Esmond Knight
Actor
- Born
- May 4, 1906
- Died
- February 23, 1987 (age 80)
- From
- 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…
Filmography (61)
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987)Second Elder
The Element of Crime (1984)Osborne
A Voyage Round My Father (1984)Judge
King Lear (1983)Old Man
Troilus & Cressida (1981)Priam
Antony & Cleopatra (1981)Lepidus
Drake's Venture (1980)John Dee
Romeo and Juliet (1978)Old Capulet
The Man in the Iron Mask (1977)Armand
Robin and Marian (1976)Old Defender
Yellow Dog (1973)Mundt
The Boy Who Turned Yellow (1972)Doctor
Anne of the Thousand Days (1969)Kingston
Doctor Who: The Space Pirates (1969)Dom Issigri
Where's Jack? (1969)Ballad Singer
The Winter's Tale (1968)Camillo
The Parachute (1968)Helmut
The Spy Who Came In from the Cold (1965)Old Judge
Decision at Midnight (1963)Peter Hauser
Peeping Tom (1960)Arthur Baden
Sink the Bismarck! (1960)Captain Leach - 'Prince of Wales'
Battle of the V-1 (1958)Stricker
The Prince and the Showgirl (1957)Hoffman
Helen of Troy (1956)High Priest- Full CircleFull Circle (1953)
The Steel Key (1953)Prof. Newman
Girdle of Gold (1952)Evans the Milk
The River (1951)The Father- Without FearWithout Fear (1951)Narrator (voice)
Gone to Earth (1950)Abel Woodus