Esmond Knight
ActingBorn
May 4, 1906
Died
February 23, 1987
Place of Birth
East Sheen, Surrey, England
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 y…
Known For
Filmography
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
1987
The Element of Crime
1984
A Voyage Round My Father
1984
King Lear
1983
Troilus & Cressida
1981
Antony & Cleopatra
1981
Drake's Venture
1980
Romeo and Juliet
1978
The Man in the Iron Mask
1977
Robin and Marian
1976
Yellow Dog
1973
The Boy Who Turned Yellow
1972
Anne of the Thousand Days
1969
Doctor Who: The Space Pirates
1969
Where's Jack?
1969
The Winter's Tale
1968
The Parachute
1968
The Spy Who Came In from the Cold
1965
Decision at Midnight
1963
Peeping Tom
1960
Sink the Bismarck!
1960
Battle of the V-1
1958
The Prince and the Showgirl
1957
Helen of Troy
1956
Full Circle
1953
The Steel Key
1953
Girdle of Gold
1952
The River
1951
Without Fear
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
Someday
1935
Crime Unlimited
1935
Dandy Dick
1935
Father and Son
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
Fortunes of War
1987
Miss Marple: Sleeping Murder
1987
Miss Marple
1984
The Invisible Man
1984
My Cousin Rachel
1983
Rebecca
1979
Return of the Saint
1978
1990
1977
Supernatural
1977
I, Claudius
1976
Quiller
1975
Churchill's People
1974
Fall of Eagles
1974
Bedtime Stories
1974
Wessex Tales
1973
Arthur of the Britons
1972
New Scotland Yard
1972
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
1971
Cousin Bette
1971
Cousin Bette
1971
Elizabeth R
1971
Softly Softly: Task Force
1969
The Champions
1968
King of the River
1966
The Spies
1966
BBC Play of the Month
1965
Thirty-Minute Theatre
1965
The Troubleshooters
1965
Gideon's Way
1965
Public Eye
1965
Detective
1964
Detective
1964
Detective
1964
The Protectors
1964
Doctor Who
1963
Festival
1963
The Saint
1962
Dr. Finlay's Casebook
1962
Dr. Finlay's Casebook
1962
Z-Cars
1962
A for Andromeda
1961
Barnaby Rudge
1960
Barnaby Rudge
1960
Sunday-Night Play
1960
Danger Man
1960
An Age of Kings
1960
The Third Man
1959
Interpol Calling
1959
The Invisible Man
1958
Nicholas Nickleby
1957
Armchair Theatre
1956
The Count of Monte Cristo
1956
This Is Your Life
1955
Sunday Night Theatre
1950
Sunday Night Theatre
1950