Esmond Knight
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 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.
Acted Movies
Director: Lars von Trier
Writers: Niels Vørsel,
Cast: Ahmed El Shenawi, Astrid Henning-Jensen, Esmond Knight, Harry Harper, Janos Hersko, Jerold Wells, Me Me Lai, Michael Elphick, Roman Moszkowicz, Stig Larsson,
Director: Michael Powell
Writers: Leo Marks,
Cast: Anna Massey, Brenda Bruce, Esmond Knight, Jack Watson, Karlheinz Böhm, Maxine Audley, Michael Goodliffe, Miles Malleson, Moira Shearer, Shirley Anne Field,
Director: Lewis Gilbert
Writers: Edmund H. North,
Cast: Carl Möhner, Dana Wynter, Esmond Knight, Geoffrey Keen, Karl Stepanek, Kenneth More, Laurence Naismith, Maurice Denham, Michael Goodliffe, Michael Hordern,
Director: Jean Renoir
Writers: Rumer Godden,
Cast: Adrienne Corri, Arthur Shields, Esmond Knight, June Tripp, Nimai Barik, Nora Swinburne, Patricia Walters, Radha Burnier, Suprova Mukerjee, Thomas E. Breen,
Director: Emeric Pressburger
Writers: Emeric Pressburger,
Cast: David Farrar, Deborah Kerr, Esmond Knight, Flora Robson, Jean Simmons, Jenny Laird, Judith Furse, Kathleen Byron, May Hallatt, Sabu,
Director: Emeric Pressburger
Writers: Emeric Pressburger,
Cast: Charles Hawtrey, Dennis Price, Edward Rigby, Eric Portman, Esmond Knight, Freda Jackson, George Merritt, Hay Petrie, John Sweet, Sheila Sim,