Esmond Knight: movies and TV shows
Esmond Knight has 119 credits in the archive: 62 films and 57 TV series, from 1928 to 1987. Highest rated: Public Eye (8.2/10).
Career timeline
1928 – 1987 · busiest year: 1960 (7 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | Superman IV: The Quest for Peace | Second Elder | Film | 4.6 | 81 |
| 1987 | Fortunes of War | Liversage | TV | 6.3 | 81 |
| 1987 | Miss Marple: Sleeping Murder | Mr. Galbraith | TV | 7.3 | 81 |
| 1984 | The Invisible Man | Blind Man | TV | 7.3 | 78 |
| 1984 | The Element of Crime | Osborne | Film | 6.4 | 78 |
| 1984 | A Voyage Round My Father | Judge | Film | 7.4 | 78 |
| 1983 | My Cousin Rachel | Sam Bates | TV | 7.0 | 77 |
| 1983 | King Lear | Old Man | Film | 6.7 | 77 |
| 1982 | Fame Is the Spur | Old Etchells | TV | 6.0 | 76 |
| 1981 | Troilus & Cressida | Priam | Film | 8.0 | 75 |
| 1981 | Antony & Cleopatra | Lepidus | Film | 7.3 | 75 |
| 1980 | Drake's Venture | John Dee | Film | 5.8 | 74 |
| 1979 | Rebecca | Coroner | TV | 7.5 | 73 |
| 1978 | Return of the Saint | Paul Hanson | TV | 7.0 | 72 |
| 1978 | The BBC Television Shakespeare | Old Capulet | TV | 6.0 | 72 |
| 1978 | Romeo and Juliet | Old Capulet | Film | 7.6 | 72 |
| 1977 | Supernatural | Sir Charles | TV | 7.2 | 71 |
| 1977 | 1990 | Mitchell | TV | 6.5 | 71 |
| 1977 | The Man in the Iron Mask | Armand | Film | 6.4 | 71 |
| 1976 | I, Claudius | Domitius | TV | 7.8 | 70 |
| 1976 | Robin and Marian | Old Defender | Film | 6.3 | 70 |
| 1975 | Quiller | General Pickford | TV | 10.0 | 69 |
| 1974 | Churchill's People | Penda's Father | TV | 5.0 | 68 |
| 1974 | Fall of Eagles | General Ruzski | TV | 7.0 | 68 |
| 1974 | Bedtime Stories | Vere Rawley | TV | — | 68 |
| 1973 | Wessex Tales | Conjuror Trendle | TV | 7.0 | 67 |
| 1973 | Yellow Dog | Mundt | Film | 4.9 | 67 |
| 1972 | New Scotland Yard | General Travers | TV | 6.3 | 66 |
| 1972 | Arthur of the Britons | Athel | TV | 8.0 | 66 |
| 1972 | The Boy Who Turned Yellow | Doctor | Film | 5.7 | 66 |
| 1971 | The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes | Captain Cutler | TV | 7.5 | 65 |
| 1971 | Elizabeth R | Bishop de Quadra | TV | 7.5 | 65 |
| 1971 | Cousin Bette | General Hulot | TV | 4.0 | 65 |
| 1971 | Cousin Bette | Marshal Hulot | TV | 4.0 | 65 |
| 1969 | Softly Softly: Task Force | Mr. Justice Ruddy | TV | 6.0 | 63 |
| 1969 | Anne of the Thousand Days | Kingston | Film | 7.1 | 63 |
| 1969 | Where's Jack? | Ballad Singer | Film | 7.5 | 63 |
| 1969 | Doctor Who: The Space Pirates | Dom Issigri | Film | 5.2 | 63 |
| 1968 | The Champions | Minister | TV | 6.5 | 62 |
| 1968 | The Winter's Tale | Camillo | Film | 7.0 | 62 |
| 1968 | The Parachute | Helmut | Film | — | 62 |
| 1966 | King of the River | Donner | TV | 7.0 | 60 |
| 1966 | The Spies | General Loren | TV | 10.0 | 60 |
| 1966 | Lord Raingo | Sid Jenkin | TV | — | 60 |
| 1965 | BBC Play of the Month | Helmut | TV | 5.3 | 59 |
| 1965 | Thirty-Minute Theatre | President | TV | 4.2 | 59 |
| 1965 | Gideon's Way | Robson | TV | 7.0 | 59 |
| 1965 | Public Eye | Dr. Stowe | TV | 8.2 | 59 |
| 1965 | The Troubleshooters | Foss | TV | 7.3 | 59 |
| 1965 | The Spy Who Came In from the Cold | Old Judge | Film | 7.1 | 59 |
| 1964 | Detective | Commodore Rupert Gill | TV | 9.0 | 58 |
| 1964 | Detective | Albert | TV | 9.0 | 58 |
| 1964 | Detective | Ernest Guppy | TV | 9.0 | 58 |
| 1964 | The Protectors | Pearce Kettner | TV | 8.0 | 58 |
| 1963 | Doctor Who | Dom Issigri | TV | 7.9 | 57 |
| 1963 | Festival | Chorus | TV | 8.0 | 57 |
| 1963 | Decision at Midnight | Peter Hauser | Film | 7.5 | 57 |
| 1962 | The Saint | Antoine Louvois | TV | 7.3 | 56 |
