Esmond Penington Knight Net Worth

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Esmond Penington Knight Net Worth is
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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 Captain John Leach of HMS Prince of Wales in the 1960 film Sink the Bismarck!Esmond was the subject of This Is Your Life in 1957 when he was surprised by Eamonn Andrews at the King's Theatre in Hammersmith, London.He starred as Professor Ernest Reinhart in the 1961 British science fiction television series, A for Andromeda, alongside Patricia Kneale and Peter Halliday.Knight died of a heart attack and was cremated. His daughter is the actress Rosalind Knight.

Date Of BirthMay 4, 1906
Died1987-02-23
Place Of BirthEast Sheen, Surrey, England, UK
ProfessionActor, Miscellaneous Crew
SpouseNora Swinburne
Star SignTaurus
#Fact
1He appeared in four films directed by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger: A Canterbury Tale (1944), Black Narcissus (1947), The Red Shoes (1948) and Gone to Earth (1950). He also appeared in two films that Powell directed on his own: Blackout (1940) and The Boy Who Turned Yellow (1972).
2He died five months prior to the release of his final film Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987).
3He appeared in four of the five films that Laurence Olivier directed: Henry V (1944), Hamlet (1948), Richard III (1955) and The Prince and the Showgirl (1957). The only film that Oliver directed in which he did not appear was Three Sisters (1970). The only actor to appear in all five of Olivier's films as director was Olivier himself.
4Along with John Laurie and Russell Thorndike, he is one of only three actors other than Laurence Olivier himself to appear in all three Shakespearean films that Olivier directed: Henry V (1944), Hamlet (1948) and Richard III (1955).
5Cousin of Phillip Glasier.
6Grandfather of Su Elliot and Marianne Elliott.
7Father-in-law of Michael Elliott.
8Suffered from a stuttering problem, which he continually had to overcome with speech exercises, and usually suffered from a huge case of stage fright just before going on.
9Remained close friends with his first wife Frances Clare after their divorce. Frances in fact attended his funeral alongside wife Nora Swinburne.
10It is often reported that he died in Cairo, Egypt. In fact (as his daughter confirms), he came back from working in Egypt and died the next day in his flat in Chelsea.
11Esmond Knight played the captain of the Prince of Wales in the film Sink the Bismarck! (1960). Ironically, it was while serving aboard the real Prince of Wales during her fight with the Bismarck that he suffered his injuries.
12Father of Rosalind Knight.
13Nephew of C.W.R. Knight.
14Cousin of Jean Knight.
15Michael Powell said of his first seeing Esmond, "... a sulky, handsome young man with a mane of black hair and magnetic eyes, almost too romantically handsome to be true. Then one day I saw him giggling with one of the sound engineers and I realised that it was all a pose and he had a sense of humour."
Esmond Knight
David Farrar, May Hallatt, Esmond Knight

