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Knight, Esmond (1906-1987)
 

Film & TV credits


Film credits
 
THE BLUE PETER1928wireless operator
DEADLOCK1931John Tring
THE RINGER1931John Lenley
ROMANY LOVE1931Davy Summers
77 PARK LANE1931Philip Connor
THE BERMONDSEY KID1933Eddie Martin
THE BLUE SQUADRONItaly/UK, 1934Captain Carlo Banti
FATHER AND SON1934Michael Bolton
KING OF WHALES1934Gideon
WALTZES FROM VIENNA1934Johann 'Schani' Strauss
WOMANHOOD1934Jack Gordon
LEST WE FORGET1934Pat Doyle Jr
GIRLS WILL BE BOYS1934Geoffrey Dawson
CRIME UNLIMITED1935Pete Borden
DANDY DICK1935Tony Mardon
SOME DAY1935Curly Blake
PAGLIACCI1936Silvio
THE VICAR OF BRAY1937Sir Dennis Melross
DID I BETRAY? (English language version of SCHWARZE ROSEN (Germany, 1935))Germany/UK, 1937Pavo Collin
WHAT MEN LIVE BY1938Cast Member
WEDDINGS ARE WONDERFUL1938Guy Rogers
THE ARSENAL STADIUM MYSTERY1939George Raille
CONTRABAND1940Mr Pidgeon
FINGERS1940Sid Harris
THE SILVER FLEET1943Von Schiffer
THE HALFWAY HOUSE1944David Davies
HENRY V1944Fluellen, captain in the English Army
A CANTERBURY TALE1944Narrator, Seven-Sisters soldier / village idiot
BLACK NARCISSUS1947the old general
HOLIDAY CAMP1947camp announcer
THE END OF THE RIVER1947Dantos
UNCLE SILAS1947Dr Bryerly
THE RED SHOES1948Livingstone 'Livy' Montague
HAMLET1948Bernardo
GONE TO EARTH1950Abel Woodus
THE RIVERUS, 1951the father
GIRDLE OF GOLD1952Evans the Milk
THE STEEL KEY1953Newman
FULL CIRCLE1954Commentator
RICHARD III1955Ratcliffe
HELEN OF TROYUS, 1955high priest
DARK AVENGER1955Dialogue Coach
THE PRINCE AND THE SHOWGIRL1957Hoffman
BATTLE OF THE V-11958Stricker
SINK THE BISMARCK!US, 1960captain, 'Prince of Wales'
PEEPING TOM1960Arthur Baden
DECISION AT MIDNIGHTUS, 1963Peter Hauser
THE SPY WHO CAME IN FROM THE COLD1965old judge
THE WINTER'S TALE1966Camillo
WHERE'S JACK?1969ballad singer
ANNE OF THE THOUSAND DAYS1969Kingston
THE BOY WHO TURNED YELLOW1972doctor
YELLOW DOG1973Mundt
ROBIN AND MARIANUS, 1976old defender
TO LIVE AGAIN1979Commentator
ESMOND KNIGHT'S THE ARCHERS TALE1979Cast Member
TO LIVE AGAIN1979Narrator
THE ELEMENT OF CRIMEDenmark, 1984Osborne
SUPERMAN IV: THE QUEST FOR PEACEUS, 19872nd elder
 
