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...
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...
Known For
Cast Credits
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
as Second Elder
The Element of Crime
as Osborne
A Voyage Round My Father
as Judge
King Lear
as Old Man
Troilus & Cressida
as Priam
Antony & Cleopatra
as Lepidus
Drake's Venture
as John Dee
Romeo and Juliet
as Old Capulet
The Man in the Iron Mask
as Armand
Robin and Marian
as Old Defender
Yellow Dog
as Mundt
The Boy Who Turned Yellow
as Doctor
Anne of the Thousand Days
as Kingston
Doctor Who: The Space Pirates
as Dom Issigri
Where's Jack?
as Ballad Singer
The Winter's Tale
as Camillo
The Parachute
as Helmut
The Spy Who Came In from the Cold
as Old Judge
Peeping Tom
as Arthur Baden
Sink the Bismarck!
as Captain Leach - 'Prince of Wales'
Battle of the V-1
as Stricker
The Prince and the Showgirl
as Hoffman
Helen of Troy
as High Priest
The Steel Key
as Prof. Newman
Girdle of Gold
as Evans the Milk
The River
as The Father
Without Fear
as Narrator (voice)
Gone to Earth
as Abel Woodus
Hamlet
as Bernardo
Crew Credits
The Dark Avenger
Dialogue Coach