Laurence Harvey
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Laurence Harvey (born Zvi Mosheh Skikne; 1 October 1928 – 25 November 1973) was a Lithuanian-born British actor and film director. Born in Joniškis to a Jewish family, he moved with his family to South Africa as a child and grew up in Johannesburg. During the Second World War, he served in the South African Army’s entertainment unit. He later moved to London and began working in theatre and film. Harvey gained international recognition as Joe Lampton in Room at the Top (1959), earning an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor. His later films included The Alamo (1960), BUtterfield 8 (1960) and The Manchurian Candidate (1962). He directed The Ceremony (1963) and took over direction of A Dandy in Aspic (1968) after Anthony Mann died during production. Harvey also directed and starred in Welcome to Arrow Beach (1974). He died of stomach cancer in London at the age of 45.
Known for
Credits
The Alamo (1960)
as Col. William Travis
The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
as Raymond Shaw
F for Fake (1973)
as Self
Darling (1965)
as Miles Brand
The Magic Christian (1969)
as Hamlet
He and She (1969)
as He
Room at the Top (1958)
as Joe Lampton
The Charge of the Light Brigade (1968)
as Russian Prince (Uncredited)
Walk on the Wild Side (1962)
as Dove Linkhorn
Scarlet Thread (1951)
as Freddie
King Richard and the Crusaders (1954)
as Sir Kenneth of the Leopard
WUSA (1970)
as Farley
The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm (1962)
as Wilhelm Grimm / Cobbler (segment "The Cobbler and the Elves")
The Deep (2007)
as Hughie Warriner
Noah and the Flood (1962)
as Narrator
The Outrage (1964)
as Husband
A Dandy in Aspic (1968)
as Eberlin
Summer and Smoke (1961)
as John Buchanan Jr.
BUtterfield 8 (1960)
as Weston Liggett
Night Watch (1973)
as John Wheeler
Storm Over the Nile (1955)
as John Durrance
The Black Rose (1950)
as Edmond
The Running Man (1963)
as Rex Black
Appointment in Beirut (1968)
as Jeff Miller
The Long and the Short and the Tall (1961)
as Pvt. 'Bammo' Bamforth
Dial M for Murder (1967)
as Tony Wendice
The Fight for Rome (1968)
as Cethegus
The Good Die Young (1954)
as Miles 'Rave' Ravenscourt
I Am a Camera (1955)
as Christopher Isherwood
Life at the Top (1965)
as Joe Lampton
MGM 40th Anniversary (1964)
Actor
A Killer Walks (1952)
as Ned Harsten
Welcome To Arrow Beach (1974)
as Jason Henry
Three Men in a Boat (1956)
as George
The Fight for Rome II - The Betrayal (1969)
as Cethegus
Will the Real Mr Sellers.....? (1969)
as Self
Of Human Bondage (1964)
as Philip Carey
The Truth About Women (1957)
as Sir Humphrey Tavistock
Romeo and Juliet (1954)
as Romeo
Man on the Run (1949)
as Detective Sergeant Lawson
The Spy with a Cold Nose (1966)
as Dr. Francis Trevelyan
The Silent Enemy (1958)
as Lieutenant "Buster" Crabb, R.N.V.R.
The Winter's Tale (1968)
as King Leontes
A Girl Named Tamiko (1962)
as Ivan Kalin
Two Loves (1961)
as Paul Lathrope
Cairo Road (1950)
as Lt. Mourad
Orson Welles: The One-Man Band (1995)
as Self (segment "The deep") (archive footage)
Innocents in Paris (1953)
as Francois
Escape to the Sun (1972)
as Major Kirsanov
There Is Another Sun (1951)
as Mag Maguire
I Believe in You (1952)
as Jordie Bennett
Expresso Bongo (1959)
as Johnny Jackson
House of Darkness (1948)
as Francis Merryman
The Ceremony (1963)
as Sean McKenna
John Wayne's 'The Alamo' (1992)
as Col. William Travis
The Dancing Years (1950)
as Minor Role (uncredited)
Women of Twilight (1953)
as Jerry Nolan
The Man from Yesterday (1949)
as John Matthews
After the Ball (1957)
as Walter de Frece
Mission Mind Control (1979)
as Raymond Shaw (archive footage)
Landfall (1949)
as PO Hooper
Power Among Men (1959)
as Narrator