Esmond Knight
Acting
Born May 4, 1906 · East Sheen, Surrey, England
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 · 40 titles
Doctor Who
BBC Play of the Month
This Is Your Life
The Saint
Thirty-Minute Theatre
Gideon's Way
Z-Cars
Sunday-Night Play
Sunday Night Theatre
Dr. Finlay's Casebook
The Champions
Danger Man
Public Eye
The Count of Monte Cristo
The Troubleshooters
Churchill's People
Interpol Calling
New Scotland Yard
Softly Softly: Task Force
The Third Man
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
Return of the Saint
The BBC Television Shakespeare
Festival
I, Claudius
Detective
Helen of Troy
An Age of Kings
The Invisible Man
Fall of Eagles
King of the River
The Protectors
Supernatural
Elizabeth R
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
Sink the Bismarck!
Arthur of the Britons
The Spies
Fortunes of War
Peeping Tom