepidus | ||
| 1978 | Old Capulet | |
| Old Capulet | ||
| Paul Hanson | ||
| 1977 | N/A | |
| Armand | ||
| 1976 | N/A | |
| Old Defender | ||
| 1975 | General Pickford | |
| 1974 | Vere Rawley | |
| 1973 | Mundt | |
| 1972 | Doctor | |
| 1971 | Captain Cutler | |
| General Hulot | ||
| Bishop de Quadra | ||
| 1969 | Kingston | |
| Dom Issigri | ||
| Ballad Singer | ||
| 1968 | Minister | |
| Helmut | ||
| 1966 | N/A | |
| N/A | ||
| 1965 | Old Judge | |
| Helmut | ||
| N/A | ||
| Robson | ||
| Dr. Stowe | ||
| 1964 | N/A | |
| 1963 | N/A | |
| Chorus | ||
| 1962 | Antoine Louvois | |
| N/A | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1961 | Professor Ernest Reinhart | |
| 1960 | N/A | |
| Arthur Baden | ||
| N/A | ||
| Captain Leach - 'Prince of Wales' | ||
| 1959 | Von Schriber | |
| 1958 | Stricker | |
| 1957 | N/A | |
| Hoffman | ||
| 1956 | N/A | |
| High Priest | ||
| 1953 | Prof. Newman | |
| 1952 | Evans the Milk | |
| 1951 | The Father | |
| 1950 | Abel Woodus | |
| 1948 | Bernardo | |
| Livy | ||
| 1947 | Dantos | |
| Dr. Bryerly | ||
| Camp Announcer | ||
| The Old General | ||
| 1944 | Fluellen - Captain in the English Army | |
| Narrator / Seven-Sisters Soldier / Village Idiot | ||
| David Davies | ||
| 1943 | Von Schiffer | |
| 1941 | Vicar's Son | |
| 1940 | Mr. Pidgeon | |
| 1939 | Raille | |
| 1938 | Guy Rogers | |
| Michael | ||
| 1937 | Dennis Melross | |
| 1936 | Pavo Collin | |
| Cadet Silvio | ||
| 1935 | Pete Borden | |
| Tony Mardon | ||
| 1934 | N/A | |
| Geoffrey Dawson | ||
| Johann Strauss, the Younger | ||
| 1933 | Eddie Martin | |
| 1931 | John Tring | |
| Philip Connor | ||
| John Lenley | ||
| Davy Summers | ||
| 1928 | Radio operator | |
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
Crew
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1955 | Dialogue Coach | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
