Esmond Knight
- Schauspiel
- 4. Mai 1906 · East Sheen, Surrey, England
- 23. Februar 1987
Biografie
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.
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Filmografie
- Fortunes of War · Liversage
- Superman IV - Die Welt am Abgrund · Second Elder
- Ruhe unsanft · Mr. Galbraith
- Blott on the Landscape · Sir Francis Puckerington
- Der unsichtbare Mann · Blind Man
- The Element of Crime · Osborne
- A Voyage Round My Father · Judge
- King Lear · Old Man
- My Cousin Rachel · Sam Bates
- Fame Is the Spur · Old Etchells
- Troilus & Cressida · Priam
- Antony & Cleopatra · Lepidus
- Drake's Venture · John Dee
- Rebecca · Coroner
- Romeo & Julia · Old Capulet
- The BBC Television Shakespeare · Old Capulet
- Simon Templar - Ein Gentleman mit Heiligenschein · Paul Hanson
- 1990 · Mitchell
- Der Mann mit der eisernen Maske · Armand
- Supernatural · Sir Charles
- Ich, Claudius – Kaiser und Gott · Domitius
- Robin und Marian · Old Defender
- Quiller · General Pickford
- Churchill's People · Penda's Father
- Sturz der Adler · General Ruzski
- Bedtime Stories · Vere Rawley
- Wessex Tales · Conjuror Trendle
- Yellow Dog · Mundt
- König Arthur · Athel
- The Boy Who Turned Yellow · Doctor
- New Scotland Yard · General Travers
- Die Rivalen von Sherlock Holmes · Captain Cutler
- Cousin Bette · General Hulot, Marshal Hulot
- Elisabeth I. · Bishop de Quadra
- Königin für tausend Tage · Kingston
- Softly Softly: Task Force · Mr. Justice Ruddy
- Doctor Who: The Space Pirates · Dom Issigri
- Where's Jack? · Ballad Singer
- The Champions · Minister
- The Winter's Tale · Camillo
- The Parachute · Helmut
- King of the River · Donner
- Lord Raingo · Sid Jenkin
- The Spies · General Loren
- Der Spion, der aus der Kälte kam · Old Judge
- BBC Play of the Month · Helmut
- Thirty-Minute Theatre · President
- The Troubleshooters · Foss
- Gideon's Way · Robson
- Public Eye · Dr. Stowe
- Detective · Commodore Rupert Gill, Albert
- The Protectors · Pearce Kettner
- Decision at Midnight · Peter Hauser
- Doctor Who · Dom Issigri
- Festival · Chorus
- Simon Templar · Antoine Louvois
- Dr. Finlay's Casebook · Colonel Grahame, Hugh Armitage
- Z-Cars · Albert Wallace
- A for Andromeda · Professor Ernest Reinhart
- Barnaby Rudge · Dennis, the Hangman, Dennis
- Sunday-Night Play · Harold P. Jackman
- Geheimauftrag für John Drake · Baron
- An Age of Kings · Jack Cade
- Augen der Angst · Arthur Baden
- Die letzte Fahrt der Bismarck · Captain Leach - 'Prince of Wales'
- The Third Man · Theodore Ratteau
- Interpol Calling · Von Schriber
- Der Unsichtbare · Wilson
- Battle of the V-1 · Stricker
- Nicholas Nickleby · Wackford Squeers. Sr
- Der Prinz und die Tänzerin · Hoffman
- Sailor of Fortune · Oberon
- Armchair Theatre · Uncle Karl
- Der Graf von Monte Christo · Gustav
- Die schöne Helena · High Priest
- This Is Your Life · Selbst
- Der schwarze Prinz · Dialogue Coach
- Full Circle
- The Steel Key · Prof. Newman
- Girdle of Gold · Evans the Milk