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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!
The roles that explain the career.
36 credits across 1 departments.
| Year | Title | Role | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | A Voyage Round My Father | Judge | Film |
| 1984 | The Element of Crime | Osborne | Film |
| 1983 | King Lear | Old Man | Film |
| 1981 | Troilus & Cressida | Priam | Film |
| 1981 | Antony & Cleopatra | Lepidus | Film |
| 1978 | Romeo and Juliet | Old Capulet | Film |
| 1977 | The Man in the Iron Mask | Armand | Film |
| 1976 | Robin and Marian | Old Defender | Film |
| 1969 | Anne of the Thousand Days | Kingston | Film |
| 1969 | Where's Jack? | Ballad Singer | Film |
| 1966 | Lord Raingo | Sid Jenkin | TV |
| 1965 | The Spy Who Came In from the Cold | Old Judge | Film |
| 1961 | A for Andromeda | Professor Ernest Reinhart | TV |
| 1960 | Sink the Bismarck! | Captain Leach - 'Prince of Wales' | Film |
| 1960 | Peeping Tom | Arthur Baden | Film |
| 1958 | Battle of the V-1 | Stricker | Film |
| 1957 | The Prince and the Showgirl | Hoffman | Film |
| 1956 | Helen of Troy | High Priest | Film |
| 1951 | The River | The Father | Film |
| 1950 | Gone to Earth | Abel Woodus | Film |
| 1948 | The Red Shoes | Livy | Film |
| 1948 | Hamlet | Bernardo | Film |
| 1947 | Uncle Silas | Dr. Bryerly | Film |
| 1947 | Black Narcissus | The Old General | Film |
| 1947 | Holiday Camp | Camp Announcer | Film |
| 1944 | A Canterbury Tale | Narrator / Seven-Sisters Soldier / Village Idiot | Film |
| 1944 | Henry V | Fluellen - Captain in the English Army | Film |
| 1944 | The Halfway House | David Davies | Film |
| 1943 | The Silver Fleet | Von Schiffer | Film |
| 1940 | Contraband | Mr. Pidgeon | Film |
| 1939 | The Arsenal Stadium Mystery | Raille | Film |
| 1938 | What Men Live By | Michael | Film |
| 1936 | Black Roses | Pavo Collin | Film |
| 1935 | Crime Unlimited | Pete Borden | Film |
| 1935 | Dandy Dick | Tony Mardon | Film |
| 1934 | Waltzes from Vienna | Johann Strauss, the Younger | Film |
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