1906-05-04 East Sheen, Surrey, England
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.
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Superman IV: The Quest for Peace | Second Elder | 1987-07-24 |
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Forbrydelsens element | Osborne | 1984-05-14 |
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A Voyage Round My Father | Judge | 1984-04-19 |
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King Lear | Old Man | 1983-04-03 |
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Antony & Cleopatra | Lepidus | 1981-05-08 |
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Troilus & Cressida | Priam | 1981-11-07 |
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Drake's Venture | John Dee | 1980-12-28 |
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Romeo and Juliet | Old Capulet | 1978-12-03 |
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The Man in the Iron Mask | Armand | 1977-07-17 |
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Robin and Marian | Old Defender | 1976-03-11 |
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Yellow Dog | Mundt | 1973-08-11 |
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The Boy Who Turned Yellow | Doctor | 1972-09-16 |
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Where's Jack? | Ballad Singer | 1969-04-01 |
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Doctor Who: The Space Pirates | Dom Issigri | 1969-04-12 |
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Anne of the Thousand Days | Kingston | 1969-12-18 |
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The Parachute | Helmut | 1968-01-21 |
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The Winter's Tale | Camillo | 1968-05-27 |
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The Spy Who Came In from the Cold | Old Judge | 1965-12-16 |
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Decision at Midnight | 1963-12-12 | |
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Peeping Tom | Arthur Baden | 1960-05-16 |
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Sink the Bismarck! | Captain Leach - 'Prince of Wales' | 1960-02-11 |
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Battle of the V-1 | Stricker | 1958-01-01 |
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The Prince and the Showgirl | Hoffman | 1957-06-13 |
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Helen of Troy | High Priest | 1956-01-26 |
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The Steel Key | Prof. Newman | 1953-05-01 |
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Full Circle | 1953-08-06 | |
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Girdle of Gold | Evans the Milk | 1952-01-01 |
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The River | The Father | 1951-09-10 |
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Gone to Earth | Abel Woodus | 1950-11-06 |
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Hamlet | Bernardo | 1948-12-10 |
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The Red Shoes | Livy | 1948-09-06 |
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Uncle Silas | Dr. Bryerly | 1947-10-08 |
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Holiday Camp | Camp Announcer | 1947-08-05 |
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The End of the River | Dantos | 1947-12-01 |
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Black Narcissus | The Old General | 1947-05-26 |
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The Chronicle History of King Henry the Fifth with His Battell Fought at Agincourt in France | Fluellen - Captain in the English Army | 1944-11-24 |
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The Halfway House | David Davies | 1944-04-02 |
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A Canterbury Tale | Narrator / Seven-Sisters Soldier / Village Idiot | 1944-08-21 |
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The Silver Fleet | Von Schiffer | 1943-03-15 |
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This England | Vicar's Son | 1941-07-22 |
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Contraband | Mr. Pidgeon | 1940-05-11 |
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The Arsenal Stadium Mystery | Raille | 1939-11-01 |
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What Men Live By | Michael | 1938-09-01 |
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Weddings Are Wonderful | Guy Rogers | 1938-10-04 |
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The Vicar of Bray | Dennis Melross | 1937-05-09 |
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Pagliacci | Cadet Silvio | 1936-12-11 |
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Black Roses | Pavo Collin | 1936-12-13 |
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Someday | Curly Blake | 1935-11-18 |
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Dandy Dick | Tony Mardon | 1935-03-01 |
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Crime Unlimited | Pete Borden | 1935-08-01 |
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Father and Son | Michael Bolton | 1935-01-07 |
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The Blue Squadron | 1934-12-12 | |
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Girls Will Be Boys | Geoffrey Dawson | 1934-10-29 |
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Waltzes from Vienna | Johann Strauss, the Younger | 1934-03-15 |
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The Bermondsey Kid | Eddie Martin | 1933-11-01 |
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77 Park Lane | Philip Connor | 1931-07-02 |
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Deadlock | John Tring | 1931-09-04 |
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The Ringer | John Lenley | 1931-03-31 |
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Romany Love | Davy Summers | 1931-02-24 |
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The Blue Peter | Radio operator | 1928-09-01 |
