Esmond Knight

Personal Info

Birthday

May 4, 1906

Day of Death

1987-02-23

(80 years old)

Place of Birth

East Sheen, Surrey, England

Also Known As

Esmond Penington Knight

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Esmond Knight

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.

Known For

The Saint

BBC Play of the Month

The Champions

Elizabeth R

Public Eye

Interpol Calling

Gideon's Way

Sunday Night Theatre

Filmography

1987
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
as Second Elder
1984
The Element of Crime
as Osborne
A Voyage Round My Father
as Judge
1983
King Lear
as Old Man
1981
Troilus & Cressida
as Priam
Antony & Cleopatra
as Lepidus
1980
Drake's Venture
as John Dee
1978
Romeo and Juliet
as Old Capulet
1977
The Man in the Iron Mask
as Armand
1976
Robin and Marian
as Old Defender
1973
Yellow Dog
as Mundt
1972
The Boy Who Turned Yellow
as Doctor
1969
Anne of the Thousand Days
as Kingston
Doctor Who: The Space Pirates
as Dom Issigri
Where's Jack?
as Ballad Singer
1968
The Winter's Tale
as Camillo
The Parachute
as Helmut
1965
The Spy Who Came In from the Cold
as Old Judge
1960
Peeping Tom
as Arthur Baden
Sink the Bismarck!
as Captain Leach - 'Prince of Wales'
1958
Battle of the V-1
as Stricker
1957
The Prince and the Showgirl
as Hoffman
1956
Helen of Troy
as High Priest
1953
The Steel Key
as Prof. Newman
1952
Girdle of Gold
as Evans the Milk
1951
The River
as The Father
1950
Gone to Earth
as Abel Woodus
1948
Hamlet
as Bernardo
The Red Shoes
as Livy
1947
The End of the River
as Dantos
Uncle Silas
as Dr. Bryerly
Holiday Camp
as Camp Announcer
Black Narcissus
as The Old General
1944
Henry V
as Fluellen - Captain in the English Army
A Canterbury Tale
as Narrator / Seven-Sisters Soldier / Village Idiot
The Halfway House
as David Davies
1943
The Silver Fleet
as Von Schiffer
1941
This England
as Vicar's Son
1940
Contraband
as Mr. Pidgeon
1939
The Arsenal Stadium Mystery
as Raille
1938
Weddings Are Wonderful
as Guy Rogers
What Men Live By
as Michael
1937
The Vicar of Bray
as Dennis Melross
1936
Black Roses
as Pavo Collin
Pagliacci
as Cadet Silvio
1935
Someday
as Curly Blake
Crime Unlimited
as Pete Borden
Dandy Dick
as Tony Mardon
Father and Son
as Michael Bolton
1934
Girls Will Be Boys
as Geoffrey Dawson
Waltzes from Vienna
as Johann Strauss, the Younger
1933
The Bermondsey Kid
as Eddie Martin
1931
Deadlock
as John Tring
77 Park Lane
as Philip Connor
The Ringer
as John Lenley
Romany Love
as Davy Summers
1928
The Blue Peter
as Radio operator