Esmond Knight

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Esmond Penington Knight was an English actor. He had a successful stage and film career before World War II. For much of his later career Knight was half 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.

Birth Name

Esmond Penington Knight

Born

Friday, 04 May 1906

Died

Monday, 23 February 1987

Actor Filmography

Title	Character	Year

Miss Marple: Sleeping Murder	Mr. Galbraith	1988
Fortunes of War	Liversage	1987
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace	2nd Elder	1987
Miss Marple: The Body in the Library		1984
The Element of Crime	Osborne	1984
King Lear	Old Man	1983
A Voyage Round My Father	Judge	1982
Rebecca	Coroner	1979
Romeo & Juliet	Old Capulet	1978
Return of the Saint	Paul Hanson	1978

(see additional filmography)

Actor Filmography

Title	Character	Year

Miss Marple: Sleeping Murder	Mr. Galbraith	1988
Fortunes of War	Liversage	1987
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace	2nd Elder	1987
Miss Marple: The Body in the Library		1984
The Element of Crime	Osborne	1984
King Lear	Old Man	1983
A Voyage Round My Father	Judge	1982
Rebecca	Coroner	1979
Romeo & Juliet	Old Capulet	1978
Return of the Saint	Paul Hanson	1978
1990	Mitchell	1977
Supernatural	Sir Charles	1977
The Man In The Iron Mask	Armand	1977
I, Claudius	Domitius	1976
Robin and Marian	Old Defender	1976
Ballet Shoes	Great Uncle Matthew	1975
Quiller	General Pickford	1975
Fall of Eagles	General Ruzski	1974
Wessex Tales	Conjuror Trendle	1973
The Boy Who Turned Yellow	Doctor	1972
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes	Captain Cutler	1971
Cousin Bette	General Hulot, Marshal Hulot	1971
Elizabeth R	Bishop de Quadra	1971
Anne Of The Thousand Days	Kingston	1969
Where's Jack?	Ballad Singer	1969
The Champions	Minister	1968
The Winter's Tale	Camillo	1967
King of the River	Donner	1966
The Rat Catchers	Father Demetrios	1966
The Spies	General Loren	1966
BBC Play of the Month	Helmut	1965
Thirty-Minute Theatre	President	1965
Mogul	Foss	1965
The Spy Who Came in from the Cold	Old Judge	1965
Decision at Midnight	Peter Hauser	1965
Public Eye	Dr. Stowe	1965
Gideon C.I.D.	Robson	1964
Doctor Who	Dom Issigri	1963
The Saint	Antoine Louvois	1962
Dr. Finlay's Casebook	Colonel Grahame, Hugh Armitage	1962
A for Andromeda	Professor Ernest Reinhart	1961
Danger Man	Baron	1960
Peeping Tom	Arthur Baden	1960
Sink the Bismarck !	Captain John Leech - HMS Prince of Wales	1960
Interpol Calling	Von Schriber	1959
Our Mutual Friend	Silas Wegg	1958
The Invisible Man	Wilson	1958
Missiles from Hell	Stricker	1958
O.S.S.	Emil, General Latour	1957
The Prince and the Showgirl	Hoffman	1957
Armchair Theatre	Uncle Karl	1956
The Count of Monte Cristo	Gustav	1956
Helen Of Troy	High Priest	1956
Richard III	Ratcliffe	1955
This Is Your Life	Himself	1955
The Wild Heart	Abel Woodus	1952
Broadway Television Theatre	Duke of Florence	1952
The River	The Father	1951
Gone to Earth	Abel Woodus	1950
The Red Shoes	Livy	1948
Hamlet	Bernardo	1948
The End of the River	Dantos	1947
The Inheritance	Dr. Bryerly	1947
Holiday Camp	Camp Announcer	1947
Black Narcissus	The Old General	1947
Henry V	Fluellen - Captain in the English Army	1944
A Canterbury Tale	Village Idiot	1944
The Halfway House	David Davies	1944
The Silver Fleet	von Schiffer	1943
This England	Vicar's Son	1941
Fingers	Sid Harris	1941
Blackout	Mr. Pidgeon	1940
The Arsenal Stadium Mystery	Raille - Trojan Team Member	1939
Weddings Are Wonderful	Guy Rogers	1938
The Vicar of Bray	Dennis Melross	1937
A Clown Must Laugh	Cadet Silvio	1936
Black Roses	Pavo Collin	1936
Someday	Curley Blake	1935
Crime Unlimited	Pete Borden	1935
Dandy Dick	Tony Mardon	1935
Girls Will Be Boys	Geoffrey Dawson	1935
Father and Son	Michael Bolton	1935
The Blue Squadron	Captain Carlo Banti	1934
Strauss' Great Waltz	Johann Strauss, the Younger	1934
The Bermondsey Kid	Eddie Martin	1933
77 Park Lane	Philip Connor	1931