Esmond Knight
Actor
- Born
- May 4, 1906 · East Sheen, Surrey, England
- Died
- February 23, 1987 (age 80)
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.
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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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Known for
Acting61
- 1987Superman IV: The Quest for Peace as Second Elder
- 1984The Element of Crime as Osborne
- 1984A Voyage Round My Father as Judge
- 1983King Lear as Old Man
- 1981Troilus & Cressida as Priam
- 1981Antony & Cleopatra as Lepidus
- 1980Drake's Venture as John Dee
- 1978Romeo and Juliet as Old Capulet
- 1977The Man in the Iron Mask as Armand
- 1976Robin and Marian
