Laurence Naismith
Birthday: 1908-12-14
Deathday: 1992-06-05
Birthplace: Thames Ditton, Surrey, England, UK
Gender: Male
Owned By: Unowned
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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Credits
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1982-04-14 | I Remember Nelson | Rev. Edmund Nelson |
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1978-12-03 | Romeo & Juliet | Prince Escalus |
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1977-06-11 | The Last Appointment! | Judge Fulton |
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1976-06-07 | The Switch | Judge Fulton |
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1974-10-04 | London Conspiracy | Judge Fulton |
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1974-01-01 | Mission: Monte Carlo | Judge Fulton |
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1973-04-01 | The Persuaders! | Judge Fulton |
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1972-12-07 | The Amazing Mr. Blunden | Mr. Frederick Percival Blunden |
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1972-07-20 | Young Winston | Lord Salisbury |
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1971-12-14 | Diamonds Are Forever | Sir Donald Munger |
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1971-06-06 | Quest for Love | Sir Henry Lanstein |
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1970-11-05 | Scrooge | Mr. Fezziwig |
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1969-11-21 | The File on Devlin | Lord Pomeroy |
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1969-11-18 | Run a Crooked Mile | Lord Dunnsfield |
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1969-09-01 | The Bushbaby | Prof. 'Cranky' Crankshaw |
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1969-07-24 | The Valley of Gwangi | Professor Bromley |
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1969-06-18 | Eye of the Cat | Dr. Mills |
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1968-05-02 | The Admirable Crichton | Lord Loam |
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1967-12-20 | Fitzwilly | Mr. Cotty (uncredited) |
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1967-10-25 | Camelot | Merlyn |
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1967-09-01 | The Scorpio Letters | Burr |
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1967-07-27 | The Long Duel | McDougal |
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1967-02-12 | Deadlier Than the Male | Sir John Bledlow |
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1965-08-31 | Sky West and Crooked | Edwin Dacres |
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1963-12-11 | The Three Lives of Thomasina | Reverend Angus Paddie |
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1963-06-19 | Jason and the Argonauts | Argos |
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1963-06-12 | Cleopatra | Arachesilaus (uncredited) |
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1963-05-17 | We Joined the Navy | Admiral Blake |
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1962-09-14 | I Thank a Fool | O'Grady |
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1962-08-01 | The 300 Spartans | First Delegate |
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1962-06-13 | The Valiant | Admiral |
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1962-03-11 | The Prince and the Pauper | Earl of Hertford |
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1961-07-17 | Greyfriars Bobby | Mr. Traill |
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1961-01-05 | The Singer Not the Song | Old Uncle |
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1960-11-10 | The World of Suzie Wong | O’Neill |
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1960-09-13 | The Criminal | Mr. Town |
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1960-06-16 | Village of the Damned | Dr. Willers |
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1960-05-28 | The Trials of Oscar Wilde | Prince of Wales |
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1960-03-10 | The Angry Silence | Martindale |
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1960-02-11 | Sink the Bismarck! | First Sea Lord Admiral Sir Dudley Pound |
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1959-12-18 | Solomon and Sheba | Hezrai |
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1959-11-10 | Third Man on the Mountain | Teo Zurbriggen |
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1958-12-01 | Tempest | Maj. Zurin |
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1958-11-17 | The Two-Headed Spy | Gen. Hauser |
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1958-07-03 | A Night to Remember | Capt. Edward John Smith |
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1958-03-25 | Gideon's Day | Arthur Sayer |
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1958-03-05 | I Accuse! | Judge at Esterhazy Trial |
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1958-02-05 | The Naked Earth | Skin Trader |
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1958-01-15 | The Gypsy and the Gentleman | Dr. Forrester |
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1957-04-19 | Boy on a Dolphin | Dr. Hawkins |
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1957-03-12 | Abandon Ship | Captain Paul Darrow |
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1957-01-10 | Robbery Under Arms | Ben Marston |
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1956-11-27 | Tiger in the Smoke | Canon Avril |
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1956-09-15 | Lust for Life | Dr. Bosman |
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1956-09-01 | The Weapon | Jamison |
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1956-04-03 | The Man Who Never Was | Adm. Cross |
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1956-01-01 | The Extra Day | Kurt Vorn |
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1955-11-09 | Josephine and Men | Porter |
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1955-05-16 | The Dam Busters | Farmer |
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1954-12-09 | Carrington V.C. | Major Panton |
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1954-08-26 | The Black Knight | Major Domo |
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1954-01-07 | The Million Pound Note | Walter Craddock |
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1953-11-23 | Love in Pawn | Uncle Amos |
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1953-09-23 | Mogambo | Skipper |
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1953-08-24 | The Beggar's Opera | Matt of the Mint |
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1953-04-10 | The Flanagan Boy | Boxing Booth Barker |
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1953-03-30 | Rough Shoot | Blossom |
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1953-02-05 | Time Bomb | |
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1953-02-01 | Cosh Boy | Inspector Donaldson |
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1953-01-23 | The Long Memory | Hasbury |
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1952-10-01 | A Killer Walks | Dr. James |
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1952-03-30 | The Happy Family | Councillor |
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1952-03-05 | I Believe in You | Sergeant Braxton |
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1952-01-22 | His Excellency | First Soldier |
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1952-01-01 | Whispering Smith Vs. Scotland Yard | Parker |
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1951-11-13 | High Treason | |
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1951-07-02 | Calling Bulldog Drummond | Hardcastle (uncredited) |
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1951-06-12 | There Is Another Sun | Riley |
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1951-02-20 | Pool of London | Commissionaire (uncredited) |
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1950-05-15 | Room to Let | Editor |
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1950-03-08 | The Happiest Days of Your Life | Dr. Collet |
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1949-09-27 | The Chiltern Hundreds | Reporter (uncredited) |
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1949-06-21 | Kind Hearts and Coronets | Warder in Jail (uncredited) |
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1949-01-18 | Train of Events | Joe Hunt |
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1948-11-01 | A Piece of Cake | Merlin Mound |
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1948-11-01 | Trouble in the Air |