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Esmond Knight

Esmond Knight
1906 - 1987
Esmond Knight  British Actor
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Age
80
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Zodiac
Taurus

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Esmond Knight was previously married to Nora Swinburne (1946 - 1987) and Frances Clare (1929 - 1945).

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British Actor Esmond Knight was born Esmond Penington Knight on 4th May, 1906 in East Sheen, Surrey, England, U.K. and passed away on 23rd Feb 1987 London, England, U.K. aged 80. He is most remembered for Hamlet. His zodiac sign is Taurus.

Esmond Knight is a member of the following lists: English film actors, English television actors and English stage actors.

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Relationship Statistics

TypeTotalLongestAverageShortest
Married2 42 years, 2 months 29 years, 1 month 16 years
Total2 42 years, 2 months 29 years, 1 month 16 years

Details

First Name Esmond
Middle Name Penington
Last Name Knight
Full Name at Birth Esmond Penington Knight
Alternative Name Esmond Penington Knight, Esmond Knight
Birthday 4th May, 1906
Birthplace East Sheen, Surrey, England, U.K.
Died 23rd February, 1987
Place of Death London, England, U.K.
Buried Cremated
Build Average
Eye Color Brown - Dark
Hair Color Brown - Dark
Zodiac Sign Taurus
Ethnicity White
Nationality British
Occupation Text Actor (150 credits) Miscellaneous Crew (2 credits) Self (2 credits)
Occupation Actor
Claim to Fame Hamlet
Year(s) Active 1928-1987, 1928–1987
Official Websites http://www.esmondknight.org.uk/
Family Member Rosalind Knight (daughter) (actress)

Esmond Penington Knight (4 May 1906 – 23 February 1987) was an English actor. He had a successful stage and film career before World War II. For much of his later career Knight was half-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.

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Partner Comparison

NameAgeZodiacOccupationNationality
Esmond Knight80 TaurusActor
British
Nora Swinburne97 LeoActress
British
Frances Clare89 CapricornActress
British

Children

NameGenderBornAgeOther Parent
RosalindFemale3rd December, 193390 years oldFrances Clare

