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