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.
Acted in 92
1980s
- 1987
Miss Marple: Sleeping Murder
Mr. Galbraith · 2 episodes
- 1985
Blott on the Landscape
Sir Francis Puckerington · 3 episodes
- 1984
The Invisible Man
Blind Man · 1 episode
A Voyage Round My Father
Judge
- 1983
King Lear
Old Man
My Cousin Rachel
Sam Bates · 1 episode
- 1981
Troilus & Cressida
Priam
Antony & Cleopatra
Lepidus
- 1980
Drake's Venture
John Dee
1970s
- 1979
Rebecca
Coroner · 1 episode
- 1978
Romeo and Juliet
Old Capulet
- 1977
1990
Mitchell · 1 episode
Supernatural
Sir Charles · 2 episodes
- 1976
- 1975
Quiller
General Pickford · 1 episode
- 1974
Bedtime Stories
Vere Rawley · 1 episode
- 1973
Wessex Tales
Conjuror Trendle · 1 episode
Yellow Dog
Mundt
- 1972
Arthur of the Britons
Athel · 1 episode
The Boy Who Turned Yellow
Doctor
- 1971
Cousin Bette
General Hulot, Marshal Hulot · 2 episodes
1960s
- 1969
Doctor Who: The Space Pirates
Dom Issigri
Where's Jack?
Ballad Singer
- 1968
The Winter's Tale
Camillo
The Parachute
Helmut
- 1965
- 1964
The Protectors
Pearce Kettner · 1 episode
- 1963
Decision at Midnight
Peter Hauser
- 1962
- 1961
A for Andromeda
Professor Ernest Reinhart · 7 episodes
- 1960
Barnaby Rudge
Dennis, the Hangman · 1 episode
1950s
- 1959
- 1958
The Invisible Man
Wilson · 1 episode
Battle of the V-1
Stricker
- 1957
The Prince and the Showgirl
Hoffman
Sailor of Fortune
Oberon · 1 episode
- 1956
Armchair Theatre
Uncle Karl · 1 episode
- 1953
The Steel Key
Prof. Newman
- 1952
Girdle of Gold
Evans the Milk
- 1951
- 1950
Gone to Earth
Abel Woodus
1940s
- 1948
- 1947
The End of the River
Dantos
Uncle Silas
Dr. Bryerly
Holiday Camp
Camp Announcer
- 1944
The Halfway House
David Davies
- 1943
The Silver Fleet
Von Schiffer
- 1941
This England
Vicar's Son
- 1940
Contraband
Mr. Pidgeon
1930s
- 1939
The Arsenal Stadium Mystery
Raille
- 1936
Pagliacci
Cadet Silvio
- 1935
Crime Unlimited
Pete Borden
Dandy Dick
Tony Mardon
- 1934
Girls Will Be Boys
Geoffrey Dawson
Waltzes from Vienna
Johann Strauss, the Younger
- 1931
Deadlock
John Tring
77 Park Lane
Philip Connor
Other crew 1
1950s
- 1955
The Dark Avenger
Dialogue Coach
