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Esmond Knight

Esmond Knight
  • Name: Esmond Knight
  • Birthday: 1906-05-04
  • Also known as: Esmond Penington Knight,Эсмонд Найт
  • Place of birth: East Sheen, Surrey, England
  • Popularity: 0.119
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... Read More

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Title Release date
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