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Acting
Esmond Knight
Esmond Knight è noto soprattutto per Doctor Who, I, Claudius, Il Santo e Addio miss Marple. Esmond Knight è nato il 4 maggio 1906. Esmond Knight è morto/a il 23 febbraio 1987 all’età di 80 anni.
- Nascita
- 4 maggio 1906
- Luogo di nascita
- East Sheen, Surrey, England
- Morte
- 23 febbraio 1987 (80 anni)
Biografia
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.
Description above from the Wikipedia article Esmond Knight, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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.
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Filmografia
- 1987Fortunes of WarLiversage
- 1987Addio miss MarpleMr. Galbraith
- 1985Blott on the LandscapeSir Francis Puckerington
- 1984The Invisible ManBlind Man
- 1983My Cousin RachelSam Bates
- 1982Fame Is the SpurOld Etchells
- 1979RebeccaCoroner
- 1978Il ritorno del SantoPaul Hanson
- 1978The BBC Television ShakespeareOld Capulet
- 19771990Mitchell
- 1977SupernaturalSir Charles
- 1976I, ClaudiusDomitius
- 1975QuillerGeneral Pickford
- 1974Churchill's PeoplePenda's Father
- 1974Fall of EaglesGeneral Ruzski
- 1974Bedtime StoriesVere Rawley
- 1973Wessex TalesConjuror Trendle
- 1972Arthur of the BritonsAthel
- 1972New Scotland YardGeneral Travers
- 1971Elisabetta ReginaBishop de Quadra
- 1971The Rivals of Sherlock HolmesCaptain Cutler
- 1971Cousin BetteGeneral Hulot
- 1969Softly Softly: Task ForceMr. Justice Ruddy
- 1968Tris d'assiMinister
- 1966The SpiesGeneral Loren
- 1966King of the RiverDonner
- 1966Lord RaingoSid Jenkin
- 1965Gideon's WayRobson
- 1965Public EyeDr. Stowe
- 1965BBC Play of the MonthHelmut
- 1965The TroubleshootersFoss
- 1965Thirty-Minute TheatrePresident
- 1964DetectiveCommodore Rupert Gill
- 1964The ProtectorsPearce Kettner
- 1963FestivalChorus
- 1963Doctor WhoDom Issigri
- 1962Z-CarsAlbert Wallace
- 1962Il SantoAntoine Louvois
- 1962Dr. Finlay's CasebookColonel Grahame
- 1961A for AndromedaProfessor Ernest Reinhart
- 1960An Age of KingsJack Cade
- 1960Sunday-Night PlayHarold P. Jackman
- 1960Gioco pericolosoBaron
- 1960Barnaby RudgeDennis, the Hangman
- 1959Interpol CallingVon Schriber
- 1959The Third ManTheodore Ratteau
- 1958L'uomo invisibileWilson
- 1957Nicholas NicklebyWackford Squeers. Sr
- 1957Sailor of FortuneOberon
- 1956Armchair TheatreUncle Karl
- 1956The Count of Monte CristoGustav
- 1955This Is Your LifeSelf
- 1950Sunday Night TheatreBubnov, a Capmaker
Domande frequenti
In quali film e serie ha recitato Esmond Knight?
Esmond Knight è noto soprattutto per Doctor Who, I, Claudius, Il Santo e Addio miss Marple.
Quando è nato Esmond Knight?
Esmond Knight è nato il 4 maggio 1906. (East Sheen, Surrey, England)
Quanti anni ha Esmond Knight?
Esmond Knight è morto/a il 23 febbraio 1987 all’età di 80 anni.
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