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Esmond Penington Knight
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Esmond Knight
Acting
Biography
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. …
Known For
Filmography
Movies
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
Antony & Cleopatra
as Lepidus
Troilus & Cressida
as Priam
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
TV Shows
Fortunes of War
as Liversage · 2 ep.
Miss Marple: Sleeping Murder
as Mr. Galbraith · 2 ep.
Miss Marple
as Mr. Galbraith · 2 ep.
The Invisible Man
as Blind Man · 1 ep.
My Cousin Rachel
as Sam Bates · 1 ep.
Rebecca
as Coroner · 1 ep.
Return of the Saint
as Paul Hanson · 1 ep.
Supernatural
as Sir Charles · 2 ep.
1990
as Mitchell · 1 ep.
I, Claudius
as Domitius · 1 ep.