Actor

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Fortunes of War1987TV Mini-SeriesLiversage
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace19872nd Elder
Miss Marple: Sleeping Murder1987TV MovieMr. Galbraith
Blott on the Landscape1985TV Mini-SeriesSir Francis Puckerington
The Invisible Man1984TV Mini-SeriesBlind Man
The Element of Crime1984Osborne
A Voyage Round My Father1984TV MovieJudge
King Lear1983TV MovieOld Man
My Cousin Rachel1983TV Mini-SeriesSam Bates
I Remember Nelson1982TV SeriesElderly Guest
The Borgias1981TV Mini-SeriesCardinal Gian Battista Orsini
Troilus & Cressida1981TV MoviePriam
Antony & Cleopatra1981TV MovieLepidus
Drake's Venture1980TV MovieJohn Dee
Sir Henry at Rawlinson End1980uncredited
Rebecca1979TV Mini-SeriesCoroner
Return of the Saint1978TV SeriesPaul Hanson
Romeo & Juliet1978TV MovieOld Capulet
Kilvert's Diary1978TV Series
19901977TV SeriesMitchell
Supernatural1977TV Mini-SeriesSir Charles
The Man in the Iron Mask1977TV MovieArmand
I, Claudius1976TV Mini-SeriesDomitius
Robin and Marian1976Old Defender
Shades of Greene1976TV SeriesThe General
Ballet Shoes1975TV Mini-SeriesGreat Uncle Matthew
Quiller1975TV SeriesGeneral Pickford
Churchill's People1975TV SeriesPenda's father
Fall of Eagles1974TV Mini-SeriesGeneral Ruzski
New Scotland Yard1974TV SeriesGeneral Travers
Bedtime Stories1974TV SeriesVere Rawley
Softly Softly: Task Force1973TV SeriesMr. Justice Ruddy
Yellow Dog1973Mundt
Wessex Tales1973TV Mini-SeriesConjuror Trendle
Arthur of the Britons1973TV SeriesAthel
Public Eye1972TV SeriesDr. Stowe
The Boy Who Turned Yellow1972Doctor
Man of Straw1972TV Mini-SeriesLt. Karnauke
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes1971TV SeriesCaptain Cutler
Cousin Bette1971TV Mini-SeriesMarshal Hulot General Hulot
Elizabeth R1971TV Mini-SeriesBishop de Quadra
Thirty-Minute Theatre1971TV SeriesPresident
Anne of the Thousand Days1969Kingston
Detective1964-1969TV SeriesErnest Guppy / Albert / Commodore Rupert Gill
W. Somerset Maugham1969TV SeriesSir Montague Trafford
Doctor Who1969TV SeriesDom Issigri
Where's Jack?1969Ballad Singer
Z Cars1969TV SeriesAlbert Wallace
The Champions1969TV SeriesMinister
Mogul1969TV SeriesFoss
BBC Play of the Month1968TV SeriesHelmut
The Gamblers1967TV Series
The Winter's Tale1967Camillo
The Rat Catchers1967TV SeriesFather Demetrios
King of the River1966TV SeriesDonner
Lord Raingo1966TV SeriesSid Jenkin
The Spies1966TV SeriesGeneral Loren
Dr. Finlay's Casebook1964-1966TV SeriesHugh Armitage / Colonel Grahame
The Third Man1965TV SeriesTheodore Ratteau
The Spy Who Came in from the Cold1965Old Judge
Gideon C.I.D.1965TV SeriesRobson
ITV Play of the Week1964-1965TV SeriesVermandero / Marmeladov
The Midnight Men1964TV SeriesCol. Vyner
Festival1964TV SeriesTempter / Knight / Chorus
Decision at Midnight1963Peter Hauser
The Queen and the Rebels1963TV SeriesGeneral Biante
ITV Television Playhouse1963TV SeriesSpringwood
BBC Sunday-Night Play1963TV Mini-SeriesHarold P. Jackman
The Saint1962TV SeriesAntoine Louvois
A for Andromeda1961TV SeriesProfessor Ernest Reinhart
Danger Man1961TV SeriesBaron
Barnaby Rudge1960TV SeriesDennis Dennis, the Hangman
An Age of Kings1960TV SeriesJack Cade, a Rebel
Deadline Midnight1960TV SeriesEdward Lee
Peeping Tom1960Arthur Baden
Sink the Bismarck!1960Captain (Prince of Wales)
David and Broccoli1960TV MovieBroccoli
Next to No Wife1959TV MovieArchibald Brodie
The Invisible Man1959TV SeriesWilson
Interpol Calling1959TV SeriesVon Schriber
