Laurence Naismith
Acting
Born 1908-12-14
Died 1992-06-05
Thames Ditton, Surrey, England, UK
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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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Filmography
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Acting
58 credits
The Fugitive
Bonanza
Mannix
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
The Defenders
The Invaders
The Adventures of Robin Hood
The Name of the Game
The Persuaders!
Sunday Night Theatre
12 O'Clock High
Danger Man
The Protectors
Cleopatra
Diamonds Are Forever
The Third Man
Return of the Saint
Scrooge
The Million Pound Note
Jason and the Argonauts
The BBC Television Shakespeare
Sir Francis Drake
The Wonderful World of Disney
Profiles in Courage
Fall of Eagles
The 300 Spartans
A Night to Remember
Solomon and Sheba
Kind Hearts and Coronets
Village of the Damned
Lust for Life
Sink the Bismarck!
Mogambo
Camelot
The Dam Busters
The Valley of Gwangi
Young Winston
Oh, Father!
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Boy on a Dolphin
The Prince and the Pauper
The Man Who Never Was
Greyfriars Bobby
Seven Waves Away
Fitzwilly
Eye of the Cat
Gideon's Day
The World of Suzie Wong
Deadlier Than the Male
Third Man on the Mountain
The Long Duel
The Trials of Oscar Wilde
The Criminal
I Accuse!
The Three Lives of Thomasina
The Two-Headed Spy
The Black Knight
Tempest
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