Esmond Knight
Born in East Sheen, Surrey, England — May 04 1906• Died Feb 23 1987
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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, S…
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The Saint
Antoine Louvois
BBC Play of the Month
Helmut
The Champions
Minister
Z-Cars
Gideon's Way
Robson
Sunday Night Theatre
Bubnov, a Capmaker
Public Eye
Dr. Stowe
Dr. Finlay's Casebook
Sunday-Night Play
Harold P. Jackman
Churchill's People
Penda's Father
Softly, Softly
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
Captain Cutler
This Is Your Life
Self
Interpol Calling
Von Schriber
Festival
Chorus
I, Claudius
Domitius
Return of the Saint
Paul Hanson
Fall of Eagles
General Ruzski
Detective
The Count of Monte Cristo
An Age of Kings
1990
Quiller
General Pickford
King of the River
Donner
Fortunes of War
Liversage
Supernatural
Sir Charles
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
Second Elder
Elizabeth R
Bishop de Quadra
Peeping Tom
Arthur Baden
Cousin Bette
General Hulot
The Spy Who Came In from the Cold
Old Judge
Bedtime Stories
Vere Rawley
Sink the Bismarck!
Captain Leach - 'Prince of Wales'
Black Narcissus
The Old General
Helen of Troy
High Priest
Barnaby Rudge
The Spies
General Loren
The Red Shoes
Livy
Rebecca
Coroner
The Invisible Man
Blind Man
Hamlet
Bernardo
Robin and Marian
Old Defender
Anne of the Thousand Days
Kingston
The River
The Father
The Prince and the Showgirl
Hoffman
A Canterbury Tale
Narrator / Seven-Sisters Soldier / Village Idiot
The Man in the Iron Mask
Armand
A Voyage Round My Father
Judge
My Cousin Rachel
Sam Bates
Contraband
Mr. Pidgeon
A for Andromeda
Professor Ernest Reinhart
Gone to Earth
Abel Woodus
The End of the River
Dantos
Battle of the V-1
Stricker
Yellow Dog
Mundt
Uncle Silas
Dr. Bryerly
This England
Vicar's Son
The Halfway House
David Davies
Romeo and Juliet
Old Capulet
Nicholas Nickleby
The Dark Avenger
Crew
The Element of Crime
Osborne
Troilus & Cressida
Priam
The Steel Key
Prof. Newman
King Lear
Old Man
Henry V
Fluellen - Captain in the English Army
Girls Will Be Boys
Geoffrey Dawson
The Ringer
John Lenley
Holiday Camp
Camp Announcer
Dandy Dick
Tony Mardon
The Parachute
Helmut
77 Park Lane
Philip Connor
Where's Jack?
Ballad Singer
Waltzes from Vienna
Johann Strauss, the Younger
The Silver Fleet
Von Schiffer
Girdle of Gold
Evans the Milk
The Blue Peter
Radio operator
The Boy Who Turned Yellow
Doctor
Antony & Cleopatra
Lepidus
Doctor Who: The Space Pirates
Dom Issigri
Decision at Midnight
Crime Unlimited
Pete Borden
The Arsenal Stadium Mystery
Raille
What Men Live By
Michael
The Winter's Tale
Camillo
Weddings Are Wonderful
Guy Rogers
Drake's Venture
John Dee
Romany Love
Davy Summers
The Vicar of Bray
Dennis Melross
Father and Son
Michael Bolton
Deadlock
John Tring
Black Roses
Pavo Collin
Pagliacci
Cadet Silvio
Someday
Curly Blake
The Blue Squadron
Captain Carlo Banti
The Bermondsey Kid
Eddie Martin
Full Circle
Without Fear
Narrator (voice)