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Esmond Knight
East Sheen, Surrey, England
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 Esmo…
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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! 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.
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1987
Fortunes of War
TV show Liversage
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1987
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
Movie Second Elder
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1987
Miss Marple: Sleeping Murder
TV show Mr. Galbraith
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1984
The Invisible Man
TV show Blind Man
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1984
The Element of Crime
Movie Osborne
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1984
A Voyage Round My Father
Movie Judge
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1983
King Lear
Movie Old Man
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1983
My Cousin Rachel
TV show Sam Bates
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1982
Fame Is the Spur
TV show Old Etchells
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1981
Troilus & Cressida
Movie Priam
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1981
Antony & Cleopatra
Movie Lepidus
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1980
Drake's Venture
Movie John Dee
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1979
Rebecca
TV show Coroner
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1978
The BBC Television Shakespeare
TV show Old Capulet
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1978
Romeo and Juliet
Movie Old Capulet
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1978
Return of the Saint
TV show Paul Hanson
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1977
1990
TV show Mitchell
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1977
The Man in the Iron Mask
Movie Armand
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1977
Supernatural
TV show Sir Charles
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1976
I, Claudius
TV show Domitius
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1976
Robin and Marian
Movie Old Defender
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1975
Quiller
TV show General Pickford
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1974
Churchill's People
TV show Penda's Father
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1974
Fall of Eagles
TV show General Ruzski
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1974
Bedtime Stories
TV show Vere Rawley
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1973
Wessex Tales
TV show Conjuror Trendle
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1973
Yellow Dog
Movie Mundt
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1972
Arthur of the Britons
TV show Athel
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1972
The Boy Who Turned Yellow
Movie Doctor
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1972
New Scotland Yard
TV show General Travers
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1971
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
TV show Captain Cutler
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1971
Cousin Bette
TV show General Hulot
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1971
Elizabeth R
TV show Bishop de Quadra
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1969
Anne of the Thousand Days
Movie Kingston
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1969
Softly Softly: Task Force
TV show Mr. Justice Ruddy
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1969
Doctor Who: The Space Pirates
Movie Dom Issigri
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1969
Where's Jack?
Movie Ballad Singer
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1968
The Champions
TV show Minister
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1968
The Winter's Tale
Movie Camillo
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1968
The Parachute
Movie Helmut
