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Esmond Knight(1906-1987)

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Esmond Knight
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Sink the Bismarck! (1960)
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A stage actor from 1925, Esmond made his first film appearance in 77 Park Lane (1931) for Michael Powell for whom he eventually made 11 films.

Esmond served in the Royal Navy during WWII and lost one eye and was almost totally blinded in the other during an engagement against The Bismarck. This didn't stop him later portraying a Royal Naval officer in Sink the Bismarck! (1960).
BornMay 4, 1906
DiedFebruary 23, 1987(80)
BornMay 4, 1906
DiedFebruary 23, 1987(80)
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Known for

Gene Hackman, Mariel Hemingway, Jon Cryer, Christopher Reeve, Jackie Cooper, Margot Kidder, Marc McClure, and Mark Pillow in Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987)
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
3.7
  • Second Elder
  • 1987
Karlheinz Böhm, Anna Massey, and Moira Shearer in Peeping Tom (1960)
Peeping Tom
7.6
  • Arthur Baden
  • 1960
Moira Shearer in The Red Shoes (1948)
The Red Shoes
8.1
  • Livy
  • 1948
Deborah Kerr in Black Narcissus (1947)
Black Narcissus
7.7
  • The Old General
  • 1947

Credits

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Actor

  • Fortunes of War (1987)
    Fortunes of War
    7.7
    TV Mini Series
    • Liversage
    • 1987
  • Gene Hackman, Mariel Hemingway, Jon Cryer, Christopher Reeve, Jackie Cooper, Margot Kidder, Marc McClure, and Mark Pillow in Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987)
    Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
    3.7
    • Second Elder
    • 1987
  • Geraldine Alexander and Joan Hickson in Miss Marple: Sleeping Murder (1987)
    Miss Marple: Sleeping Murder
    7.6
    TV Movie
    • Mr. Galbraith
    • 1987
  • Simon Cadell, George Cole, Geraldine James, Julia McKenzie, and David Suchet in Blott on the Landscape (1985)
    Blott on the Landscape
    7.7
    TV Mini Series
    • Sir Francis Puckerington
    • 1985
  • The Invisible Man (1984)
    The Invisible Man
    7.0
    TV Mini Series
    • Blind Man
    • 1984
  • The Element of Crime (1984)
    The Element of Crime
    6.7
    • Osborne
    • 1984
  • Laurence Olivier in King Lear (1983)
    King Lear
    7.6
    TV Movie
    • Old Man
    • 1983
  • Geraldine Chaplin in My Cousin Rachel (1983)
    My Cousin Rachel
    6.7
    TV Mini Series
    • Sam Bates
    • 1983
  • Laurence Olivier and Alan Bates in A Voyage Round My Father (1982)
    A Voyage Round My Father
    7.2
    TV Movie
    • Judge
    • 1982
  • Kenneth Colley in I Remember Nelson (1982)
    I Remember Nelson
    7.6
    TV Mini Series
    • Elderly Guest
    • 1982
  • Fame Is the Spur (1982)
    Fame Is the Spur
    7.2
    TV Mini Series
    • Old Etchells
    • 1982
  • Adolfo Celi, Oliver Cotton, and Anne-Louise Lambert in The Borgias (1981)
    The Borgias
    7.4
    TV Mini Series
    • Cardinal Gian Battista Orsini
    • 1981
  • Troilus & Cressida (1981)
    Troilus & Cressida
    6.4
    TV Movie
    • Priam
    • 1981
  • Antony & Cleopatra (1981)
    Antony & Cleopatra
    6.3
    TV Movie
    • Lepidus
    • 1981
  • Drake's Venture (1980)
    Drake's Venture
    7.6
    TV Movie
    • John Dee
    • 1980

Additional Crew

  • Helen of Troy (1956)
    Helen of Troy
    6.1
    • english dialect coach (uncredited)
    • 1956
  • The Warriors (1955)
    The Warriors
    5.8
    • dialogue coach
    • 1955

Writer

  • Esmond Knight's the Archer's Tale
    TV Movie
    • Writer
    • 1979

Videos5

Trailer
Trailer 2:21
Trailer
The Red Shoes: [Blu Ray]
Trailer 1:39
The Red Shoes: [Blu Ray]
The Red Shoes: [Blu Ray]
Trailer 1:39
The Red Shoes: [Blu Ray]
Sink The Bismarck!
Trailer 3:00
Sink The Bismarck!
The River (1951)
Trailer 2:35
The River (1951)
Black Narcissus
Trailer 2:35
Black Narcissus

Personal details

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  • Official site
    • Official Site
  • Born
    • May 4, 1906
    • East Sheen, Surrey, England, UK
  • Died
    • February 23, 1987
    • London, England, UK(heart attack)
  • Spouses
      Nora SwinburneOctober 4, 1946 - February 23, 1987 (his death)
  • Children
    • Rosalind Knight
  • Relatives
      Phillip Glasier(Cousin)
  • Other works
    [24 August 1938] Appeared in a television documentary about eagles with his uncle Captain C.W.R. Knight.
  • Publicity listings
    • 1 Print Biography
    • 3 Articles

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  • Trivia
    Played the captain of the HMS Prince of Wales in Sink the Bismarck! (1960). Ironically, it was while serving aboard the real Prince of Wales during her fight with the Bismarck that he was injured in an explosion, resulting in the loss of one eye and almost losing the other.

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