Cast & creator
Esmond Knight
Best known for Doctor Who, The Saint, BBC Play of the Month
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.
Also known as: Esmond Penington Knight, Эсмонд Найт
62
film credits
58
television credits
119
1928–1987 · acting roles
6.9
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Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (120)
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Doctor Who
Dom Issigri
1963
The Saint
Antoine Louvois
1962
BBC Play of the Month
Helmut
1965
Z-Cars
Albert Wallace
1962
Thirty-Minute Theatre
President
1965
This Is Your Life
Self
1955
Sunday Night Theatre
Bubnov, a Capmaker
1950Sunday Night Theatre
Major Kartuschke, Legal Officer
1950
Danger Man
Baron
1960
Dr. Finlay's Casebook
Colonel Grahame
1962Dr. Finlay's Casebook
Hugh Armitage
1962
The Champions
Minister
1968Sunday-Night Play
Harold P. Jackman
1960
New Scotland Yard
General Travers
1972
The BBC Television Shakespeare
Old Capulet
1978
Public Eye
Dr. Stowe
1965
Churchill's People
Penda's Father
1974
The Third Man
Theodore Ratteau
1959
The Troubleshooters
Foss
1965
Interpol Calling
Von Schriber
1959
Gideon's Way
Robson
1965
I, Claudius
Domitius
1976
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
Captain Cutler
1971
An Age of Kings
Jack Cade
1960
The Count of Monte Cristo
Gustav
1956
Softly Softly: Task Force
Mr. Justice Ruddy
1969
Return of the Saint
Paul Hanson
1978Festival
Chorus
1963
Detective
Commodore Rupert Gill
1964Detective
Albert
1964Detective
Ernest Guppy
1964
Fall of Eagles
General Ruzski
1974
The Protectors
Pearce Kettner
1964
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
Second Elder
1987
The Red Shoes
Livy
1948
The Invisible Man
Wilson
1958
Elizabeth R
Bishop de Quadra
1971
Arthur of the Britons
Athel
1972King of the River
Donner
1966
Fortunes of War
Liversage
1987
Supernatural
Sir Charles
1977
Miss Marple: Sleeping Murder
Mr. Galbraith
1987
The Spy Who Came In from the Cold
Old Judge
1965
Armchair Theatre
Uncle Karl
1956
1990
Mitchell
1977
Cousin Bette
General Hulot
1971Cousin Bette
Marshal Hulot
1971
Helen of Troy
High Priest
1956
Peeping Tom
Arthur Baden
1960
Quiller
General Pickford
1975
Robin and Marian
Old Defender
1976The Spies
General Loren
1966
Bedtime Stories
Vere Rawley
1974
Rebecca
Coroner
1979
Sailor of Fortune
Oberon
1957
Wessex Tales
Conjuror Trendle
1973Fame Is the Spur
Old Etchells
1982
Anne of the Thousand Days
Kingston
1969
The Invisible Man
Blind Man
1984
Black Narcissus
The Old General
1947
A for Andromeda
Professor Ernest Reinhart
1961Nicholas Nickleby
Wackford Squeers. Sr
1957
The Man in the Iron Mask
Armand
1977
Henry V
Fluellen - Captain in the English Army
1944
Barnaby Rudge
Dennis, the Hangman
1960Barnaby Rudge
Dennis
1960
Hamlet
Bernardo
1948
The Prince and the Showgirl
Hoffman
1957
Sink the Bismarck!
Captain Leach - 'Prince of Wales'
1960
The River
The Father
1951Lord Raingo
Sid Jenkin
1966Romany Love
Davy Summers
1931Full Circle
1953
The Element of Crime
Osborne
1984
Gone to Earth
Abel Woodus
1950
My Cousin Rachel
Sam Bates
1983
The Silver Fleet
Von Schiffer
1943
Romeo and Juliet
Old Capulet
1978
Battle of the V-1
Stricker
1958
Crime Unlimited
Pete Borden
1935
A Canterbury Tale
Narrator / Seven-Sisters Soldier / Village Idiot
1944
The Dark Avenger
Dialogue Coach
1955Without Fear
Narrator (voice)
1951
Waltzes from Vienna
Johann Strauss, the Younger
1934
The Boy Who Turned Yellow
Doctor
1972
Yellow Dog
Mundt
1973
This England
Vicar's Son
1941
Doctor Who: The Space Pirates
Dom Issigri
1969
Contraband
Mr. Pidgeon
1940
A Voyage Round My Father
Judge
1984
The Halfway House
David Davies
1944
The Arsenal Stadium Mystery
Raille
1939
The End of the River
Dantos
1947What Men Live By
Michael
1938
Where's Jack?
Ballad Singer
1969
Troilus & Cressida
Priam
1981
Antony & Cleopatra
Lepidus
1981
Girls Will Be Boys
Geoffrey Dawson
1934
The Winter's Tale
Camillo
1968
Uncle Silas
Dr. Bryerly
1947The Vicar of Bray
Dennis Melross
1937
King Lear
Old Man
1983
Decision at Midnight
Peter Hauser
1963Someday
Curly Blake
1935
77 Park Lane
Philip Connor
1931
The Steel Key
Prof. Newman
1953The Blue Peter
Radio operator
1928
Drake's Venture
John Dee
1980
Dandy Dick
Tony Mardon
1935
Holiday Camp
Camp Announcer
1947Black Roses
Pavo Collin
1936The Blue Squadron
Captain Carlo Banti
1934
Girdle of Gold
Evans the Milk
1952
The Parachute
Helmut
1968Father and Son
Michael Bolton
1935
Pagliacci
Cadet Silvio
1936The Ringer
John Lenley
1931
Deadlock
John Tring
1931Weddings Are Wonderful
Guy Rogers
1938The Bermondsey Kid
Eddie Martin
1933