Known For
Acting
Born
Dec 14, 1908
Died
Jun 05, 1992
Place of Birth
Thames Ditton, Surrey, England, UK
Credits
118 titles
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. 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 (archive footage)
I Remember Nelson
Rev. Edmund Nelson
The BBC Television Shakespeare
Prince Escalus
Romeo and Juliet
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
Sky West and Crooked
Edwin Dacres
Profiles in Courage
John Adams
12 O'Clock High
Gilly Bright
The Three Lives of Thomasina
Reverend Angus Paddie
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
Gordon Knight
The Fugitive
Dr. Andrew Emmett McAllister
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