1906-05-04 ( 118 years old ) in East Sheen, Surrey, England
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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Movies
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
1987-07-24
The Element of Crime
1984-05-14
A Voyage Round My Father
1984-04-19
Troilus & Cressida
1981-11-07
Antony & Cleopatra
1981-05-08
Drake's Venture
1980-12-28
Romeo and Juliet
1978-12-03
The Man in the Iron Mask
1977-07-17
Robin and Marian
1976-03-11
Yellow Dog
1973-08-11
The Boy Who Turned Yellow
1972-09-16
Anne of the Thousand Days
1969-12-18
Doctor Who: The Space Pirates
1969-04-12
Where's Jack?
1969-04-01
The Winter's Tale
1968-05-27
The Parachute
1968-01-21
The Spy Who Came In from the Cold
1965-12-16
Decision at Midnight
1963-12-12
Peeping Tom
1960-05-16
Sink the Bismarck!
1960-02-11
Battle of the V-1
1958-01-01
The Prince and the Showgirl
1957-06-13
Helen of Troy
1956-01-26
Full Circle
1953-08-06
The Steel Key
1953-05-01
Girdle of Gold
1952-01-01
The River
1951-09-10
Gone to Earth
1950-11-06
Hamlet
1948-12-10
The Red Shoes
1948-09-06
The End of the River
1947-12-01
Uncle Silas
1947-10-08
Holiday Camp
1947-08-05
Black Narcissus
1947-05-26
Henry V
1944-11-24
A Canterbury Tale
1944-08-21
The Halfway House
1944-04-02
The Silver Fleet
1943-03-15
This England
1941-07-22
Contraband
1940-05-11
The Arsenal Stadium Mystery
1939-11-01
Weddings Are Wonderful
1938-10-04
What Men Live By
1938-09-01
The Vicar of Bray
1937-05-09
Black Roses
1936-12-13
Pagliacci
1936-12-11
Someday
1935-11-18
Crime Unlimited
1935-08-01
Dandy Dick
1935-03-01
Father and Son
1935-01-07
The Blue Squadron
1934-12-12
Girls Will Be Boys
1934-10-29
Waltzes from Vienna
1934-03-15
The Bermondsey Kid
1933-11-01
Deadlock
1931-09-04
77 Park Lane
1931-07-02
The Ringer
1931-03-31
Romany Love
1931-02-24
The Blue Peter
1928-09-01
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