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"Mr Esmond Knight, as the Marquess of Dorset, reminded us more of the football field than a royal palace." James Agate - reviewing Richard III , the Old Vic Theatre, 1926 (Esmond's first ever notice)
THIS IS YOUR LIFE – Esmond Knight, actor, was surprised by Eamonn Andrews in the audience at the King's Theatre, Hammersmith. Esmond, who was born in London, first began acting on stage in the 1920s and joined the company at London's Old Vic in 1925.
Dec 6, 2023 · Esmond Knight was born on May 4, 1906 in East Sheen, Surrey, England. The youngest of four, he was a natural athlete, having joined the rowing team at Westminster School.
English actor Esmond Knight recovered from a devastating war wound to sustain a career spanning over 50 years in film, television, and stage productions. Starting before the age of 20, he performed on the London stage, moving into feature films a few years later.
This website celebrates the life and work of a remarkable man and a fine British actor - Esmond Knight. His name may not be broadly known nowadays, yet his work will be very familiar to anyone interested in British cinema as he appeared in some of the finest films ever made in the UK, including Henry V, The Red Shoes, Black Narcissus, Hamlet, Richard III, Peeping Tom, The Spy Who Came In from ...
(Above) Stills from the Powell / Pressburger film A Canterbury Tale (1944). On the left, with his back to the screen, Esmond plays the village idiot; in the centre picture, he's on the left as the Seven Sisters Soldier, chatting to Sergeant Bob Johnson (played by John Sweet); on the right, as the Seven Sisters Soldier again behind pilgrims Dennis Price, John Sweet and Sheila Sim.
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 ...