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Filmography

FilmYearCharacterType
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace1987Second ElderMovie
Fortunes of War1987LiversageTV Show
Agatha Christie's Miss Marple: Sleeping Murder1987Mr. GalbraithTV Movie
Blott on the Landscape1985Sir Francis PuckeringtonTV Show
The Element of Crime1984OsborneMovie
A Voyage Round My Father1984JudgeTV Movie
The Invisible Man1984Blind ManTV Show
King Lear1983Old ManTV Movie
My Cousin Rachel1983Sam BatesTV Show
I Remember Nelson1982Elderly GuestTV Show
Fame Is the Spur1982Old EtchellsTV Show
Antony & Cleopatra1981LepidusTV Movie
The Borgias1981Cardinal Gian Battista OrsiniTV Show
Troilus & Cressida1981PriamTV Movie
Sir Henry at Rawlinson End1980Movie
Drake's Venture1980John DeeTV Movie
Rebecca1979CoronerTV Show
Esmond Knight's the Archer's Tale1979Old ArcherTV Movie
Return of the Saint1978Paul HansonTV Show
The BBC Television Shakespeare1978Old CapuletTV Show
The Man in the Iron Mask1977ArmandTV Movie
19901977MitchellTV Show
Supernatural1977Sir CharlesTV Show
Kilvert's Diary1977John MorganTV Show
Robin and Marian1976Old DefenderMovie
I, Claudius1976DomitiusTV Show
Ballet Shoes1975Great Uncle MatthewTV Show
Quiller1975General PickfordTV Show
Shades of Greene1975The GeneralTV Show
Fall of Eagles1974General RuzskiTV Show
Bedtime Stories1974Vere RawleyTV Show
Churchill's People1974Penda's fatherTV Show
Yellow Dog1973MundtMovie
Wessex Tales1973Conjuror TrendleTV Show
The Boy Who Turned Yellow1972DoctorShort Film
Arthur of the Britons1972AthelTV Show
New Scotland Yard1972General TraversTV Show
Spy Trap1972ChantrelleTV Show
Man of Straw1972Lt. KarnaukeTV Show
Cousin Bette1971Marshal Hulot / General HulotTV Show
Elizabeth R1971Bishop de QuadraTV Show
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes1971Captain CutlerTV Show
Stage 21971Sir Charles MarlowTV Show
Anne of the Thousand Days1969KingstonMovie
Where's Jack?1969Ballad SingerMovie
W. Somerset Maugham1969Sir Montague TraffordTV Show
Softly Softly: Task Force1969Mr. Justice RuddyTV Show
The Champions1968MinisterTV Show
The Winter's Tale1967CamilloMovie
The Gamblers1967TV Show
The Rat Catchers1966Father DemetriosTV Show
King of the River1966DonnerTV Show
The Spies1966General LorenTV Show
Lord Raingo1966Sid JenkinTV Show
The Queen and the Rebels1966General BianteTV Show
The New Inferno1966The CompanyTV Movie
The Spy Who Came in from the Cold1965Old JudgeMovie
Mogul1965FossTV Show
BBC Play of the Month1965HelmutTV Show
Public Eye1965Dr. StoweTV Show
Thirty-Minute Theatre1965PresidentTV Show
Decision at Midnight1965Peter HauserMovie
Detective1964Ernest Guppy / Albert / Commodore Rupert GillTV Show
Gideon C.I.D.1964RobsonTV Show
The Protectors1964Pearce KettnerTV Show
Midnight Men, The1964Col. Vyner / Colonel VymerTV Show
Doctor Who1963Dom IssigriTV Show
Festival1963Tempter / Knight / ChorusTV Show
Dr. Finlay's Casebook1962Hugh Armitage / Colonel GrahameTV Show
The Saint1962Antoine LouvoisTV Show
Z Cars1962Albert WallaceTV Show
Ghosts1962Jacob EngstrandTV Movie
A for Andromeda1961Professor Ernest ReinhartTV Show
Peeping Tom1960Arthur BadenMovie
Sink the Bismarck!1960Captain John Leech - HMS Prince of WalesMovie
An Age of Kings1960Jack CadeTV Show
Danger Man1960BaronTV Show
Armchair Mystery Theatre1960SimmieTV Show
Deadline Midnight1960Edward LeeTV Show
BBC Sunday-Night Play1960Harold P. JackmanTV Show
Barnaby Rudge1960Dennis / Dennis, the HangmanTV Show
David and Broccoli1960BroccoliTV Movie
The Third Man1959Theodore RatteauTV Show
Interpol Calling1959Von SchriberTV Show
Knight Errant Limited1959Archie Fitzwilliam O'ShaughnessyTV Show
The Hill1959Pontius PilateTV Movie
World Theatre1959John Barthwick, MP / CorvinoTV Show
Next to No Wife1959Archibald BrodieTV Movie
The Invisible Man1958WilsonTV Show
Missiles from Hell1958StrickerMovie
Television Playwright1958James OldroydTV Show
Our Mutual Friend1958Silas WeggTV Show
Television World Theatre1958Mr. SterlingTV Show
The Queen and the Welshman1958The Duke of GloucesterTV Movie
The Prince and the Showgirl1957HoffmanMovie
Nicholas Nickleby1957Wackford Squeers. SrTV Show
O.S.S.1957Emil / General LatourTV Show
My Pal Bob1957TV Show
Helen of Troy1956High PriestMovie
Armchair Theatre1956Uncle KarlTV Show
The Count of Monte Cristo1956GustavTV Show
Aggie1956Marcel FleurTV Show
Richard III1955RatcliffeMovie
ITV Play of the Week1955Vermandero / MarmeladovTV Show
Sailor of Fortune1955Bishop / Oberon / El KadirTV Show
ITV Television Playhouse1955Springwood / Dr. HalbertTV Show
The Steel Key1953Prof. NewmanMovie
Broadway Television Theatre1952Duke of FlorenceTV Show
Girdle of Gold1952Evans the MilkMovie
The River1951The FatherMovie
Gone to Earth1950Abel WoodusMovie
BBC Sunday-Night Theatre1950Bubnov, a Capmaker / Major Kartuschke, Legal OfficerTV Show
The Compelled People1950Hugo von GerhardtTV Movie
Macbeth1949BanquoTV Movie
Deep Waters1949Captain Charles Baxter, RNTV Movie
Macbeth/II1949BanquoTV Movie
Hamlet1948BernardoMovie
The Red Shoes1948LivyMovie
Black Narcissus1947The Old GeneralMovie
Holiday Camp1947Camp AnnouncerMovie
The Inheritance1947Dr. BryerlyMovie
The End of the River1947DantosMovie
The Likes of 'Er1947George MilesTV Movie
Saint Joan1946The InquisitorTV Movie
A Canterbury Tale1944Narrator (non-US versions) / Seven-Sisters Soldier / Village IdiotMovie
Henry V1944Fluellen - Captain in the English ArmyMovie
The Halfway House1944David DaviesMovie
The Silver Fleet1943von SchifferMovie
This England1941Vicar's SonMovie
Fingers1941Sid HarrisMovie
Blackout1940Mr. PidgeonMovie
The Arsenal Stadium Mystery1940RailleMovie
Rake's Progress1939John Wilkes (2nd May version)TV Movie
What Men Live by1939MichaelShort Film
Mary Rose1939Harry Blake / Simon BlakeTV Movie
Twelfth Night1939OrsinoTV Movie
First Stop North1939Terence DonnellyTV Movie
Weddings Are Wonderful1938Guy RogersMovie
Derby Day1938Bert BonesTV Movie
Will Shakespeare1938Kit MarloweTV Movie
The Vicar of Bray1937Dennis MelrossMovie
Night Must Fall1937DanTV Movie
A Clown Must Laugh1936Cadet SilvioMovie
Crime Unlimited1936Pete BordenMovie
Black Roses1936Pavo CollinMovie
Dandy Dick1935Tony MardonMovie
Someday1935Curley BlakeMovie
Strauss' Great Waltz1934Johann Strauss, the YoungerMovie
The Blue Squadron1934Captain Carlo BantiMovie
Father and Son1934Michael BoltonMovie
Lest We Forget1934Pat Doyle Jr.Movie
King of Whales1934GideonShort Film
Girls Will Be Boys1934Geoffrey DawsonMovie
Womanhood1934Jack GordonMovie
Bermondsey Kid, The1933Eddie MartinMovie
The Gaunt Stranger1931John LenleyMovie
77 Park Lane1931Philip ConnorMovie
Romany Love1931Davy SummersMovie
Deadlock1931John TringMovie
The Blue Peter1928Radio operatorMovie
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