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Laurence Naismith

Laurence Naismith

Birthday: 1908-12-14 | Place of Birth: Thames Ditton, Surrey, England, UK

Laurence Naismith (14 December 1908 – 5 June 1992) was an English actor. Naismith appeared in films such as Diamonds Are Forever (1971), Richard III (1955), Jason and the Argonauts (1963), Sink the Bismarck! (1960), Carrington VC (1954) and as Captain Edward Smith of the RMS Titanic in A Night to Remember (1958). He appeared on Broadway in the musical Here's Love in 1963 and played the non-singing role of Merlin in the 1967 film version of the musical Camelot. In 1965 he guest-starred as barber Gilly Bright in episode 25, "The Threat" of 12 O-Clock High (TV series). He was Judge Fulton in the TV series The Persuaders! (1971), with Tony Curtis and Roger Moore. He also starred in a children's ghost film The Amazing Mr Blunden (1972). He portrayed Emperor of Austria Franz Joseph in the BBC production Fall of Eagles (1974). Naismith played the Prince of Verona in the BBC Television Shakespeare version of Romeo & Juliet. Outside of acting he was the landlord of the Rowbarge pub at Woolhampton, Berkshire and a keen cricket fan. Naismith married, in 1939, Vera Bocca of Horden, County Durham. Description above from the Wikipedia article Laurence Naismith, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

1978
Romeo & Juliet

as    Prince Escalus

1974
Mission: Monte Carlo

as    Judge Fulton

1974
The Amazing Mr. Blunden

as    Mr. Frederick Percival Blunden

1971
Quest for Love

as    Sir Henry Lanstein

1970
Scrooge

as    Mr. Fezziwig

1969
Eye of the Cat

as    Dr. Mills

1969
Run a Crooked Mile

as    Lord Dunnsfield

1969
The Valley of Gwangi

as    Professor Bromley

1968
The Admirable Crichton

as    Lord Loam

1967
The Scorpio Letters

as    Burr

1967
The Long Duel

as    McDougal

1967
Camelot

as    Merlyn

1967
Deadlier Than the Male

as    Sir John Bledlow

1965
Sky West and Crooked

as    Edwin Dacres

1963
Jason and the Argonauts

as    Argos

1963
The Three Lives of Thomasina

as    Reverend Angus Paddie

1961
1960
Sink the Bismarck!

as    First Sea Lord Admiral Sir Dudley Pound

1960
The Criminal

as    Mr. Town

1960
The World of Suzie Wong

as    O’Neill

1959
Third Man on the Mountain

as    Teo Zurbriggen

1958
Robbery Under Arms

as    Ben Marston

1957
Boy on a Dolphin

as    Dr. Hawkins

1957
The Weapon

as    Jamison

1956
The Man Who Never Was

as    Adm. Cross

1956
Tiger in the Smoke

as    Canon Avril

1954
The Black Knight

as    Major Domo

1953
Cosh Boy

as    Inspector Donaldson

1953
Mogambo

as    Skipper