Esmond Knight
Acting
1906-05-04 · 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.
Filmography
Fortunes of War
1987 · Series
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
1987 · Movie
Miss Marple: Sleeping Murder
1987 · Series
The Invisible Man
1984 · Series
The Element of Crime
1984 · Movie
A Voyage Round My Father
1984 · Movie
King Lear
1983 · Movie
My Cousin Rachel
1983 · Series
Fame Is the Spur
1982 · Series
Troilus & Cressida
1981 · Movie
Antony & Cleopatra
1981 · Movie
Drake's Venture
1980 · Movie
Rebecca
1979 · Series
The BBC Television Shakespeare
1978 · Series
Romeo and Juliet
1978 · Movie
Return of the Saint
1978 · Series
1990
1977 · Series
The Man in the Iron Mask
1977 · Movie
Supernatural
1977 · Series
I, Claudius
1976 · Series
Robin and Marian
1976 · Movie
Quiller
1975 · Series
Churchill's People
1974 · Series
Fall of Eagles
1974 · Series
Bedtime Stories
1974 · Series
Wessex Tales
1973 · Series
Yellow Dog
1973 · Movie
Arthur of the Britons
1972 · Series
The Boy Who Turned Yellow
1972 · Movie
New Scotland Yard
1972 · Series
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
1971 · Series
Cousin Bette
1971 · Series
Elizabeth R
1971 · Series
Anne of the Thousand Days
1969 · Movie
Softly Softly: Task Force
1969 · Series
Doctor Who: The Space Pirates
1969 · Movie
Where's Jack?
1969 · Movie
The Champions
1968 · Series
The Winter's Tale
1968 · Movie
The Parachute
1968 · Movie
King of the River
1966 · Series
Lord Raingo
1966 · Series
The Spies
1966 · Series
The Spy Who Came In from the Cold
1965 · Movie
BBC Play of the Month
1965 · Series
Thirty-Minute Theatre
1965 · Series
The Troubleshooters
1965 · Series
Gideon's Way
1965 · Series
Public Eye
1965 · Series
Detective
1964 · Series
The Protectors
1964 · Series
Decision at Midnight
1963 · Movie
Doctor Who
1963 · Series
Festival
1963 · Series
The Saint
1962 · Series
Dr. Finlay's Casebook
1962 · Series
Z-Cars
1962 · Series
A for Andromeda
1961 · Series
Barnaby Rudge
1960 · Series
Sunday-Night Play
1960 · Series
Danger Man
1960 · Series
An Age of Kings
1960 · Series
Peeping Tom
1960 · Movie
Sink the Bismarck!
1960 · Movie
The Third Man
1959 · Series
Interpol Calling
1959 · Series
The Invisible Man
1958 · Series
Battle of the V-1
1958 · Movie
Nicholas Nickleby
1957 · Series
The Prince and the Showgirl
1957 · Movie
Sailor of Fortune
1957 · Series
Armchair Theatre
1956 · Series
The Count of Monte Cristo
1956 · Series
Helen of Troy
1956 · Movie
This Is Your Life
1955 · Series
The Dark Avenger
1955 · Movie
Full Circle
1953 · Movie
The Steel Key
1953 · Movie
Girdle of Gold
1952 · Movie
The River
1951 · Movie
Without Fear
1951 · Movie
Gone to Earth
1950 · Movie
Sunday Night Theatre
1950 · Series
Hamlet
1948 · Movie
The Red Shoes
1948 · Movie
The End of the River
1947 · Movie
Uncle Silas
1947 · Movie
Holiday Camp
1947 · Movie
Black Narcissus
1947 · Movie
Henry V
1944 · Movie
A Canterbury Tale
1944 · Movie
The Halfway House
1944 · Movie
The Silver Fleet
1943 · Movie
This England
1941 · Movie
Contraband
1940 · Movie
The Arsenal Stadium Mystery
1939 · Movie
Weddings Are Wonderful
1938 · Movie
What Men Live By
1938 · Movie
The Vicar of Bray
1937 · Movie
Black Roses
1936 · Movie
Pagliacci
1936 · Movie
Someday
1935 · Movie
Crime Unlimited
1935 · Movie
Dandy Dick
1935 · Movie
Father and Son
1935 · Movie
The Blue Squadron
1934 · Movie
Girls Will Be Boys
1934 · Movie
Waltzes from Vienna
1934 · Movie
The Bermondsey Kid
1933 · Movie
Deadlock
1931 · Movie
77 Park Lane
1931 · Movie
The Ringer
1931 · Movie
Romany Love
1931 · Movie
The Blue Peter
1928 · Movie