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Esmond Knight

Personal Information

Known ForActing
GenderMale
Born / DiedMay 4, 1906 (Died at 81)
Zodiac Sign♉Taurus
Place of BirthEast Sheen, Surrey, England
Career Span1931 – 1987
Known Credits94 Titles
Official Links
ActingPopularity Score 1.2

Esmond Knight

Also known as:Esmond Penington KnightЭсмонд Найт
Total Works

94

49 movies • 45 shows

Avg Rating

6.8 / 10

across rated releases

Box Office

—

worldwide gross

Global Reach

#1

TMDB star index

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Esmond Knight, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Signature Roles & Milestones

Peeping Tom
7.4
Peeping Tom
1960•movie
as Arthur Baden
The Red Shoes
8.0
The Red Shoes
1948•movie
as Livy
Doctor Who
7.9
Doctor Who
1963•series
as Dom Issigri
Black Narcissus
7.5
Black Narcissus
1947•movie
as The Old General

Full Filmography & Credits

Showing 94 titles featuring Esmond Knight

Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
4.6

as Second Elder

Peeping Tom
7.4
Peeping Tom
1960•movie

as Arthur Baden

The Red Shoes
8.0
The Red Shoes
1948•movie

as Livy

Doctor Who
7.9
2 eps
Doctor Who
1963•series

as Dom Issigri

Black Narcissus
7.5
Black Narcissus
1947•movie

as The Old General

The Spy Who Came In from the Cold
7.1

as Old Judge

Hamlet
7.4
Hamlet
1948•movie

as Bernardo

Robin and Marian
6.3
Robin and Marian
1976•movie

as Old Defender

The Element of Crime
6.4

as Osborne

The Prince and the Showgirl
6.3

as Hoffman

I, Claudius
7.8
1 eps
I, Claudius
1976•series

as Domitius

Henry V
6.7
Henry V
1944•movie

as Fluellen - Captain in the English Army

Anne of the Thousand Days
7.2

as Kingston

The River
7.2
The River
1951•movie

as The Father

The Saint
7.4
1 eps
The Saint
1962•series

as Antoine Louvois

A Canterbury Tale
6.9
A Canterbury Tale
1944•movie

as Narrator / Seven-Sisters Soldier / Village Idiot

Sink the Bismarck!
6.9
Sink the Bismarck!
1960•movie

as Captain Leach - 'Prince of Wales'

