Esmond Knight

Works
Actor (17),
Birthday
1906-05-04

Esmond Knight - known for his work in such projectsAdvice for working with the Map of emotions: «The Red Shoes» (1948), «Black Narcissus» (1947), «Peeping Tom» (1960), «Superman IV: The Quest for Peace» (1987), «Robin and Marian» (1976),

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.

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The most significant works of Esmond Knight

The Element of Crime (1984)
Character: Osborne - Leading
Robin and Marian (1976)
Character: Old Defender
Peeping Tom (1960)
Character: Arthur Baden
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987)
Character: Second Elder
Black Narcissus
Black Narcissus (1947)
Character: The Old General
Sink the Bismarck! (1960)
Character: Captain Leach - 'Prince of Wales'
The Red Shoes
The Red Shoes (1948)
Character: Livy
Anne of the Thousand Days (1969)
Character: Kingston


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