Laurence Naismith
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.
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Personal info
Gender
Male
Birthday
1908-12-14
Place of birth
Thames Ditton, Surrey, England, UK
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Cast
Diamonds Are Forever
1971
6.40
Deadlier Than the Male
1967
5.90
Jason and the Argonauts
1963
7.16
The Criminal
1960
6.40
Village of the Damned
1960
7.20
Mogambo
1953
6.40
Scrooge
1970
6.90
The Black Knight
1954
6.20
Lust for Life
1956
7.16
The Weapon
1956
5.90
The Valley of Gwangi
1969
7.10
The Three Lives of Thomasina
1963
6.82
The Man Who Never Was
1956
7.00
Boy on a Dolphin
1957
5.50
Mission: Monte Carlo
1974
6.70
Cosh Boy
1953
5.50
Third Man on the Mountain
1959
6.70
Greyfriars Bobby
1961
6.90
Sink the Bismarck!
1960
6.81
Tiger in the Smoke
1956
7.10
Camelot
1967
6.20
The Prince and the Pauper
1962
7.30
The Amazing Mr. Blunden
1972
6.20
The Angry Silence
1960
7.10
I Thank a Fool
1962
5.50
The Singer Not the Song
1961
6.75
Quest for Love
1971
6.60
A Killer Walks
1952
3.00
The Persuaders!
1973
8.25
The Last Appointment!
1977
0.00
Perilous Assignment
1959
10.00
The Bushbaby
1969
6.00
Sky West and Crooked
1966
5.40
The Flanagan Boy
1953
5.80
The File on Devlin
1969
0.00
The Gypsy and the Gentleman
1958
5.50
The Extra Day
1956
6.60
A Piece of Cake
1948
4.50
The Valiant
1962
7.50
Robbery Under Arms
1957
5.40
The Scorpio Letters
1967
4.00
The Long Memory
1953
6.60
Pool of London
1951
6.50
The Chiltern Hundreds
1949
5.00
High Treason
1951
5.30
The 300 Spartans
1962
6.40
The Trials of Oscar Wilde
1960
6.40
Rough Shoot
1953
6.20
Abandon Ship
1957
7.40
Tempest
1958
6.00
Run a Crooked Mile
1969
8.00
The Admirable Crichton
1968
6.00
Eye of the Cat
1969
5.40
Young Winston
1972
6.20
Fitzwilly
1967
6.10
Room to Let
1950
6.00
Kind Hearts and Coronets
1949
7.64
The Long Duel
1967
5.10
The Happiest Days of Your Life
1950
6.50
The Happy Family
1952
7.20
Trouble in the Air
1948
7.00
I Remember Nelson
1982
0.00
Romeo and Juliet
1978
7.40
There Is Another Sun
1951
6.00
The Million Pound Note
1954
6.84
The World of Suzie Wong
1960
6.40
The Dam Busters
1955
6.90
The Naked Earth
1958
0.00
Train of Events
1949
6.20
A Night to Remember
1958
7.60
We Joined the Navy
1963
5.40
Love in Pawn
1953
6.50
Josephine and Men
1955
6.00
I Accuse!
1958
6.10
London Conspiracy
1974
10.00
Calling Bulldog Drummond
1951
5.80
Gideon's Day
1958
6.38
The Switch
1976
0.00
Carrington V.C.
1954
5.90
The Beggar's Opera
1953
4.90
Solomon and Sheba
1959
6.40
Time Bomb
1953
5.20
The Two-Headed Spy
1958
6.20
His Excellency
1952
6.00
I Believe in You
1952
6.40
Cleopatra
1963
7.04
Penny Princess
1952
6.40
Mother Riley Meets the Vampire
1952
4.19
Hell Is Sold Out
1951
5.70