World Theatre1959TV Mini-SeriesJohn Barthwick, MP / Corvino
Armchair Theatre1959TV SeriesUncle Karl
The Hill1959TV MoviePontius Pilate
Our Mutual Friend1958-1959TV SeriesSilas Wegg
BBC Sunday-Night Theatre1952-1958TV SeriesBubnov, a Capmaker / Major Kartuschke, Legal Officer
The Queen and the Welshman1958TV MovieThe Duke of Gloucester
Missiles from Hell1958Stricker
Television Playwright1958TV SeriesJames Oldroyd
Sailor of Fortune1956-1958TV SeriesBishop / Oberon / El Kadir
Television World Theatre1958TV SeriesMr. Sterling
My Pal Bob1958TV Series
O.S.S.1957-1958TV SeriesEmil / General Latour
Nicholas Nickleby1957TV SeriesWackford Squeers. Sr
The Prince and the Showgirl1957Hoffman
Aggie1956TV SeriesMarcel Fleur
The Count of Monte Cristo1956TV SeriesGustav
Helen of Troy1956High Priest
Richard III1955Ratcliffe
The Steel Key1953Prof. Newman
Broadway Television Theatre1953TV SeriesDuke of Florence
Girdle of Gold1952William 'Evans the Milk' Evans
The Wild Heart1952Abel Woodus
The River1951The Father
Gone to Earth1950Abel Woodus
The Compelled People1950TV MovieHugo von Gerhardt
Deep Waters1949TV MovieCaptain Charles Baxter, RN
Macbeth/II1949TV MovieBanquo
Macbeth1949TV MovieBanquo
The Red Shoes1948Livy
Hamlet1948Bernardo
The End of the River1947Dantos
The Inheritance1947Dr. Bryerly
The Likes of 'Er1947TV MovieGeorge Miles
Holiday Camp1947Camp Announcer
Black Narcissus1947The Old General
Saint Joan1946TV MovieThe Inquisitor
Henry V1944Fluellen - Captain in the English Army
A Canterbury Tale1944Narrator (non-US versions) / Seven-Sisters Soldier / Village Idiot
The Halfway House1944David Davies
The Silver Fleet1943Von Schiffer
This England1941Vicar's Son
Fingers1941Sid Harris
Blackout1940Mr.Pidgeon
The Arsenal Stadium Mystery1939Raille - Trojan Team Member
First Stop North1939TV MovieTerence Donnelly
Rake's Progress1939TV MovieJohn Wilkes (2nd May version)
Twelfth Night1939TV MovieOrsino
Mary Rose1939TV MovieHarry Blake / Simon Blake
Weddings Are Wonderful1938Guy Rogers
What Men Live by1938ShortMichael
Derby Day1938TV MovieBert Bones
Will Shakespeare1938TV MovieKit Marlowe
Night Must Fall1937TV Short
The Vicar of Bray1937Dennis Melross
A Clown Must Laugh1936Cadet Silvio
Black Roses1936Pavo Collin
Someday1935Curley Blake
Crime Unlimited1935Pete Borden
Dandy Dick1935Tony Mardon
Womanhood1934Jack Gordon
Girls Will Be Boys1934Geoffrey Dawson
Father and Son1934Michael Bolton
Lest We Forget1934Pat Doyle Jr.
King of Whales1934ShortGideon
The Blue Squadron1934Captain Carlo Banti
Strauss' Great Waltz1934Johann Strauss, the Younger
The Bermondsey Kid1933Eddie Martin
Romany Love1931Davy Summers
Deadlock1931John Tring
77 Park Lane1931Philip Connor
The Gaunt Stranger1931John Lenley
The Blue Peter1928Radio operator

Miscellaneous

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Helen of Troy1956english dialect coach: Jacques Sernas - uncredited
The Dark Avenger1955dialogue coach

Self

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Heroes of World War II2004TV Series documentaryHimself - interviewed
This Is Your Life1957TV Series documentaryHimself
This Was Japan1945Documentary shortCommentator (voice)

Known for movies

Bernardo

Hamlet (1948)
as Bernardo

Osborne

The Element of Crime (1984)
as Osborne

The Old General

Black Narcissus (1947)
as The Old General

Livy

The Red Shoes (1948)
as Livy

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IMDB Wikipedia

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