Esmond Knight

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

98

Gender

Male

Birthday

1906-05-04

Day of death

1987-02-23 (80 years old)

Place of Birth

East Sheen, Surrey, England

Esmond Knight

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.

Known For

  • The Saint

    The Saint

  • BBC Play of the Month

    BBC Play of the Month

  • Someday

    Someday

  • Black Roses

    Black Roses

  • Return of the Saint

    Return of the Saint

  • Pagliacci

    Pagliacci

  • This England

    This England

  • I, Claudius

    I, Claudius

  • King Lear

    King Lear

  • Sunday Night Theatre

    Sunday Night Theatre

  • Crime Unlimited

    Crime Unlimited

  • Z-Cars

    Z-Cars

  • Public Eye

    Public Eye

  • The Champions

    The Champions

  • Helen of Troy

    Helen of Troy

  • The River

    The River

  • Softly, Softly

    Softly, Softly

  • The Count of Monte Cristo

    The Count of Monte Cristo

  • Festival

    Festival

  • This Is Your Life

    This Is Your Life

  • Sunday-Night Play

    Sunday-Night Play

  • Gideon's Way

    Gideon's Way

  • The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes

    The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes

  • Drake's Venture

    Drake's Venture

  • An Age of Kings

    An Age of Kings

  • Interpol Calling

    Interpol Calling

  • Where's Jack?

    Where's Jack?

  • Hamlet

    Hamlet

  • Uncle Silas

    Uncle Silas

  • 77 Park Lane

    77 Park Lane

  • Black Narcissus

    Black Narcissus

  • The Red Shoes

    The Red Shoes

  • Dr. Finlay's Casebook

    Dr. Finlay's Casebook

  • Superman IV: The Quest for Peace

    Superman IV: The Quest for Peace

  • Fall of Eagles

    Fall of Eagles

  • The Blue Peter

    The Blue Peter

  • A for Andromeda

    A for Andromeda

  • Detective

    Detective

  • Girls Will Be Boys

    Girls Will Be Boys

  • Churchill's People

    Churchill's People

  • Robin and Marian

    Robin and Marian

  • Elizabeth R

    Elizabeth R

  • King of the River

    King of the River

  • The Blue Squadron

    The Blue Squadron

  • Peeping Tom

    Peeping Tom

  • Troilus & Cressida

    Troilus & Cressida

  • Sink the Bismarck!

    Sink the Bismarck!

  • Henry V

    Henry V

  • Quiller

    Quiller

  • Fortunes of War

    Fortunes of War

  • The Element of Crime

    The Element of Crime

  • Cousin Bette

    Cousin Bette

  • Cousin Bette

    Cousin Bette

  • Dandy Dick

    Dandy Dick

  • 1990

    1990

  • Supernatural

    Supernatural

  • The Spy Who Came In from the Cold

    The Spy Who Came In from the Cold

  • Anne of the Thousand Days

    Anne of the Thousand Days

  • The Prince and the Showgirl

    The Prince and the Showgirl

  • The Man in the Iron Mask

    The Man in the Iron Mask

  • Wessex Tales

    Wessex Tales

  • Barnaby Rudge

    Barnaby Rudge

  • The Spies

    The Spies

  • The Invisible Man

    The Invisible Man

  • Full Circle

    Full Circle

  • Rebecca

    Rebecca

  • My Cousin Rachel

    My Cousin Rachel

  • Waltzes from Vienna

    Waltzes from Vienna

  • Bedtime Stories

    Bedtime Stories

  • The Silver Fleet

    The Silver Fleet

  • Yellow Dog

    Yellow Dog

  • Gone to Earth

    Gone to Earth

  • A Canterbury Tale

    A Canterbury Tale

  • Romeo and Juliet

    Romeo and Juliet

  • Doctor Who: The Space Pirates

    Doctor Who: The Space Pirates

  • Romany Love

    Romany Love

  • Nicholas Nickleby

    Nicholas Nickleby

  • Holiday Camp

    Holiday Camp

  • The Parachute

    The Parachute

  • Contraband

    Contraband

  • The Winter's Tale

    The Winter's Tale

  • The Halfway House

    The Halfway House

  • Battle of the V-1

    Battle of the V-1

  • The Boy Who Turned Yellow

    The Boy Who Turned Yellow

  • The Steel Key

    The Steel Key

  • The End of the River

    The End of the River

  • A Voyage Round My Father

    A Voyage Round My Father

  • The Vicar of Bray

    The Vicar of Bray

  • The Ringer

    The Ringer

  • The Arsenal Stadium Mystery

    The Arsenal Stadium Mystery

  • Antony & Cleopatra

    Antony & Cleopatra

  • Decision at Midnight

    Decision at Midnight

  • Girdle of Gold

    Girdle of Gold

  • Deadlock

    Deadlock

  • The Bermondsey Kid

    The Bermondsey Kid

  • What Men Live By

    What Men Live By

  • Father and Son

    Father and Son

  • Weddings Are Wonderful

    Weddings Are Wonderful