Esmond Knight

1906–1987 · British actor

Esmond Penington Knight 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 wounded in 1941 while 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.

Esmond Knight, in order

1. 1931 77 Park Lane: acted · directed by Albert de Courville
2. 1931 Romany Love: acted · directed by Fred Paul
3. 1931 The Ringer: acted · directed by Walter Forde
4. 1933 The Bermondsey Kid: acted · directed by Ralph Dawson
5. 1934 The Blue Squadron: acted · directed by George King
6. 1934 Waltzes from Vienna: acted · directed by Alfred Hitchcock · critics 50%, audiences 11% · streaming on Roku Channel, Plex, Fawesome
7. 1935 Crime Unlimited: acted · directed by Ralph Ince
8. 1935 Someday: acted · directed by Michael Powell
9. 1936 Pagliacci: acted · directed by Karl Grune
10. 1939 The Arsenal Stadium Mystery: acted · directed by Thorold Dickinson
11. 1940 Contraband: acted · directed by Michael Powell
12. 1943 The Silver Fleet: acted · directed by Gordon Wellesley and Vernon Sewell
13. 1944 A Canterbury Tale: acted · directed by Emeric Pressburger and Michael Powell
14. 1944 Henry V: acted · directed by Laurence Olivier
15. 1947 Black Narcissus: acted · directed by Emeric Pressburger and Michael Powell
16. 1947 The End of the River: acted · directed by Derek Twist
17. 1948 Hamlet: acted · directed by Laurence Olivier
18. 1948 The Red Shoes: acted · directed by Emeric Pressburger and Michael Powell
19. 1950 Gone to Earth: acted · directed by Emeric Pressburger and Michael Powell
20. 1951 The River: acted · directed by Jean Renoir
21. 1952 The Wild Heart: acted · directed by Emeric Pressburger and Michael Powell
22. 1955 Richard III: acted · directed by Laurence Olivier
23. 1956 Helen of Troy: acted · directed by Robert Wise
24. 1957 The Prince and the Showgirl: acted · directed by Laurence Olivier
25. 1960 An Age of Kings (TV series): acted · directed by Michael Hayes
26. 1960 Peeping Tom: acted · directed by Michael Powell
27. 1960 Sink the Bismarck!: acted · directed by Lewis Gilbert
28. 1961 A for Andromeda (TV series): acted · directed by Michael Hayes
29. 1965 ITV Play of the Week (TV series): acted
30. 1965 The Spy Who Came in from the Cold: acted · directed by Martin Ritt · critics 85%, audiences 82% · streaming on Hoopla
31. 1969 Anne of the Thousand Days: acted · directed by Charles Jarrott
32. 1972 The Boy Who Turned Yellow: acted · directed by Michael Powell
33. 1976 I, Claudius (TV series): acted · directed by Herbert Wise
34. 1976 Robin and Marian: acted · directed by Richard Lester
35. 1977 The Man in the Iron Mask: acted · directed by Mike Newell
36. 1984 The Element of Crime: acted · directed by Lars von Trier
37. 1987 Superman IV: The Quest for Peace: acted · directed by Sidney J. Furie