Acting credits
77
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Esmond Knight
Acting
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Movies: 48Series: 30Crew credits: 1
TMDB ID: 56875
IMDb ID: nm0460874
Known for: Acting
Born: May 4, 1906
Died: February 23, 1987
Age: 80
Place of birth: East Sheen, Surrey, England
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1931 - 1987
Years active: 57
Average TMDB rating: 6.76
Wikidata: Q462314
Also known as
Esmond Penington Knight • Эсмонд Найт
Other jobs
Dialogue Coach (1)
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.
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Movies
Movie credits linked with Esmond Knight.
4.6
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
as Second Elder
1987 Movie
6.3
The Element of Crime
as Osborne
1984 Movie
7.6
A Voyage Round My Father
as Judge
1984 Movie
6.5
King Lear
as Old Man
1983 Movie
8.0
Troilus & Cressida
as Priam
1981 Movie
6.3
Antony & Cleopatra
as Lepidus
1981 Movie
5.3
Drake's Venture
as John Dee
1980 Movie
7.3
Romeo and Juliet
as Old Capulet
1978 Movie
6.3
The Man in the Iron Mask
as Armand
1977 Movie
6.3
Robin and Marian
as Old Defender
1976 Movie
4.2
Yellow Dog
as Mundt
1973 Movie
5.4
The Boy Who Turned Yellow
as Doctor
1972 Movie
7.1
Anne of the Thousand Days
as Kingston
1969 Movie
5.2
Doctor Who: The Space Pirates
as Dom Issigri
1969 Movie
7.2
Where's Jack?
as Ballad Singer
1969 Movie
The Winter's Tale
as Camillo
1968 Movie
The Parachute
as Helmut
1968 Movie
7.1
The Spy Who Came In from the Cold
as Old Judge
1965 Movie
7.4
Peeping Tom
as Arthur Baden
1960 Movie
6.9
Sink the Bismarck!
as Captain Leach - 'Prince of Wales'
1960 Movie
4.5
Battle of the V-1
as Stricker
1958 Movie
6.4
The Prince and the Showgirl
as Hoffman
1957 Movie
6.3
Helen of Troy
as High Priest
1956 Movie
6.0
The Dark Avenger
Dialogue Coach
1955 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Esmond Knight.
6.1
Fortunes of War
as Liversage • 2 eps
1987 Series
7.0
The Invisible Man
as Blind Man • 1 eps
1984 Series
6.0
My Cousin Rachel
as Sam Bates • 1 eps
1983 Series
7.7
Rebecca
as Coroner • 1 eps
1979 Series
7.0
Return of the Saint
as Paul Hanson • 1 eps
1978 Series
6.0
1990
1 eps
1977 Series
7.0
Supernatural
as Sir Charles • 2 eps
1977 Series
7.8
I, Claudius
as Domitius • 1 eps
1976 Series
1.0
Churchill's People
as Penda's Father • 1 eps
1974 Series
6.9
Fall of Eagles
as General Ruzski • 1 eps
1974 Series
6.0
Wessex Tales
as Conjuror Trendle • 1 eps
1973 Series
7.4
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
as Captain Cutler • 1 eps
1971 Series
2.7
Cousin Bette
as General Hulot • 2 eps
1971 Series
7.4
Elizabeth R
as Bishop de Quadra • 1 eps
1971 Series
6.2
The Champions
as Minister • 1 eps
1968 Series
5.0
Softly, Softly
1 eps
1966 Series
5.0
BBC Play of the Month
as Helmut • 1 eps
1965 Series
6.8
Gideon's Way
as Robson • 1 eps
1965 Series
7.8
Public Eye
as Dr. Stowe • 1 eps
1965 Series
Detective
1 eps
1964 Series
7.4
The Saint
as Antoine Louvois • 1 eps
1962 Series
6.0
Dr. Finlay's Casebook
1 eps
1962 Series
7.0
Z-Cars
1 eps
1962 Series
5.0
A for Andromeda
as Professor Ernest Reinhart • 7 eps
1961 Series