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Esmond Penington Knight was an English actor. He had a successful stage and film career before World War II. For much of his later career Knight was half 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.
Birth Name
Esmond Penington Knight
Born
Friday, 04 May 1906
Died
Monday, 23 February 1987
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Heroes of World War II | Self - interviewed | 2004 |
| Fortunes of War | Liversage | 1987 |
| Superman IV: The Quest for Peace | Second Elder | 1987 |
| Miss Marple: Sleeping Murder | Mr. Galbraith | 1987 |
| Blott on the Landscape | Sir Francis Puckerington | 1985 |
| Miss Marple: The Body in the Library | 1984 | |
| The Element of Crime | Osborne | 1984 |
| King Lear | Old Man | 1983 |
| My Cousin Rachel | Sam Bates | 1983 |
| A Voyage Round My Father | Judge | 1982 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Heroes of World War II | Self - interviewed | 2004 |
| Fortunes of War | Liversage | 1987 |
| Superman IV: The Quest for Peace | Second Elder | 1987 |
| Miss Marple: Sleeping Murder | Mr. Galbraith | 1987 |
| Blott on the Landscape | Sir Francis Puckerington | 1985 |
| Miss Marple: The Body in the Library | 1984 | |
| The Element of Crime | Osborne | 1984 |
| King Lear | Old Man | 1983 |
| My Cousin Rachel | Sam Bates | 1983 |
| A Voyage Round My Father | Judge | 1982 |
| I Remember Nelson | Elderly Guest | 1982 |
| Troilus & Cressida | Priam | 1981 |
| The Borgias | Cardinal Gian Battista Orsini | 1981 |
| Antony & Cleopatra | Lepidus | 1981 |
| Drake's Venture | John Dee | 1980 |
| Rebecca | Coroner | 1979 |
| Romeo & Juliet | Old Capulet | 1978 |
| Return of the Saint | Paul Hanson | 1978 |
| 1990 | Mitchell | 1977 |
| Supernatural | Sir Charles | 1977 |
| The Man in the Iron Mask | Armand | 1977 |
| I, Claudius | Domitius | 1976 |
| Robin and Marian | Old Defender | 1976 |
| Ballet Shoes | Great Uncle Matthew | 1975 |
| Quiller | General Pickford | 1975 |
| Fall of Eagles | General Ruzski | 1974 |
| Wessex Tales | Conjuror Trendle | 1973 |
| Yellow Dog | Mundt | 1973 |
| The Boy Who Turned Yellow | Doctor | 1972 |
| New Scotland Yard | General Travers | 1972 |
| Spy Trap | Chantrelle | 1972 |
| The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes | Captain Cutler | 1971 |
| Cousin Bette | General Hulot / Marshal Hulot | 1971 |
| Elizabeth R | Bishop de Quadra | 1971 |
| Anne of the Thousand Days | Kingston | 1969 |
| Where's Jack? | Ballad Singer | 1969 |
| The Winter's Tale | Camillo | 1968 |
| The Champions | Minister | 1968 |
| King of the River | Donner | 1966 |
| The Rat Catchers | Father Demetrios | 1966 |
| The Spies | General Loren | 1966 |
| BBC Play of the Month | Helmut | 1965 |
| Thirty-Minute Theatre | President | 1965 |
| Mogul | Foss | 1965 |
| The Spy Who Came in from the Cold | Old Judge | 1965 |
| Public Eye | Dr. Stowe | 1965 |
| Gideon C.I.D. | Robson | 1964 |
| Detective | Ernest Guppy / Commodore Rupert Gill / Albert | 1964 |
| Decision at Midnight | Peter Hauser | 1963 |
| Doctor Who | Dom Issigri | 1963 |
| The Saint | Antoine Louvois | 1962 |
| Dr. Finlay's Casebook | Colonel Grahame / Hugh Armitage | 1962 |
| A for Andromeda | Professor Ernest Reinhart | 1961 |
| Danger Man | Baron | 1960 |
| Deadline Midnight | Edward Lee | 1960 |
| Armchair Mystery Theatre | Simmie | 1960 |
| Peeping Tom | Arthur Baden | 1960 |
| An Age of Kings | Jack Cade | 1960 |
| Sink the Bismarck! | Captain John Leech - HMS Prince of Wales / Captain Leach - 'Prince of Wales' | 1960 |
| Interpol Calling | Von Schriber | 1959 |
| The Third Man | Theodore Ratteau | 1959 |
| Our Mutual Friend | Silas Wegg | 1958 |
| The Invisible Man | Wilson | 1958 |
| Missiles from Hell | Stricker | 1958 |
| O.S.S. | General Latour / Emil | 1957 |
| The Prince and the Showgirl | Hoffman | 1957 |
| Armchair Theatre | Uncle Karl | 1956 |
| The Count of Monte Cristo | Gustav | 1956 |
| Helen of Troy | High Priest | 1956 |
| Richard III | Ratcliffe | 1955 |
| Sailor of Fortune | Bishop / El Kadir / Oberon | 1955 |
| ITV Play of the Week | Marmeladov / Vermandero | 1955 |
| ITV Television Playhouse | Springwood / Dr. Halbert | 1955 |
| This Is Your Life | Self | 1955 |
| Broadway Television Theatre | Duke of Florence | 1952 |
| Girdle of Gold | Evans the Milk | 1952 |
| The River | The Father | 1951 |
| Gone to Earth | Abel Woodus | 1950 |
| The Red Shoes | Livy | 1948 |
| Hamlet | Bernardo | 1948 |
| The End of the River | Dantos | 1947 |
| The Inheritance | Dr. Bryerly | 1947 |
| Holiday Camp | Camp Announcer | 1947 |
| Black Narcissus | The Old General | 1947 |
| Henry V | Fluellen - Captain in the English Army | 1944 |
| A Canterbury Tale | Village Idiot / Narrator (non-US versions) / Seven-Sisters Soldier / Narrator | 1944 |
| The Halfway House | David Davies | 1944 |
| The Silver Fleet | von Schiffer | 1943 |
| This England | Vicar's Son | 1941 |
| Fingers | Sid Harris | 1941 |
| Blackout | Mr. Pidgeon | 1940 |
| The Arsenal Stadium Mystery | Raille - Trojan Team Member / Raille | 1939 |
| Weddings Are Wonderful | Guy Rogers | 1938 |
| What Men Live by | Michael | 1938 |
| The Vicar of Bray | Dennis Melross | 1937 |
| Black Roses | Pavo Collin | 1936 |
| A Clown Must Laugh | Cadet Silvio | 1936 |
| Someday | Curley Blake | 1935 |
| Crime Unlimited | Pete Borden | 1935 |
| Dandy Dick | Tony Mardon | 1935 |
| Father and Son | Michael Bolton | 1935 |
| Girls Will Be Boys | Geoffrey Dawson | 1934 |
| The Blue Squadron | Captain Carlo Banti | 1934 |
| Strauss' Great Waltz | Johann Strauss, the Younger | 1934 |
| King of Whales | Gideon | 1934 |
| The Bermondsey Kid | Eddie Martin | 1933 |
| 77 Park Lane | Philip Connor | 1931 |
| The Gaunt Stranger | John Lenley | 1931 |
| Romany Love | Davy Summers | 1931 |
