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