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.
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CREDITS
PHOTOS
TV Series
The Protectors
5.6
Mannix
6.7
Return of the Saint
7
Hallmark Hall of Fame
8.571
The Fugitive
7.2
The Fugitive
7.2
Lancer
4.7
The Adventures of Robin Hood
6.1
Profiles in Courage
5
Mark Saber
7
Fall of Eagles
6.8
The Fugitive
7.2
Sir Francis Drake
4.5
The Defenders
6.2
The BBC Television Shakespeare
6
Oh, Father!
6
The Third Man
6.7
The Persuaders!
7.6
Bonanza
7.5
Profiles in Courage
5
The Name of the Game
6.8
12 O'Clock High
7.263
Hallmark Hall of Fame
8.571
The Invaders
6.8
The Invaders
6.8
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
5.714
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
5.714
Danger Man
7.2
The Third Man
6.7
The Wonderful World of Disney
7.774
The Wonderful World of Disney
7.774
Sunday Night Theatre
3.5
Movies
Diamonds Are Forever
6.397
Deadlier Than the Male
5.9
Jason and the Argonauts
7.2
The Criminal
6.4
Village of the Damned
7.189
Mogambo
6.4
Scrooge
6.9
The Black Knight
6.2
Lust for Life
7.161
The Weapon
5.9
The Valley of Gwangi
7.1
The Three Lives of Thomasina
6.815
The Man Who Never Was
7
Boy on a Dolphin
5.5
Mission: Monte Carlo
6.7
Cosh Boy
5.5
Third Man on the Mountain
6.7
Greyfriars Bobby
6.9
Sink the Bismarck!
6.807
Tiger in the Smoke
7.1
Camelot
6.2
The Prince and the Pauper
7.3
The Amazing Mr. Blunden
6.2
The Angry Silence
7.1
I Thank a Fool
5.5
The Singer Not the Song
6.75
Quest for Love
6.6
A Killer Walks
3
The Last Appointment!
0
The Persuaders!
8.25
Perilous Assignment
10
The Bushbaby
6
Sky West and Crooked
5.4
The Flanagan Boy
5.8
The File on Devlin
0
The Gypsy and the Gentleman
5.5
The Extra Day
6.6
A Piece of Cake
4.5
The Valiant
7.5
Robbery Under Arms
5.4
The Scorpio Letters
4
The Long Memory
6.6
Pool of London
6.5
The Chiltern Hundreds
5
High Treason
5.3
The 300 Spartans
6.4
The Trials of Oscar Wilde
6.4
Rough Shoot
6.2
Abandon Ship
7.4
Tempest
6
Run a Crooked Mile
8
The Admirable Crichton
6
Eye of the Cat
5.4
Young Winston
6.2
Fitzwilly
6.1
Room to Let
6
Kind Hearts and Coronets
7.646
The Long Duel
5.1
The Happiest Days of Your Life
6.5
The Happy Family
7.2
Trouble in the Air
7
Whispering Smith Vs. Scotland Yard
6
I Remember Nelson
0
Romeo and Juliet
7.4
There Is Another Sun
6
The Million Pound Note
6.839
The World of Suzie Wong
6.4
The Dam Busters
6.9
The Naked Earth
0
Train of Events
6.2
A Night to Remember
7.648
We Joined the Navy
5.4
Love in Pawn
6.5
Josephine and Men
6
I Accuse!
6.1
London Conspiracy
10
Calling Bulldog Drummond
5.8
Gideon's Day
6.383
The Switch
0
Carrington V.C.
5.9
The Beggar's Opera
4.9
Solomon and Sheba
6.402
Time Bomb
5.2
The Two-Headed Spy
6.2
His Excellency
6
I Believe in You
6.4
Cleopatra
7.041
Penny Princess
6.4
The Making of 'A Night to Remember'
3
Mother Riley Meets the Vampire
4.19
Hell Is Sold Out
5.7