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