
Esmond Knight
Biography
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.
Filmografi
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace1987 · Second Elder
Helen of Troy1956 · High Priest
The Red Shoes1948 · Livy
The River1951 · The Father
Henry V1944 · Fluellen - Captain in the English Army
Peeping Tom1960 · Arthur Baden
The Spy Who Came In from the Cold1965 · Old Judge
This England1941 · Vicar's Son
Crime Unlimited1935 · Pete Borden
Black Narcissus1947 · The Old General
Robin and Marian1976 · Old Defender
Sink the Bismarck!1960 · Captain Leach - 'Prince of Wales'
Hamlet1948 · Bernardo
The Element of Crime1984 · Osborne
Anne of the Thousand Days1969 · Kingston
The Man in the Iron Mask1977 · Armand
The Prince and the Showgirl1957 · Hoffman
Where's Jack?1969 · Ballad Singer
Gone to Earth1950 · Abel Woodus
Drake's Venture1980 · John Dee
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