Esmond Knight
Works
Actor (47),
Birthday
1906-05-04
Esmond Knight - known for his work in such projectsAdvice for working with the Map of emotions: «The Man in the Iron Mask» (1977), «Robin and Marian» (1976), «Peeping Tom» (1960), «Superman IV: The Quest for Peace» (1987), «The Spy Who Came In from the Cold» (1965),
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.
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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.
The most significant works of Esmond Knight
The BBC Television Shakespeare
1978–1985
Return of the Saint
1978–1979
I, Claudius
1976
Robin and Marian
1976
Churchill's People
1974–1975
New Scotland Yard
1972–1974
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
1971–1973
Full filmography Esmond Knight
Auditions in India
Casting calls in USA
Castingi w Polsce
Кастинги в Україні
