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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.
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Filmography
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Movies 56
TV Shows 33
self 1
Narrator 1
BBC - Heroes and Weapons of WWII (2004)
Fortunes of War (1987)
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987)
Miss Marple: Sleeping Murder (1987)
The Element of Crime (1984)
A Voyage Round My Father (1984)
My Cousin Rachel (1983)
Troilus & Cressida (1981)
Antony & Cleopatra (1981)
Romeo & Juliet (1978)
BBC Television Shakespeare (1978)
Return of the Saint (1978)
1990 (1977)
The Man in the Iron Mask (1977)
Supernatural (1977)
I, Claudius (1976)
Robin and Marian (1976)
Shades of Greene (1975)
Quiller (1975)
Bedtime Stories (1974)
Yellow Dog (1973)
The Boy Who Turned Yellow (1972)
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes (1971)
Cousin Bette (1971)
Elizabeth R (1971)
Anne of the Thousand Days (1969)
Doctor Who: The Space Pirates (1969)
Where's Jack? (1969)
The Champions (1968)
The Parachute (1968)
King of the River (1966)
Softly, Softly (1966)
The Spy Who Came in from the Cold (1965)
BBC Play of the Month (1965)
Thirty-Minute Theatre (1965)
Gideon's Way (1965)
Public Eye (1965)
Detective (1964)
The Protectors (1964)
Decision at Midnight (1963)
Festival (1963)
The Saint (1962)
Dr. Finlay's Casebook (1962)
Z-Cars (1962)
A for Andromeda (1961)
Barnaby Rudge (1960)
Peeping Tom (1960)
An Age of Kings (1960)
Sink the Bismarck! (1960)
Interpol Calling (1959)
Battle of the V-1 (1958)
Nicholas Nickleby (1957)
The Prince and the Showgirl (1957)
The Count of Monte Cristo (1956)
Helen of Troy (1956)
The Dark Avenger (1955)
The Steel Key (1953)
Girdle of Gold (1952)
The River (1951)
Gone to Earth (1950)
Hamlet (1948)
The Red Shoes (1948)
The End of the River (1947)
Uncle Silas (1947)
Holiday Camp (1947)
Black Narcissus (1947)
Henry V (1944)
A Canterbury Tale (1944)
The Halfway House (1944)
The Silver Fleet (1943)
This England (1941)
Contraband (1940)
The Arsenal Stadium Mystery (1939)
Weddings Are Wonderful (1938)
What Men Live By (1938)
The Vicar of Bray (1937)
Black Roses (1936)
Pagliacci (1936)
Crime Unlimited (1935)
Dandy Dick (1935)
The Blue Squadron (1934)
Girls Will Be Boys (1934)
Waltzes from Vienna (1934)
The Bermondsey Kid (1933)
Deadlock (1931)
77 Park Lane (1931)
The Ringer (1931)
Romany Love (1931)
The Blue Peter (1928)
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1906-05-04
Deathday1987-02-23 (80 years old)
Birth PlaceEast Sheen, United Kingdom
RelationshipsNora Swinburne (1946-01-01 - 1987-01-01)
ChildrenRosalind Knight
CitizenshipsUnited Kingdom
Also Known AsEsmond Penington Knight, Эсмонд Найт
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