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