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Laurence Naismith

Laurence Naismith

Actor · 1908 – 1992 · 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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  • Movie6.4

    Diamonds Are Forever

    1971 · 2.4K votes

  • Movie7.1

    Cleopatra

    1963 · 885 votes

  • Movie7.2

    Jason and the Argonauts

    1963 · 727 votes

  • Movie7.6

    A Night to Remember

    1958 · 302 votes

  • Movie7.0

    The Million Pound Note

    1954 · 85 votes

  • Movie6.5

    The 300 Spartans

    1962 · 159 votes

  • Movie6.4

    Solomon and Sheba

    1959 · 107 votes

  • Movie6.9

    The Dam Busters

    1955 · 166 votes

  • Movie7.2

    Lust for Life

    1956 · 210 votes

  • Movie7.2

    Village of the Damned

    1960 · 520 votes

  • Movie5.8

    Boy on a Dolphin

    1957 · 39 votes

  • Movie7.2
  • Movie7.0

    The Man Who Never Was

    1956 · 96 votes

  • Movie7.1

    The Valley of Gwangi

    1969 · 170 votes

  • Movie6.8

    Scrooge

    1970 · 170 votes

  • Movie6.8

    Sink the Bismarck!

    1960 · 125 votes

  • Movie6.2

    Camelot

    1967 · 82 votes

  • Movie5.5

    Eye of the Cat

    1969 · 44 votes

  • Movie7.6

    Kind Hearts and Coronets

    1949 · 629 votes

  • Movie6.7
  • Movie5.9

    Deadlier Than the Male

    1967 · 55 votes

  • Movie6.4

    The Criminal

    1960 · 41 votes

  • Movie6.4

    Mogambo

    1953 · 181 votes

  • Movie6.5

    Gideon's Day

    1958 · 32 votes

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  • TV7.5

    Bonanza

    1959 · 500 votes

  • TV6.8

    Mannix

    1967 · 56 votes

  • TV7.3

    The Fugitive

    1963 · 63 votes

  • TV7.0

    The Name of the Game

    1968 · 13 votes

  • TV5.9
  • TV6.3

    The Defenders

    1961 · 11 votes

  • TV6.0
  • TV6.8

    The Invaders

    1967 · 62 votes

  • TV6.4
  • TV7.2

    12 O'Clock High

    1964 · 21 votes

  • TV3.5

    Sunday Night Theatre

    1950 · 2 votes

  • TV7.7

    The Persuaders!

    1971 · 135 votes

  • TV5.6

    Lancer

    1968 · 6 votes

  • TV7.3

    Danger Man

    1960 · 25 votes

  • TV7.9
  • TV6.1

    The Protectors

    1972 · 14 votes

  • TV7.0

    Return of the Saint

    1978 · 10 votes

  • TV8.0

    Mark Saber

    1954 · 2 votes

  • TV7.2

    The Third Man

    1959 · 11 votes

  • TV5.1

    Sir Francis Drake

    1961 · 7 votes

  • TV7.5

    Profiles in Courage

    1964 · 2 votes

  • TV7.0

    Fall of Eagles

    1974 · 10 votes

  • TV8.8

    Hallmark Hall of Fame

    1951 · 8 votes

  • TV7.5

    Oh, Father!

    1973 · 2 votes