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Esmond Knight
🎭 Acting

Esmond Knight

May 4, 1906 (age 80)
February 23, 1987
East Sheen, Surrey, England
Male
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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…

Movies

61 credits
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace Movie
★ 4.6
18+
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Action, Adventure
1987 Action, Adventure
Peeping Tom
★ 7.5
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Peeping Tom
1960 as Arthur Baden
The Red Shoes
★ 8.0
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The Red Shoes
1948 as Livy
Helen of Troy
★ 6.3
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Helen of Troy
1956 as High Priest
Sink the Bismarck!
★ 6.9
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Sink the Bismarck!
1960 as Captain Leach - 'Prince…
Anne of the Thousand Days
★ 7.1
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Anne of the Thousand Days
1969 as Kingston
Black Narcissus
★ 7.5
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Black Narcissus
1947 as The Old General
The Element of Crime
★ 6.4
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The Element of Crime
1984 as Osborne
Hamlet
★ 7.4
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Hamlet
1948 as Bernardo
The Spy Who Came In from the Cold Movie
★ 7.1
Drama, Thriller
1965 Drama, Thriller
The Man in the Iron Mask
★ 6.4
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The Man in the Iron Mask
1977 as Armand
Henry V
★ 6.7
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Henry V
1944 as Fluellen - Captain in…
Robin and Marian
★ 6.3
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Robin and Marian
1976 as Old Defender
The Prince and the Showgirl
★ 6.4
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The Prince and the Showgirl
1957 as Hoffman
Contraband
★ 7.1
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Contraband
1940 as Mr. Pidgeon
King Lear
★ 6.7
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King Lear
1983 as Old Man
The River
★ 7.3
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The River
1951 as The Father
Someday
★ 9.0
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Someday
1935 as Curly Blake
Gone to Earth
★ 6.2
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Gone to Earth
1950 as Abel Woodus
A Voyage Round My Father
★ 7.4
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A Voyage Round My Father
1984 as Judge
Battle of the V-1
★ 5.2
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Battle of the V-1
1958 as Stricker
Romeo and Juliet
★ 7.6
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Romeo and Juliet
1978 as Old Capulet
Troilus & Cressida
★ 8.0
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Troilus & Cressida
1981 as Priam
The Halfway House
★ 6.5
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The Halfway House
1944 as David Davies
What Men Live By
★ 7.5
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What Men Live By
1938 as Michael
Where's Jack?
★ 7.5
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Where's Jack?
1969 as Ballad Singer
Yellow Dog
★ 4.9
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Yellow Dog
1973 as Mundt
The Boy Who Turned Yellow
★ 5.7
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The Boy Who Turned Yellow
1972 as Doctor
A Canterbury Tale
★ 6.9
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A Canterbury Tale
1944 as Narrator / Seven-Sisters Soldier…
Waltzes from Vienna Movie
★ 5.4
PRO
History, Music
1934 History, Music

TV Shows

55 credits
Doctor Who TV
★ 7.9
18+
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Action & Adventure, Drama
1963 Action & Adventure, Drama
BBC Play of the Month TV
★ 5.3
Drama
The Saint TV
★ 7.4
PRO
18+
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Action & Adventure, Crime
1962 Action & Adventure, Crime
Z-Cars TV
★ 7.3
Drama
1962 Drama
The Champions TV
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The Champions
1968 as Minister
Danger Man TV
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Danger Man
1960 as Baron
Sunday Night Theatre TV
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Sunday Night Theatre
1950 as Bubnov, a Capmaker
Sunday Night Theatre TV
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Sunday Night Theatre
1950 as Major Kartuschke, Legal Officer
Thirty-Minute Theatre TV
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Thirty-Minute Theatre
1965 as President
Dr. Finlay's Casebook TV
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Dr. Finlay's Casebook
1962 as Colonel Grahame
Dr. Finlay's Casebook TV
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Dr. Finlay's Casebook
1962 as Hugh Armitage
Gideon's Way TV
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Gideon's Way
1965 as Robson
This Is Your Life TV
★ 6.7
Documentary
1955 Documentary
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes TV
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The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
1971 as Captain Cutler
Softly Softly: Task Force TV
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Softly Softly: Task Force
1969 as Mr. Justice Ruddy
Sunday-Night Play TV
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Sunday-Night Play
1960 as Harold P. Jackman
Return of the Saint TV
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Return of the Saint
1978 as Paul Hanson
I, Claudius TV
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I, Claudius
1976 as Domitius
The Troubleshooters TV
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The Troubleshooters
1965 as Foss
The BBC Television Shakespeare TV
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The BBC Television Shakespeare
1978 as Old Capulet
The Third Man TV
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The Third Man
1959 as Theodore Ratteau
Public Eye TV
+
Public Eye
1965 as Dr. Stowe
Churchill's People TV
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Churchill's People
1974 as Penda's Father
Festival TV
+
Festival
1963 as Chorus
New Scotland Yard TV
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New Scotland Yard
1972 as General Travers
Interpol Calling TV
+
Interpol Calling
1959 as Von Schriber
The Count of Monte Cristo TV
+
The Count of Monte Cristo
1956 as Gustav
Detective TV
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Detective
1964 as Commodore Rupert Gill
Detective TV
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Detective
1964 as Albert
Detective TV
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Detective
1964 as Ernest Guppy
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