Esmond Knight
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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 ...
Known For
Filmography
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
1987
as Second Elder
Fortunes of War
1987
as Liversage
Miss Marple: Sleeping Murder
1987
as Mr. Galbraith
The Element of Crime
1984
as Osborne
A Voyage Round My Father
1984
as Judge
The Invisible Man
1984
as Blind Man
King Lear
1983
as Old Man
My Cousin Rachel
1983
as Sam Bates
Fame Is the Spur
1982
as Old Etchells
Troilus & Cressida
1981
as Priam
Antony & Cleopatra
1981
as Lepidus
Drake's Venture
1980
as John Dee
Rebecca
1979
as Coroner
Romeo and Juliet
1978
as Old Capulet
Return of the Saint
1978
as Paul Hanson
The BBC Television Shakespeare
1978
as Old Capulet
The Man in the Iron Mask
1977
as Armand
1990
1977
as Mitchell
Supernatural
1977
as Sir Charles
Robin and Marian
1976
as Old Defender
I, Claudius
1976
as Domitius
Quiller
1975
as General Pickford
Churchill's People
1974
as Penda's Father
Fall of Eagles
1974
as General Ruzski
Bedtime Stories
1974
as Vere Rawley
Yellow Dog
1973
as Mundt
Wessex Tales
1973
as Conjuror Trendle
The Boy Who Turned Yellow
1972
as Doctor
Arthur of the Britons
1972
as Athel
New Scotland Yard
1972
as General Travers
Elizabeth R
1971
as Bishop de Quadra
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
1971
as Captain Cutler
Cousin Bette
1971
as General Hulot
Cousin Bette
1971
as Marshal Hulot
Anne of the Thousand Days
1969
as Kingston
Where's Jack?
1969
as Ballad Singer
Doctor Who: The Space Pirates
1969
as Dom Issigri
Softly Softly: Task Force
1969
as Mr. Justice Ruddy
The Parachute
1968
as Helmut
The Winter's Tale
1968
as Camillo
The Champions
1968
as Minister
The Spies
1966
as General Loren
King of the River
1966
as Donner
Lord Raingo
1966
as Sid Jenkin
The Spy Who Came In from the Cold
1965
as Old Judge
Gideon's Way
1965
as Robson
Public Eye
1965
as Dr. Stowe
BBC Play of the Month
1965
as Helmut
The Troubleshooters
1965
as Foss
Thirty-Minute Theatre
1965
as President
Detective
1964
as Commodore Rupert Gill
Detective
1964
as Albert
Detective
1964
as Ernest Guppy
The Protectors
1964
as Pearce Kettner
Decision at Midnight
1963
as Peter Hauser
Festival
1963
as Chorus
Doctor Who
1963
as Dom Issigri
Z-Cars
1962
as Albert Wallace
The Saint
1962
as Antoine Louvois
Dr. Finlay's Casebook
1962
as Colonel Grahame
Dr. Finlay's Casebook
1962
as Hugh Armitage
A for Andromeda
1961
as Professor Ernest Reinhart
Peeping Tom
1960
as Arthur Baden
Sink the Bismarck!
1960
as Captain Leach - 'Prince of Wales'
An Age of Kings
1960
as Jack Cade
Sunday-Night Play
1960
as Harold P. Jackman
Danger Man
1960
as Baron
Barnaby Rudge
1960
as Dennis, the Hangman
Barnaby Rudge
1960
as Dennis
Interpol Calling
1959
as Von Schriber
The Third Man
1959
as Theodore Ratteau
Battle of the V-1
1958
as Stricker
The Invisible Man
1958
as Wilson
The Prince and the Showgirl
1957
as Hoffman
Nicholas Nickleby
1957
as Wackford Squeers. Sr
Sailor of Fortune
1957
as Oberon
Helen of Troy
1956
as High Priest
Armchair Theatre
1956
as Uncle Karl
The Count of Monte Cristo
1956
as Gustav
This Is Your Life
1955
as Self
The Steel Key
1953
as Prof. Newman
Full Circle
1953
Girdle of Gold
1952
as Evans the Milk
The River
1951
as The Father
Without Fear
1951
as Narrator (voice)
Gone to Earth
1950
as Abel Woodus
Sunday Night Theatre
1950
as Bubnov, a Capmaker
Sunday Night Theatre
1950
as Major Kartuschke, Legal Officer
Hamlet
1948
as Bernardo
The Red Shoes
1948
as Livy
Black Narcissus
1947
as The Old General
Uncle Silas
1947
as Dr. Bryerly
The End of the River
1947
as Dantos
Holiday Camp
1947
as Camp Announcer
A Canterbury Tale
1944
as Narrator / Seven-Sisters Soldier / Village Idiot
Henry V
1944
as Fluellen - Captain in the English Army
The Halfway House
1944
as David Davies
The Silver Fleet
1943
as Von Schiffer
This England
1941
as Vicar's Son
Contraband
1940
as Mr. Pidgeon
The Arsenal Stadium Mystery
1939
as Raille
Weddings Are Wonderful
1938
as Guy Rogers
What Men Live By
1938
as Michael
The Vicar of Bray
1937
as Dennis Melross
Black Roses
1936
as Pavo Collin
Pagliacci
1936
as Cadet Silvio
Crime Unlimited
1935
as Pete Borden
Dandy Dick
1935
as Tony Mardon
Someday
1935
as Curly Blake
Father and Son
1935
as Michael Bolton
The Blue Squadron
1934
as Captain Carlo Banti
Waltzes from Vienna
1934
as Johann Strauss, the Younger
Girls Will Be Boys
1934
as Geoffrey Dawson
The Bermondsey Kid
1933
as Eddie Martin
77 Park Lane
1931
as Philip Connor
Deadlock
1931
as John Tring
The Ringer
1931
as John Lenley
Romany Love
1931
as Davy Summers
The Blue Peter
1928
as Radio operator