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