Esmond Knight
Acting
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.
A Canterbury Tale
as Narrator / Seven-Sisters Soldier / Village Idiot
Age 38 (now 80)
The Spy Who Came In from the Cold
as Old Judge
Age 59 (now 80)
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
as Second Elder
Age 81 (now 80)
The Spy Who Came In from the Cold
as Old Judge
Age 59 (now 80)
A Canterbury Tale
as Narrator / Seven-Sisters Soldier / Village Idiot
Age 38 (now 80)
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
as Captain Cutler
Age 65 (now 80)
Softly Softly: Task Force
as Mr. Justice Ruddy
Age 63 (now 80)
Sunday Night Theatre
as Major Kartuschke, Legal Officer
Age 43 (now 80)Gathering insights...
Also Known As
Esmond Penington Knight, Эсмонд Найт
IMDB
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