Esmond Knight

Esmond Knight

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Esmond Knight, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For: Acting
Birthday: 1906-05-04
Place of Birth: East Sheen, Surrey, England
Also Known As: Esmond Penington Knight, Эсмонд Найт

Movies List of Esmond Knight

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Peeping Tom

1960 Movie
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Hamlet

1948 Movie
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The Element of Crime

1984 Movie
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Decision at Midnight

1963 Movie
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Crime Unlimited

1935 Movie
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The Parachute

1968 Movie
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The River

1951 Movie
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Black Narcissus

1947 Movie
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Sink the Bismarck!

1960 Movie
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The Red Shoes

1948 Movie
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The Blue Squadron

1934 Movie
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Waltzes from Vienna

1934 Movie
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Uncle Silas

1947 Movie
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Gone to Earth

1950 Movie
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Contraband

1940 Movie
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The Silver Fleet

1943 Movie
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Yellow Dog

1973 Movie
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Dandy Dick

1935 Movie
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Black Roses

1936 Movie
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The Vicar of Bray

1937 Movie
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This England

1941 Movie
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The End of the River

1947 Movie
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Holiday Camp

1947 Movie
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Girls Will Be Boys

1934 Movie
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A Canterbury Tale

1944 Movie
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Girdle of Gold

1952 Movie
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The Winter's Tale

1968 Movie
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Pagliacci

1936 Movie
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The Bermondsey Kid

1933 Movie
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Battle of the V-1

1958 Movie
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Henry V

1944 Movie
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Where's Jack?

1969 Movie
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Someday

1935 Movie
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Father and Son

1935 Movie
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The Halfway House

1944 Movie
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The Blue Peter

1928 Movie
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Troilus & Cressida

1981 Movie
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77 Park Lane

1931 Movie
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Deadlock

1931 Movie
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The Ringer

1931 Movie
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Romany Love

1931 Movie
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What Men Live By

1938 Movie
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Romeo & Juliet

1978 Movie
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Robin and Marian

1976 Movie
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Helen of Troy

1956 Movie
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Antony & Cleopatra

1981 Movie
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The Steel Key

1953 Movie