Laurence Naismith
ActingAlso Known As
Lawrence Naismith, Lawrence Johnson
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.
Movies
(93 total)
Diamonds Are Forever
as Sir Donald Munger
Cleopatra
as Arachesilaus (uncredited)
Jason and the Argonauts
as Argos
Kind Hearts and Coronets
as Warder in Jail (uncredited)
Village of the Damned
as Dr. Willers
A Night to Remember
as Capt. Edward John Smith
Lust for Life
as Dr. Bosman
Mogambo
as Skipper
Scrooge
as Mr. Fezziwig
The Valley of Gwangi
as Professor Bromley
The Dam Busters
as Farmer
The 300 Spartans
as First Delegate
Sink the Bismarck!
as First Sea Lord Admiral Sir Dudley Pound
Solomon and Sheba
as Hezrai
The Man Who Never Was
as Adm. Cross
The Million Pound Note
as Walter Craddock
Camelot
as Merlyn
Greyfriars Bobby
as Mr. Traill
Young Winston
as Lord Salisbury
Deadlier Than the Male
as Sir John Bledlow
TV Shows
(31 total)
Bonanza
as Don Q. Hought
The Persuaders!
as Judge Fulton
The Invaders
as Professor Lindstrom
The Invaders
as Cyrus Stone
The Fugitive
as Dr. Andrew Emmett McAllister
The Fugitive
as Major Fielding
The Fugitive
as John Mallory
Mannix
as Anton
The Wonderful World of Disney
as Earl of Hertford
Danger Man
as Spooner
12 O'Clock High
as Gilly Bright
The Adventures of Robin Hood
as Sir William de Courcier
The Protectors
as Prof. Alexander Schelpin
The Name of the Game
as Reddington
The Defenders
as Mr. Collins
Fall of Eagles
as Emperor Franz Josef I of Austria-Hungary
The Third Man
as Ostrow
The Third Man
as The McCriach
Return of the Saint
as General Platt