Laurence Naismith
- Acting
- December 14, 1908 · Thames Ditton, Surrey, England, UK
- June 5, 1992
Biography
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.
Known for
Filmography
- The Making of 'A Night to Remember' · Self
- I Remember Nelson · Rev. Edmund Nelson
- Romeo and Juliet · Prince Escalus
- The BBC Television Shakespeare · Prince Escalus
- Return of the Saint · General Platt
- The Last Appointment! · Judge Fulton
- The Switch · Judge Fulton
- London Conspiracy · Judge Fulton (archive footage)
- Fall of Eagles · Emperor Franz Josef I of Austria-Hungary
- Mission: Monte Carlo · Judge Fulton (archive footage)
- Oh, Father! · Father Harris
- The Persuaders! · Judge Fulton
- The Amazing Mr. Blunden · Mr. Frederick Percival Blunden
- The Protectors · Prof. Alexander Schelpin
- Young Winston · Lord Salisbury
- Diamonds Are Forever · Sir Donald Munger
- The Persuaders! · Judge Fulton
- Quest for Love · Sir Henry Lanstein
- Scrooge · Mr. Fezziwig
- The File on Devlin · Lord Pomeroy
- Run a Crooked Mile · Lord Dunnsfield
- The Bushbaby · Prof. 'Cranky' Crankshaw
- The Valley of Gwangi · Professor Bromley
- Eye of the Cat · Dr. Mills
- Lancer
- The Name of the Game · Reddington
- The Admirable Crichton · Lord Loam
- Fitzwilly · Mr. Cotty (uncredited)
- Camelot · Merlyn
- Mannix · Anton
- The Scorpio Letters · Burr
- The Long Duel · McDougal
- Deadlier Than the Male · Sir John Bledlow
- The Invaders · Professor Lindstrom, Cyrus Stone
- Sky West and Crooked · Edwin Dacres
- Profiles in Courage · John Adams, George Mason
- 12 O'Clock High · Gilly Bright
- The Three Lives of Thomasina · Reverend Angus Paddie
- Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre · Gordon Knight, Inspector Rason
- The Fugitive · Dr. Andrew Emmett McAllister, Major Fielding
- Jason and the Argonauts · Argos
- Cleopatra · Arachesilaus (uncredited)
- We Joined the Navy · Admiral Blake
- I Thank a Fool · O'Grady
- The 300 Spartans · First Delegate
- The Valiant · Admiral
- The Prince and the Pauper · Earl of Hertford
- Sir Francis Drake · Sir Miles Burns
- The Defenders · Mr. Collins
- Greyfriars Bobby · Mr. Traill
- The Singer Not the Song · Old Uncle
- The World of Suzie Wong · O’Neill
- The Criminal · Mr. Town
- Danger Man · Spooner
- Village of the Damned · Dr. Willers
- The Trials of Oscar Wilde · Prince of Wales
- The Angry Silence · Martindale
- Sink the Bismarck! · First Sea Lord Admiral Sir Dudley Pound
- Third Man on the Mountain · Teo Zurbriggen
- Perilous Assignment · Self
- Solomon and Sheba · Hezrai
- The Third Man · Ostrow, The McCriach
- Bonanza · Don Q. Hought
- Tempest · Maj. Zurin
- The Two-Headed Spy · Gen. Hauser
- A Night to Remember · Capt. Edward John Smith
- Gideon's Day · Arthur Sayer
- I Accuse! · Judge at Esterhazy Trial
- The Naked Earth · Skin Trader
- The Gypsy and the Gentleman · Dr. Forrester
- Boy on a Dolphin · Dr. Hawkins
- Seven Waves Away · Captain Paul Darrow
- Robbery Under Arms · Ben Marston
- Tiger in the Smoke · Canon Avril
- Lust for Life · Dr. Bosman
- The Weapon · Jamison
- The Man Who Never Was · Adm. Cross
- The Extra Day · Kurt Vorn
- Josephine and Men · Porter
- The Adventures of Robin Hood · Sir William de Courcier