Laurence Naismith
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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
Credits
Cleopatra (1963)
as Arachesilaus (uncredited)
The Million Pound Note (1954)
as Walter Craddock
Diamonds Are Forever (1971)
as Sir Donald Munger
Jason and the Argonauts (1963)
as Argos
A Night to Remember (1958)
as Capt. Edward John Smith
The 300 Spartans (1962)
as First Delegate
Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)
as Warder in Jail (uncredited)
Solomon and Sheba (1959)
as Hezrai
Camelot (1967)
as Merlyn
Sink the Bismarck! (1960)
as First Sea Lord Admiral Sir Dudley Pound
Scrooge (1970)
as Mr. Fezziwig
Lust for Life (1956)
as Dr. Bosman
Village of the Damned (1960)
as Dr. Willers
Young Winston (1972)
as Lord Salisbury
Gideon's Day (1958)
as Arthur Sayer
Mogambo (1953)
as Skipper
The Dam Busters (1955)
as Farmer
Deadlier Than the Male (1967)
as Sir John Bledlow
Carrington V.C. (1954)
as Major Panton
The Man Who Never Was (1956)
as Adm. Cross
The Valley of Gwangi (1969)
as Professor Bromley
Seven Waves Away (1957)
as Captain Paul Darrow
Fitzwilly (1967)
as Mr. Cotty (uncredited)
The Prince and the Pauper (1962)
as Earl of Hertford
The Black Knight (1954)
as Major Domo
The World of Suzie Wong (1960)
as O’Neill
Greyfriars Bobby (1961)
as Mr. Traill
The Criminal (1960)
as Mr. Town
Third Man on the Mountain (1959)
as Teo Zurbriggen
Boy on a Dolphin (1957)
as Dr. Hawkins
The Trials of Oscar Wilde (1960)
as Prince of Wales
I Accuse! (1958)
as Judge at Esterhazy Trial
The Long Duel (1967)
as McDougal
Eye of the Cat (1969)
as Dr. Mills
The Amazing Mr. Blunden (1972)
as Mr. Frederick Percival Blunden
The Happiest Days of Your Life (1950)
as Dr. Collet
The Persuaders! (1973)
as Judge Fulton
The Angry Silence (1960)
as Martindale
Tiger in the Smoke (1956)
as Canon Avril
Run a Crooked Mile (1969)
as Lord Dunnsfield
High Treason (1951)
as Reginald Gordon-Wells
Cosh Boy (1953)
as Inspector Donaldson
The Valiant (1962)
as Admiral
Tempest (1958)
as Maj. Zurin
Pool of London (1951)
as Commissionaire (uncredited)
The Two-Headed Spy (1958)
as Gen. Hauser
The Weapon (1956)
as Jamison
Romeo and Juliet (1978)
as Prince Escalus
Time Bomb (1953)
Actor
The Bushbaby (1969)
as Prof. 'Cranky' Crankshaw
Robbery Under Arms (1957)
as Ben Marston
Josephine and Men (1955)
as Porter
The Switch (1976)
as Judge Fulton
The Three Lives of Thomasina (1963)
as Reverend Angus Paddie
The Chiltern Hundreds (1949)
as Reporter (uncredited)
Quest for Love (1971)
as Sir Henry Lanstein
The Singer Not the Song (1961)
as Old Uncle
Whispering Smith vs. Scotland Yard (1952)
as Parker
The File on Devlin (1969)
as Lord Pomeroy
The Long Memory (1953)
as Hasbury
I Thank a Fool (1962)
as O'Grady
Train of Events (1949)
as Joe Hunt
Mission: Monte Carlo (1974)
as Judge Fulton (archive footage)
Rough Shoot (1953)
as Blossom
The Flanagan Boy (1953)
as Boxing Booth Barker
His Excellency (1952)
as First Soldier
Perilous Assignment (1959)
as Self
A Killer Walks (1952)
as Dr. James
We Joined the Navy (1963)
as Admiral Blake
There Is Another Sun (1951)
as Riley
Calling Bulldog Drummond (1951)
as Hardcastle (uncredited)
Love in Pawn (1953)
as Uncle Amos
The Admirable Crichton (1968)
as Lord Loam
Sky West and Crooked (1966)
as Edwin Dacres
A Piece of Cake (1948)
as Merlin Mound
London Conspiracy (1974)
as Judge Fulton (archive footage)
Hell Is Sold Out (1951)
as Doctor Monceau
The Naked Earth (1958)
as Skin Trader
Penny Princess (1952)
as Louis the Jailkeeper (uncredited)
The Extra Day (1956)
as Kurt Vorn
Mother Riley Meets the Vampire (1952)
as Police Sergeant at Desk (uncredited)
The Happy Family (1952)
as Councillor
The Scorpio Letters (1967)
as Burr
I Believe in You (1952)
as Sergeant Braxton
The Gypsy and the Gentleman (1958)
as Dr. Forrester
I Remember Nelson (1982)
as Rev. Edmund Nelson
Room to Let (1950)
as Editor
The Last Appointment! (1977)
as Judge Fulton
Chelsea Story (1951)
as Sergeant Matthews
Trouble in the Air (1948)
Actor
The Beggar's Opera (1953)
as Matt of the Mint
Badger's Green (1949)
as Mr Butler
The Making of 'A Night to Remember' (1993)
as Self (archive footage)