- Films
- 26
- Avg rating
- 6.69
- Peak run
- 1944’48
- 7+ run
- 3 films
Every film, by TMDB rating
The career
Dot size shows audience votes. Films below the source vote floor sit on the baseline.
As an actor, films with 25+ votes
Esmond by the numbers
Average
6.69
18 rated films
Vote weighted
6.71
bigger films count more
Median
6.8
half are better
Consistency
±0.80
rating spread
Career
54y
1934 to 1987
Total votes
6.11K
across every film
Best
8.0
The Red Shoes
Worst
4.6
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
Newest first
Filmography
| 1987 |  Superman IV: The Quest for Peace | Second Elder | 4.6 | 1,467 |
| 1984 |  The Element of Crime | Osborne | 6.4 | 236 |
| 1976 |  Robin and Marian | Old Defender | 6.3 | 281 |
| 1972 | The Boy Who Turned Yellow | Doctor | · | 14 |
| 1969 |  Anne of the Thousand Days | Kingston | 7.2 | 137 |
| 1965 |  The Spy Who Came In from the Cold | Old Judge | 7.1 | 351 |
| 1960 |  Peeping Tom | Arthur Baden | 7.4 | 937 |
| 1960 |  Sink the Bismarck! | Captain Leach - 'Prince of Wales' | 6.9 | 126 |
| 1958 | Battle of the V-1 | Stricker | · | 5 |
| 1957 |  The Prince and the Showgirl | Hoffman | 6.4 | 205 |
| 1956 | Helen of Troy | High Priest | 6.3 | 66 |
| 1951 |  The River | The Father | 7.2 | 136 |
| 1950 | Gone to Earth | Abel Woodus | 6.2 | 38 |
| 1948 |  The Red Shoes | Livy | 8.0 | 780 |
| 1948 |  Hamlet | Bernardo | 7.4 | 302 |
| 1947 | Uncle Silas | Dr. Bryerly | · | 17 |
| 1947 |  Black Narcissus | The Old General | 7.5 | 588 |
| 1947 | Holiday Camp | Camp Announcer | · | 12 |
| 1944 |  Henry V | Fluellen - Captain in the English Army | 6.7 | 138 |
| 1944 |  A Canterbury Tale | Narrator / Seven-Sisters Soldier / Village Idiot | 6.9 | 133 |
Better together?
Esmond Knight's regulars
- Michael PowellDirector and actor · 5 films · 6.86 avg▲+0.07
- Emeric PressburgerDirector and actor · 3 films · 6.86 avg●+0.02
- Vernon SewellDirector and actor · 2 films
The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers. Acting pairs here count billed roles (an actor in a director's top six, co-stars both in the top five); each duo page counts every film they made together in those roles.
Films together: Michael Powell and Esmond Knight movies · Emeric Pressburger and Esmond Knight movies · Vernon Sewell and Esmond Knight movies
Takes