Esmond Knight

Esmond Knight

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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Stage Name: Esmond Knight

Peran: Acting

Reputasi: 0.2261

Jenis Kelamin: Laki-laki

Tanggal Lahir: 1906-05-04

Lokasi Lahir: East Sheen, Surrey, England

Riwayat Perfilman

1987

Fortunes of War

Liversage

1983

My Cousin Rachel

Sam Bates

1980

Drake's Venture

John Dee

1978

Romeo and Juliet

Old Capulet

1978

Return of the Saint

Paul Hanson

1977

1990

1976

Robin and Marian

Old Defender

1975

Quiller

General Pickford

1974

Bedtime Stories

Vere Rawley

1973

Yellow Dog

Mundt

1971

Cousin Bette

General Hulot

1971

Elizabeth R

Bishop de Quadra

1969

Where's Jack?

Ballad Singer

1968

The Champions

Minister

1968

The Winter's Tale

Camillo

1968

The Parachute

Helmut

1965

Gideon's Way

Robson

1965

Public Eye

Dr. Stowe

1963

Festival

Chorus

1962

The Saint

Antoine Louvois

1961

A for Andromeda

Professor Ernest Reinhart

1960

Peeping Tom

Arthur Baden

1960

Sink the Bismarck!

Captain Leach - 'Prince of Wales'

1959

Interpol Calling

Von Schriber

1958

Battle of the V-1

Stricker

1956

Helen of Troy

High Priest

1953

The Steel Key

Prof. Newman

1952

Girdle of Gold

Evans the Milk

1951

The River

The Father

1950

Gone to Earth

Abel Woodus

1948

Hamlet

Bernardo

1948

The Red Shoes

Livy

1947

Uncle Silas

Dr. Bryerly

1947

Holiday Camp

Camp Announcer

1947

Black Narcissus

The Old General

1944

Henry V

Fluellen - Captain in the English Army

1944

A Canterbury Tale

Narrator / Seven-Sisters Soldier / Village Idiot

1944

The Halfway House

David Davies

1943

The Silver Fleet

Von Schiffer

1941

This England

Vicar's Son

1940

Contraband

Mr. Pidgeon

1938

Weddings Are Wonderful

Guy Rogers

1938

What Men Live By

Michael

1937

The Vicar of Bray

Dennis Melross

1936

Black Roses

Pavo Collin

1936

Pagliacci

Cadet Silvio

1935

Someday

Curly Blake

1935

Crime Unlimited

Pete Borden

1935

Dandy Dick

Tony Mardon

1935

Father and Son

Michael Bolton

1934

Girls Will Be Boys

Geoffrey Dawson

1934

Waltzes from Vienna

Johann Strauss, the Younger

1933

The Bermondsey Kid

Eddie Martin

1931

Deadlock

John Tring

1931

77 Park Lane

Philip Connor

1931

The Ringer

John Lenley

1931

Romany Love

Davy Summers

1928

The Blue Peter

Radio operator