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Laurence Naismith

14th December 1908 Thames Ditton, Surrey, England, UK Acting

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.

91 Movies 28 TV Shows 126 Credits
Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

Scrooge poster
Scrooge 5th November 1970 as Mr. Fezziwig
Fitzwilly poster
Fitzwilly 20th December 1967 as Mr. Cotty (uncredited)
Cleopatra poster
Cleopatra 12th June 1963 as Arachesilaus (uncredited)
Tempest poster
Tempest 1st December 1958 as Maj. Zurin
I Accuse! poster
I Accuse! 5th March 1958 as Judge at Esterhazy Trial
Mogambo poster
Mogambo 23rd September 1953 as Skipper
Cosh Boy poster
Cosh Boy 1st February 1953 as Inspector Donaldson
Fall of Eagles poster
Fall of Eagles 15th March 1974 as Emperor Franz Josef I of Austria-Hungary
Mannix poster
Mannix 16th September 1967 as Anton
The Fugitive poster
The Fugitive 17th September 1963 as Dr. Andrew Emmett McAllister
Bonanza poster
Bonanza 12th September 1959 as Don Q. Hought