Laurence Naismith

Laurence Naismith

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: Acting

Born: Thames Ditton, Surrey, England, UK, 1908-12-14

Died: 1992-06-05

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1948	A Piece of Cake	Merlin Mound	45
2	1948	Trouble in the Air		70
3	1949	Train of Events	Joe Hunt	62
4	1949	Kind Hearts and Coronets	Warder in Jail (uncredited)	76
5	1949	The Chiltern Hundreds	Reporter (uncredited)	50
6	1950	The Happiest Days of Your Life	Dr. Collet	65
7	1950	Room to Let	Editor	60
8	1951	Pool of London	Commissionaire (uncredited)	65
9	1951	Hell Is Sold Out	Doctor Monceau	57
10	1951	There Is Another Sun	Riley	60
11	1951	Calling Bulldog Drummond	Hardcastle (uncredited)	58
12	1951	High Treason	Reginald Gordon-Wells	53
13	1952	Whispering Smith Vs. Scotland Yard	Parker	60
14	1952	His Excellency	First Soldier	60
15	1952	I Believe in You	Sergeant Braxton	64
16	1952	Penny Princess	Louis the Jailkeeper (uncredited)	64
17	1952	The Happy Family	Councillor	72
18	1952	Mother Riley Meets the Vampire	Police Sergeant at Desk (uncredited)	42
19	1952	A Killer Walks	Dr. James	30
20	1953	The Long Memory	Hasbury	66
21	1953	Cosh Boy	Inspector Donaldson	55
22	1953	Time Bomb		52
23	1953	Rough Shoot	Blossom	62
24	1953	The Flanagan Boy	Boxing Booth Barker	58
25	1953	The Beggar's Opera	Matt of the Mint	49
26	1953	Mogambo	Skipper	64
27	1953	Love in Pawn	Uncle Amos	65
28	1954	The Million Pound Note	Walter Craddock	68
29	1954	The Black Knight	Major Domo	62
30	1954	Carrington V.C.	Major Panton	59
31	1955	The Dam Busters	Farmer	69
32	1955	Josephine and Men	Porter	60
33	1956	The Extra Day	Kurt Vorn	66
34	1956	The Man Who Never Was	Adm. Cross	70
35	1956	The Weapon	Jamison	59
36	1956	Lust for Life	Dr. Bosman	72
37	1956	Tiger in the Smoke	Canon Avril	71
38	1957	Robbery Under Arms	Ben Marston	54
39	1957	Abandon Ship	Captain Paul Darrow	74
40	1957	Boy on a Dolphin	Dr. Hawkins	55
41	1958	The Gypsy and the Gentleman	Dr. Forrester	55
42	1958	The Naked Earth	Skin Trader	0
43	1958	I Accuse!	Judge at Esterhazy Trial	61
44	1958	Gideon's Day	Arthur Sayer	64
45	1958	A Night to Remember	Capt. Edward John Smith	76
46	1958	The Two-Headed Spy	Gen. Hauser	62
47	1958	Tempest	Maj. Zurin	60
48	1959	Perilous Assignment	Self	100
49	1959	Third Man on the Mountain	Teo Zurbriggen	67
50	1959	Solomon and Sheba	Hezrai	64
51	1960	Sink the Bismarck!	First Sea Lord Admiral Sir Dudley Pound	68
52	1960	The Angry Silence	Martindale	71
53	1960	The Trials of Oscar Wilde	Prince of Wales	64
54	1960	Village of the Damned	Dr. Willers	72
55	1960	The Criminal	Mr. Town	65
56	1960	The World of Suzie Wong	O’Neill	64
57	1961	The Singer Not the Song	Old Uncle	68
58	1961	Greyfriars Bobby	Mr. Traill	69
59	1962	The Prince and the Pauper	Earl of Hertford	73
60	1962	The Valiant	Admiral	75
61	1962	The 300 Spartans	First Delegate	64
62	1962	I Thank a Fool	O'Grady	55
63	1963	We Joined the Navy	Admiral Blake	54
64	1963	Cleopatra	Arachesilaus (uncredited)	70
65	1963	Jason and the Argonauts	Argos	72
66	1963	The Three Lives of Thomasina	Reverend Angus Paddie	68
67	1966	Sky West and Crooked	Edwin Dacres	54
68	1967	Deadlier Than the Male	Sir John Bledlow	59
69	1967	The Long Duel	McDougal	51
70	1967	The Scorpio Letters	Burr	40
71	1967	Camelot	Merlyn	62
72	1967	Fitzwilly	Mr. Cotty (uncredited)	61
73	1968	The Admirable Crichton	Lord Loam	60
74	1969	Eye of the Cat	Dr. Mills	54
75	1969	The Valley of Gwangi	Professor Bromley	71
76	1969	The Bushbaby	Prof. 'Cranky' Crankshaw	60
77	1969	Run a Crooked Mile	Lord Dunnsfield	80
78	1969	The File on Devlin	Lord Pomeroy	0
79	1970	Scrooge	Mr. Fezziwig	69
80	1971	Quest for Love	Sir Henry Lanstein	66
81	1971	Diamonds Are Forever	Sir Donald Munger	64
82	1972	Young Winston	Lord Salisbury	62
83	1972	The Amazing Mr. Blunden	Mr. Frederick Percival Blunden	62
84	1973	The Persuaders!	Judge Fulton	83
85	1974	Mission: Monte Carlo	Judge Fulton	67
86	1974	London Conspiracy	Judge Fulton	100
87	1976	The Switch	Judge Fulton	0
88	1977	The Last Appointment!	Judge Fulton	0
89	1978	Romeo and Juliet	Prince Escalus	74
90	1982	I Remember Nelson	Rev. Edmund Nelson	0
91	1993	The Making of 'A Night to Remember'	Self (archive footage)	30

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1950	Sunday Night Theatre	Arthur Lawton	35
2	1951	Hallmark Hall of Fame	Lord Loam	86
3	1951	Hallmark Hall of Fame	Lord Pomeroy	86
4	1954	Mark Saber		70
5	1954	The Wonderful World of Disney	Earl of Hertford	78
6	1954	The Wonderful World of Disney	Self	78
7	1955	The Adventures of Robin Hood	Sir William de Courcier	61
8	1959	Bonanza	Don Q. Hought	75
9	1959	The Third Man	Ostrow	67
10	1959	The Third Man	The McCriach	67
11	1960	Danger Man	Spooner	72
12	1961	The Defenders	Mr. Collins	62
13	1961	Sir Francis Drake	Sir Miles Burns	45
14	1963	The Fugitive	Dr. Andrew Emmett McAllister	72
15	1963	The Fugitive	Major Fielding	72
16	1963	The Fugitive	John Mallory	72
17	1963	Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre	Gordon Knight	57
18	1963	Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre	Inspector Rason	57
19	1964	12 O'Clock High	Gilly Bright	73
20	1964	Profiles in Courage	John Adams	50
21	1964	Profiles in Courage	George Mason	50
22	1967	The Invaders	Professor Lindstrom	68
23	1967	The Invaders	Cyrus Stone	68
24	1967	Mannix	Anton	67
25	1968	The Name of the Game	Reddington	68
26	1968	Lancer		47
27	1971	The Persuaders!	Judge Fulton	76
28	1972	The Protectors	Prof. Alexander Schelpin	56
29	1973	Oh, Father!		60
30	1974	Fall of Eagles	Emperor Franz Josef I of Austria-Hungary	68
31	1978	Return of the Saint	General Platt	70
32	1978	The BBC Television Shakespeare	Prince Escalus	60

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