| 1962 | Z-Cars | Albert Wallace | TV | 7.3 | 56 |
| 1962 | Dr. Finlay's Casebook | Colonel Grahame | TV | 6.7 | 56 |
| 1962 | Dr. Finlay's Casebook | Hugh Armitage | TV | 6.7 | 56 |
| 1961 | A for Andromeda | Professor Ernest Reinhart | TV | 5.5 | 55 |
| 1960 | Sunday-Night Play | Harold P. Jackman | TV | — | 54 |
| 1960 | Danger Man | Baron | TV | 7.4 | 54 |
| 1960 | An Age of Kings | Jack Cade | TV | 5.3 | 54 |
| 1960 | Sink the Bismarck! | Captain Leach - 'Prince of Wales' | Film | 6.9 | 54 |
| 1960 | Peeping Tom | Arthur Baden | Film | 7.5 | 54 |
| 1960 | Barnaby Rudge | Dennis, the Hangman | TV | 5.0 | 54 |
| 1960 | Barnaby Rudge | Dennis | TV | 5.0 | 54 |
| 1959 | Interpol Calling | Von Schriber | TV | 7.3 | 53 |
| 1959 | The Third Man | Theodore Ratteau | TV | 7.2 | 53 |
| 1958 | The Invisible Man | Wilson | TV | 7.3 | 52 |
| 1958 | Battle of the V-1 | Stricker | Film | 5.2 | 52 |
| 1957 | The Prince and the Showgirl | Hoffman | Film | 6.3 | 51 |
| 1957 | Nicholas Nickleby | Wackford Squeers. Sr | TV | — | 51 |
| 1956 | The Count of Monte Cristo | Gustav | TV | 5.6 | 50 |
| 1956 | Helen of Troy | High Priest | Film | 6.3 | 50 |
| 1956 | Armchair Theatre | Uncle Karl | TV | 6.0 | 50 |
| 1955 | This Is Your Life | Self | TV | 6.7 | 49 |
| 1955 | The Dark Avenger | Film | 6.4 | 49 | |
| 1953 | Full Circle | Film | — | 47 | |
| 1953 | The Steel Key | Prof. Newman | Film | 6.5 | 47 |
| 1952 | Girdle of Gold | Evans the Milk | Film | 8.3 | 46 |
| 1951 | The River | The Father | Film | 7.3 | 45 |
| 1951 | Without Fear | Narrator (voice) | Film | — | 45 |
| 1950 | Sunday Night Theatre | Bubnov, a Capmaker | TV | 3.5 | 44 |
| 1950 | Sunday Night Theatre | Major Kartuschke, Legal Officer | TV | 3.5 | 44 |
| 1950 | Gone to Earth | Abel Woodus | Film | 6.2 | 44 |
| 1948 | Hamlet | Bernardo | Film | 7.4 | 42 |
| 1948 | The Red Shoes | Livy | Film | 8.0 | 42 |
| 1947 | Black Narcissus | The Old General | Film | 7.5 | 41 |
| 1947 | Holiday Camp | Camp Announcer | Film | 6.8 | 41 |
| 1947 | Uncle Silas | Dr. Bryerly | Film | 5.9 | 41 |
| 1947 | The End of the River | Dantos | Film | 6.3 | 41 |
| 1944 | Henry V | Fluellen - Captain in the English Army | Film | 6.7 | 38 |
| 1944 | A Canterbury Tale | Narrator / Seven-Sisters Soldier / Village Idiot | Film | 6.9 | 38 |
| 1944 | The Halfway House | David Davies | Film | 6.5 | 38 |
| 1943 | The Silver Fleet | Von Schiffer | Film | 6.4 | 37 |
| 1941 | This England | Vicar's Son | Film | 6.9 | 35 |
| 1940 | Contraband | Mr. Pidgeon | Film | 7.1 | 34 |
| 1939 | The Arsenal Stadium Mystery | Raille | Film | 7.2 | 33 |
| 1938 | What Men Live By | Michael | Film | 7.5 | 32 |
| 1938 | Weddings Are Wonderful | Guy Rogers | Film | 9.0 | 32 |
| 1937 | The Vicar of Bray | Dennis Melross | Film | 6.3 | 31 |
| 1936 | Pagliacci | Cadet Silvio | Film | 9.0 | 30 |
| 1936 | Black Roses | Pavo Collin | Film | 7.0 | 30 |
| 1935 | Crime Unlimited | Pete Borden | Film | 6.0 | 29 |
| 1935 | Dandy Dick | Tony Mardon | Film | 6.9 | 29 |
| 1935 | Someday | Curly Blake | Film | 9.0 | 29 |
| 1935 | Father and Son | Michael Bolton | Film | 10.0 | 29 |
| 1934 | The Blue Squadron | Captain Carlo Banti | Film | 7.0 | 28 |
| 1934 | Waltzes from Vienna | Johann Strauss, the Younger | Film | 5.5 | 28 |
| 1934 | Girls Will Be Boys | Geoffrey Dawson | Film | 5.8 | 28 |
| 1933 | The Bermondsey Kid | Eddie Martin | Film | 9.0 | 27 |
| 1931 | Romany Love | Davy Summers | Film | 7.0 | 25 |
| 1931 | 77 Park Lane | Philip Connor | Film | — | 25 |
| 1931 | The Ringer | John Lenley | Film | 10.0 | 25 |
| 1931 | Deadlock | John Tring | Film | 7.0 | 25 |
| 1928 | The Blue Peter | Radio operator | Film | 8.0 | 22 |