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Born:
1906-05-04
Birthplace:
East Sheen, Surrey, England
Credits:
99 Total Roles
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 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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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.
Known For
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
Second Elder
Peeping Tom
Arthur Baden
The Red Shoes
Livy
Black Narcissus
The Old General
The Spy Who Came In from the Cold
Old Judge
Hamlet
Bernardo
Robin and Marian
Old Defender
The Element of Crime
Osborne
Full Filmography
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1987 | Fortunes of War TV | Liversage |
| 1987 | Superman IV: The Quest for Peace MOVIE | Second Elder |
| 1984 | The Invisible Man TV | Blind Man |
| 1984 | The Element of Crime MOVIE | Osborne |
| 1984 | A Voyage Round My Father MOVIE | Judge |
| 1983 | King Lear MOVIE | Old Man |
| 1983 | My Cousin Rachel TV | Sam Bates |
| 1981 | Troilus & Cressida MOVIE | Priam |
| 1981 | Antony & Cleopatra MOVIE | Lepidus |
| 1980 | Drake's Venture MOVIE | John Dee |