Television credits
 
VAN GOGHBBC tx 29/9/1937Van Gogh
NIGHT MUST FALLBBC tx 21/10/1937cast member
WILL SHAKESPEAREBBC tx 3/4/1938Kit Marlowe
DERBY DAYBBC tx 3/4/1938Bert Bones
IN THE DENTIST'S CHAIRBBC tx 30/7/1938cast member
MARY ROSEBBC tx 1/1/1939Harry and Simon Blake
TWELFTH NIGHTBBC tx 2/1/1939cast member
FIRST STOP NORTHBBC tx 28/5/1939Terence Donnelly
SAINT JOANBBC tx 30/6/1946the inquisitor
'MR RAMSHAW' AGAINBBC tx 29/12/1946presenter
THE LIKES OF 'ERBBC tx 7/9/1947George Miles
THE TRAGEDY OF MACBETHBBC tx 20/2/1949Banquo
DEEP WATERSBBC tx 5/6/1949Captain Charles Baxter, R.N.
THE COMPELLED PEOPLEBBC tx 16/5/1950Hugo von Gerhardt
ARROW TO THE HEARTBBC tx 20/7/1952Major Kartuschke, Legal Officer
AGGIE: Cobalt BlueITV tx 22/9/1956Marcel Fleur
THE HILLBBC tx 27/3/1959Pontius Pilate
DAVID AND BROCCOLIBBC tx 26/1/1960Broccoli
AN AGE OF KINGS: The Rabble from KentBBC tx 22/9/1960Jack Cade
BARNABY RUDGEBBC tx 18/11-23/12/1960 (13 pts)Dennis, the hangman
A FOR ANDROMEDABBC tx 3/10-14/11/1961 (7 pts) Professor Reinhart
GHOSTSBBC tx 26/1/1962Engstrand
THE SAINT: The Covetous HeadsmanITV tx 21/10/1962Antoine Louvois
SIGNPOST: THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY: Fighting MenBBC tx 8/11/1962Fluellen, scene from HENRY V (1944)
TO BURY CAESARITV tx 12/9/1963Springwood
PICARDY AFFAIRBBC tx 25/10/1963Cast Member
DETECTIVE: The Hungry SpiderBBC1 tx 29/6/1964Commodore Rupert Gill
FESTIVAL: LysistrataBBC tx 15/1/1964chorus
THE MIDNIGHT MEN: The Man From MiditzBBC2 tx 21/10/1964Colonel Vymer
BLOOD AND THUNDER: The ChangelingITV tx 4/1/1965Vermandero
GIDEON'S WAY: Subway to RevengeITV tx 3/4/1965Cast Member
LORD RAINGOBBC2 tx 26/4/1966Sid Jenkin
THE GAMBLERS: The Glory of Llewellyn SmileyITV tx 28/12/1967Cast Member
PLAY OF THE MONTH: The ParachuteBBC2 tx 21/1/1968Cast Member
DETECTIVE: Lesson in AnatomyBBC1 tx 7/6/1968Albert
THE CHAMPIONS: The Silent EnemyITV tx 12/2/1969Cast Member
W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM: A Casual AffairBBC2 tx 3/6/1969Sir Montague Trafford
DETECTIVE: Mr Guppy's TaleBBC1 tx 9/11/1969Ernest Guppy
ELIZABETH R: Marriage GameBBC2 tx 24/2/1971Bishop de Quadra
COUSIN BETTEBBC2 tx 7/8-4/9/1971 (5 pts)General Hulot
THE RIVALS OF SHERLOCK HOLMES: The Affair Of The TortoiseITV tx 22/11/1971Capt. Cutler
PUBLIC EYE: Many a SlipITV tx 29/11/1972Dr. Stowe
WESSEX TALES: The Withered ArmBBC2 tx 7/11/1973Conjuror Trendle
SOFTLY, SOFTLY: TASK FORCE: TrialBBC1 tx 28/11/1973Mr Justice Ruddy
NEW SCOTLAND YARD: Death by MisadventureITV tx 27/4/1974General Travers
QUILLER: The Thin Red LineBBC1 tx 24/10/1975General Pickford
BALLET SHOESBBC1 tx 9/11/1975Great Uncle Matthew
SHADES OF GREENE: Dream of a Strange LandITV tx 3/2/1976The general
I, CLAUDIUSBBC2 tx 27/9/1976Domitius
MAN IN THE IRON MASKNBC (US) tx 17/1/1977Armand
SUPERNATURAL: ViktoriaBBC1 tx 16/7/1977Sir Charles
SUPERNATURAL: DorabellaBBC1 tx 6/8/1977Sir Charles
1990: Voice from the PastBBC2 tx 10/10/1977Mitchell
KILVERT'S DIARY: The Old SoldierBBC2 tx 20/1/1978Cast Member
RETURN OF THE SAINT: The Debt CollectorsITV tx 12/1978Paul Hanson
BBC TELEVISION SHAKESPEARE: Romeo and JulietBBC2 tx 3/12/1978Cast Member
REBECCABBC2 tx 7/2/1979coroner
DRAKE'S VENTUREITV tx 28/12/1980cast member
BBC TELEVISION SHAKESPEARE: Antony and CleopatraBBC2 tx 8/5/1981Lepidus
BBC TELEVISION SHAKESPEARE: Troilus and CressidaBBC2 tx 7/11/1981Priam
THE BORGIASBBC2 tx 2/12/1981cardinal Gian Battista Orsini
A VOYAGE ROUND MY FATHERITV tx 2/3/1982judge
KING LEAR3/4/1983old man
THE INVISIBLE MAN: Certain First PrinciplesBBC1 tx 2/10/1984blind man
BLOTT ON THE LANDSCAPEBBC2 tx 6/2-13/3/1985 (6 pts)Sir Francis Puckerington
MISS MARPLE: Sleeping MurderBBC1 tx 11/1/1987Mr Galbraith
FORTUNES OF WARBBC1 tx 11/10-22/11/1987 (7 pts)Liversage