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 a
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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Born
May 04, 1906
East Sheen, Surrey, England
Died
Feb 23, 1987
Known For
Acting
Movies
61 acting
1 crew
Popularity
0.9
Known For
The Red Shoes
1948
as Livy
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
1987
as Second Elder
Peeping Tom
1960
as Arthur Baden
Black Narcissus
1947
as The Old General
The Spy Who Came In from the Cold
1965
as Old Judge
Robin and Marian
1976
as Old Defender
Anne of the Thousand Days
1969
as Kingston
Sink the Bismarck!
1960
as Captain Leach - 'Prince of Wales'
Henry V
1944
as Fluellen - Captain in the English Army
The Prince and the Showgirl
1957
as Hoffman
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