Laurence Naismith
Acting
Biography
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.
Born: December 14, 1908
Place of Birth: Thames Ditton, Surrey, England, UK
Known For
Filmography
as Self (archive footage)
as Rev. Edmund Nelson
as Prince Escalus
as General Platt
as Judge Fulton
as Judge Fulton
as Judge Fulton
as Emperor Franz Josef I of Austria-Hungary
as Judge Fulton
as Father Harris
as Judge Fulton
as Mr. Frederick Percival Blunden
as Prof. Alexander Schelpin
as Lord Salisbury
as Sir Donald Munger
as Judge Fulton
as Sir Henry Lanstein
as Mr. Fezziwig
as Lord Pomeroy
as Lord Dunnsfield
as Prof. 'Cranky' Crankshaw
as Professor Bromley
as Dr. Mills
as Reddington
as Lord Loam
as Mr. Cotty (uncredited)
as Merlyn
as Anton
as Burr
as McDougal
as Sir John Bledlow
as Professor Lindstrom
as Cyrus Stone
as Edwin Dacres
as Gilly Bright
as Reverend Angus Paddie
as Dr. Andrew Emmett McAllister
as Major Fielding
as John Mallory
as Argos
as Arachesilaus (uncredited)
as Admiral Blake
as O'Grady
as First Delegate
as Admiral
as Earl of Hertford
as Sir Miles Burns
as Mr. Collins
as Mr. Traill
as Old Uncle
as O’Neill
as Mr. Town
as Spooner
as Dr. Willers
as Prince of Wales
as Martindale
as First Sea Lord Admiral Sir Dudley Pound
as Hezrai
as Teo Zurbriggen
as Self
as Ostrow
as The McCriach
as Don Q. Hought
as Maj. Zurin
as Gen. Hauser
as Capt. Edward John Smith
as Arthur Sayer
as Judge at Esterhazy Trial
as Skin Trader
as Dr. Forrester
as Dr. Hawkins
as Captain Paul Darrow
as Ben Marston
as Canon Avril
as Dr. Bosman
as Jamison
as Adm. Cross
as Kurt Vorn
as Porter
as Sir William de Courcier
as Farmer
as Major Panton
as Earl of Hertford
as Major Domo
as Walter Craddock
as Uncle Amos
as Skipper
as Matt of the Mint
as Boxing Booth Barker
as Blossom
as Inspector Donaldson
as Hasbury
as Dr. James
as Police Sergeant at Desk (uncredited)
as Councillor
as Louis the Jailkeeper (uncredited)
as Sergeant Braxton
as First Soldier
as Parker
as Lord Loam
as Lord Pomeroy
as Reginald Gordon-Wells
as Hardcastle (uncredited)
as Riley
as Doctor Monceau
as Commissionaire (uncredited)
as Editor
as Dr. Collet
as Arthur Lawton
as Reporter (uncredited)
as Warder in Jail (uncredited)
as Joe Hunt
as Merlin Mound