The Man in the Iron Mask
6.4

as Armand

Helen of Troy
6.3
Helen of Troy
1956•movie

as High Priest

Waltzes from Vienna
5.4

as Johann Strauss, the Younger

Miss Marple: Sleeping Murder
7.4
2 eps

as Mr. Galbraith

Gone to Earth
6.2
Gone to Earth
1950•movie

as Abel Woodus

The Halfway House
6.5
The Halfway House
1944•movie

as David Davies

Danger Man
7.3
1 eps
Danger Man
1960•series

as Baron

The Champions
6.5
1 eps
The Champions
1968•series

as Minister

Contraband
7.1
Contraband
1940•movie

as Mr. Pidgeon

Elizabeth R
7.5
1 eps
Elizabeth R
1971•series

as Bishop de Quadra

Uncle Silas
5.9
Uncle Silas
1947•movie

as Dr. Bryerly

The Boy Who Turned Yellow
5.6

as Doctor

Fortunes of War
6.3
2 eps
Fortunes of War
1987•series

as Liversage

The Dark Avenger
6.9
The Dark Avenger
1955•movie

Role: Dialogue Coach

Holiday Camp
6.8
Holiday Camp
1947•movie

as Camp Announcer

The Arsenal Stadium Mystery
7.2

as Raille

The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
7.5
1 eps

as Captain Cutler

Supernatural
7.2
2 eps
Supernatural
1977•series

as Sir Charles

The Third Man
7.2
1 eps
The Third Man
1959•series

as Theodore Ratteau

King Lear
6.7
King Lear
1983•movie

as Old Man

Return of the Saint
7.0
1 eps
Return of the Saint
1978•series

as Paul Hanson

Fall of Eagles
7.0
1 eps
Fall of Eagles
1974•series

as General Ruzski

The Invisible Man
7.3
1 eps
The Invisible Man
1958•series

as Wilson

The Silver Fleet
6.4
The Silver Fleet
1943•movie

as Von Schiffer

This Is Your Life
6.7
1 eps
This Is Your Life
1955•series

as Self

BBC Play of the Month
5.2
1 eps

as Helmut

Thirty-Minute Theatre
4.2
1 eps

as President

Crime Unlimited
6.0
Crime Unlimited
1935•movie

as Pete Borden

A Voyage Round My Father
7.4

as Judge

Romeo and Juliet
7.6
Romeo and Juliet
1978•movie

as Old Capulet

Z-Cars
7.3
2 eps
Z-Cars
1962•series

as Albert Wallace

The Count of Monte Cristo
5.6
1 eps

as Gustav

The Steel Key
6.2
The Steel Key
1953•movie

as Prof. Newman

Doctor Who: The Space Pirates
5.2

as Dom Issigri

Public Eye
8.2
1 eps
Public Eye
1965•series

as Dr. Stowe

Armchair Theatre
6.0
1 eps
Armchair Theatre
1956•series

as Uncle Karl

The BBC Television Shakespeare
6.0
1 eps

as Old Capulet

Battle of the V-1
5.2
Battle of the V-1
1958•movie

as Stricker

Gideon's Way
7.0
1 eps
Gideon's Way
1965•series

as Robson

Yellow Dog
4.9
Yellow Dog
1973•movie

as Mundt

Dandy Dick
6.9
Dandy Dick
1935•movie

as Tony Mardon

This England
6.9
This England
1941•movie

as Vicar's Son

Girls Will Be Boys
5.8
Girls Will Be Boys
1934•movie

as Geoffrey Dawson

Girdle of Gold
8.2
Girdle of Gold
1952•movie

as Evans the Milk

Antony & Cleopatra
7.2
Antony & Cleopatra
1981•movie

as Lepidus

Drake's Venture
5.8
Drake's Venture
1980•movie

as John Dee

Interpol Calling
7.2
1 eps
Interpol Calling
1959•series

as Von Schriber

1990
6.5
1 eps
1990
1977•series

as Mitchell

An Age of Kings
5.2
1 eps
An Age of Kings
1960•series

as Jack Cade

A for Andromeda
5.5
7 eps
A for Andromeda
1961•series

as Professor Ernest Reinhart

Cousin Bette
4.0
2 eps
Cousin Bette
1971•series

as General Hulot

The Invisible Man
7.2
1 eps
The Invisible Man
1984•series

as Blind Man

Rebecca
7.5
1 eps
Rebecca
1979•series

as Coroner

Arthur of the Britons
8.0
1 eps

as Athel

The End of the River
6.3

as Dantos

Where's Jack?
7.5
Where's Jack?
1969•movie

as Ballad Singer

Wessex Tales
7.0
1 eps
Wessex Tales
1973•series

as Conjuror Trendle

The Troubleshooters
7.3
1 eps
The Troubleshooters
1965•series

as Foss

Dr. Finlay's Casebook
6.7
1 eps

as Colonel Grahame

New Scotland Yard
6.3
1 eps
New Scotland Yard
1972•series

as General Travers

Decision at Midnight
7.5

as Peter Hauser

Troilus & Cressida
8.0
Troilus & Cressida
1981•movie

as Priam

My Cousin Rachel
7.0
1 eps
My Cousin Rachel
1983•series

as Sam Bates

Sunday Night Theatre
3.5
1 eps

as Bubnov, a Capmaker

Churchill's People
5.0
1 eps
Churchill's People
1974•series

as Penda's Father

Softly Softly: Task Force
6.0
1 eps

as Mr. Justice Ruddy

The Winter's Tale
7.0
The Winter's Tale
1968•movie

as Camillo

Pagliacci
9.0
Pagliacci
1936•movie

as Cadet Silvio

77 Park Lane
77 Park Lane
1931•movie

as Philip Connor

Deadlock
7.0
Deadlock
1931•movie

as John Tring

Quiller
10.0
1 eps
Quiller
1975•series

as General Pickford

Detective
9.0
1 eps
Detective
1964•series

as Commodore Rupert Gill

Barnaby Rudge
5.0
1 eps
Barnaby Rudge
1960•series

as Dennis, the Hangman

The Protectors
8.0
1 eps
The Protectors
1964•series

as Pearce Kettner

The Parachute
The Parachute
1968•movie

as Helmut

Bedtime Stories
1 eps
Bedtime Stories
1974•series

as Vere Rawley

Sailor of Fortune
1 eps
Sailor of Fortune
1957•series

as Oberon