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Esmond Knight

ACTOR · FROM EAST SHEEN, ENGLAND

Esmond Knight

1906–1987111 credits since 1928

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In the picturePeeping Tom

ABOUT ESMOND

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.

Biography from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA. Credits and photos from TMDB.

Born4 May 1906

Died23 February 1987

BirthplaceEast Sheen, England

Known forActing

On Cineora39 of 111 titles

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Known for

The titles people know Esmond from.

Peeping Tom poster

Movie

1960IMDb7.6

Black Narcissus poster

Movie

Black Narcissus

1947IMDb7.7

The Element of Crime poster

Movie

The Element of Crime

1984IMDb6.6

The River poster

Movie

1951IMDb7.3

A Canterbury Tale poster

Movie

A Canterbury Tale

1944IMDb7.3

Waltzes from Vienna poster

Movie

Waltzes from Vienna

1934IMDb5.7

Gone to Earth poster

Movie

1950IMDb6.9

Contraband poster

Movie

1940IMDb6.9

The Halfway House poster

Movie

The Halfway House

1944IMDb6.6

Uncle Silas poster

Movie

1947IMDb6.6

The Arsenal Stadium Mystery poster

Movie

The Arsenal Stadium Mystery

1939IMDb6.2

Holiday Camp poster

Movie

1947IMDb6.6

Career

IMDb rating of each title on Cineora, by year.

Titles on Cineora: 39
Average IMDb: 7.1
Highest rated: I, ClaudiusIMDb 8.8
Working since: 1928

Size: how widely seen

Filmography

111 credits

The 1980s

12 titles · IMDb 6.6 on average

Fortunes of War poster

Series

Fortunes of War

1987IMDb7.7

as Liversage · 2 episodes

Superman IV: The Quest for Peace poster

Movie

Superman IV: The Quest for Peace

1987IMDb3.8

as Second Elder

Miss Marple: Sleeping Murder poster

Series

Miss Marple: Sleeping Murder

1987IMDb7.6

as Mr. Galbraith · 2 episodes

Not on Cineora

The Invisible Man

1984

as Blind Man · 1 episode

The Element of Crime poster

Movie

The Element of Crime

1984IMDb6.6

as Osborne

Not on Cineora

A Voyage Round My Father

1984

as Judge

King Lear poster

Movie

1983IMDb7.5

as Old Man

Not on Cineora

My Cousin Rachel

1983

as Sam Bates · 1 episode

The 1970s

21 titles · IMDb 7.2 on average

Not on Cineora

Rebecca

1979

as Coroner · 1 episode

Not on Cineora

Romeo and Juliet

1978

as Old Capulet

Not on Cineora

The BBC Television Shakespeare

1978

as Old Capulet · 1 episode

Return of the Saint poster

Series

Return of the Saint

1978–1979IMDb6.7

as Paul Hanson · 1 episode

Not on Cineora

1990

1977

as Mitchell · 1 episode

The Man in the Iron Mask poster

Movie

The Man in the Iron Mask

1977IMDb6.6

as Armand

Supernatural poster

Series

1977IMDb6.9

as Sir Charles · 2 episodes

I, Claudius poster

Series

1976IMDb8.8

as Domitius · 1 episode

The 1960s

31 titles · IMDb 7.6 on average

Anne of the Thousand Days poster

Movie

Anne of the Thousand Days

1969IMDb7.4

as Kingston

Not on Cineora

Softly Softly: Task Force

1969

as Mr. Justice Ruddy · 1 episode

Not on Cineora

Doctor Who: The Space Pirates

1969

as Dom Issigri

Not on Cineora

Where's Jack?

1969

as Ballad Singer

The Champions poster

Series

1968–1969IMDb7.5

as Minister · 1 episode

Not on Cineora

The Winter's Tale

1968

as Camillo

Not on Cineora

The Parachute

1968

as Helmut

King of the River

Not on Cineora

King of the River

1966

as Donner · 1 episode

The 1950s

16 titles · IMDb 6.9 on average

The Third Man poster

Series

1959–1965IMDb7.6

as Theodore Ratteau · 1 episode

Not on Cineora

Interpol Calling

1959

as Von Schriber · 1 episode

The Invisible Man poster

Series

The Invisible Man

1958–1959IMDb7.0

as Wilson · 1 episode

Not on Cineora

Battle of the V-1

1958

as Stricker

Nicholas Nickleby

Not on Cineora

Nicholas Nickleby

1957

as Wackford Squeers. Sr · 6 episodes

The Prince and the Showgirl poster

Movie

The Prince and the Showgirl

1957IMDb6.4

as Hoffman

Not on Cineora

Sailor of Fortune

1957

as Oberon · 1 episode

Not on Cineora

Armchair Theatre

1956

as Uncle Karl · 1 episode

The 1940s

12 titles · IMDb 7.1 on average

Hamlet poster

Movie

1948IMDb7.5

as Bernardo

The Red Shoes poster

Movie

1948IMDb8.1

as Livy

Not on Cineora

The End of the River

1947

as Dantos

Uncle Silas poster

Movie

1947IMDb6.6

as Dr. Bryerly

Holiday Camp poster

Movie

1947IMDb6.6

as Camp Announcer

Black Narcissus poster

Movie

Black Narcissus

1947IMDb7.7

as The Old General

Henry V poster

Movie

1944IMDb7.0

as Fluellen - Captain in the English Army

A Canterbury Tale poster

Movie

A Canterbury Tale

1944IMDb7.3

as Narrator / Seven-Sisters Soldier / Village Idiot

The 1930s

18 titles · IMDb 6.0 on average

The Arsenal Stadium Mystery poster

Movie

The Arsenal Stadium Mystery

1939IMDb6.2

as Raille

Weddings Are Wonderful

Not on Cineora

Weddings Are Wonderful

1938

as Guy Rogers

What Men Live By

Not on Cineora

What Men Live By

1938

as Michael

The Vicar of Bray

Not on Cineora

The Vicar of Bray

1937

as Dennis Melross

Black Roses

Not on Cineora

Black Roses

1936

as Pavo Collin

Not on Cineora

Pagliacci

1936

as Cadet Silvio

Someday

Not on Cineora

Someday

1935

as Curly Blake

Not on Cineora

Crime Unlimited

1935

as Pete Borden

The 1920s

1 title

The Blue Peter

Not on Cineora

The Blue Peter

1928

as Radio operator

Often works with

The people who keep turning up in Esmond’s titles.

Michael PowellDirector · Peeping Tom, The Red Shoes and 5 more

Emeric PressburgerDirector · The Red Shoes, Black Narcissus and 4 more

Laurence OlivierHamlet, The Prince and the Showgirl and 2 more

Michael HordernThe Spy Who Came In from the Cold, Sink the Bismarck! and 2 more

Brian EasdaleComposer · Peeping Tom, The Red Shoes and 2 more

Jean SimmonsBlack Narcissus, Hamlet and 1 more

Jack CardiffCinematographer · The Red Shoes, Black Narcissus and 1 more

Christopher ChallisCinematographer · Sink the Bismarck!, Gone to Earth and 1 more

Patrick StewartI, Claudius and Fall of Eagles

Ian HolmRobin and Marian and The Man in the Iron Mask