Laurence Naismith

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1908-12-14 (84 years old)

Deathday

1992-06-05

Place of Birth

Thames Ditton, Surrey, England, UK

Laurence Naismith

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 Curt...

Acting

1971

Diamonds Are Forever

as Sir Donald Munger

1967

Deadlier Than the Male

as Sir John Bledlow

1960

The Criminal

as Mr. Town

1960

Village of the Damned

as Dr. Willers

1953

Mogambo

as Skipper

1970

Scrooge

as Mr. Fezziwig

1954

The Black Knight

as Major Domo

1956

Lust for Life

as Dr. Bosman

1956

The Weapon

as Jamison

1969

The Valley of Gwangi

as Professor Bromley

1963

The Three Lives of Thomasina

as Reverend Angus Paddie

1956

1957

Boy on a Dolphin

as Dr. Hawkins

1974

Mission: Monte Carlo

as Judge Fulton

1953

Cosh Boy

as Inspector Donaldson

1959

Third Man on the Mountain

as Teo Zurbriggen

1961

Greyfriars Bobby

as Mr. Traill

1960

Sink the Bismarck!

as First Sea Lord Admiral Sir Dudley Pound

1956

Tiger in the Smoke

as Canon Avril

1967

Camelot

as Merlyn

1962

The Prince and the Pauper

as Earl of Hertford

1972

The Amazing Mr. Blunden

as Mr. Frederick Percival Blunden

1960

The Angry Silence

as Martindale

1962

I Thank a Fool

as O'Grady

1961

1971

Quest for Love

as Sir Henry Lanstein

1952

A Killer Walks

as Dr. James

1977

The Last Appointment!

as Judge Fulton

1973

The Persuaders!

as Judge Fulton

1969

The Bushbaby

as Prof. 'Cranky' Crankshaw

1966

Sky West and Crooked

as Edwin Dacres

1953

The Flanagan Boy

as Boxing Booth Barker

1969

The File on Devlin

as Lord Pomeroy

1958

1956

The Extra Day

as Kurt Vorn

1948

A Piece of Cake

as Merlin Mound

1962

The Valiant

as Admiral

1957

Robbery Under Arms

as Ben Marston

1953

The Long Memory

as Hasbury

1951

Pool of London

as Commissionaire (uncredited)

1949

The Chiltern Hundreds

as Reporter (uncredited)

1951

High Treason

as Reginald Gordon-Wells

1962

The 300 Spartans

as First Delegate

1960

The Trials of Oscar Wilde

as Prince of Wales

1953

Rough Shoot

as Blossom

1957

Abandon Ship

as Captain Paul Darrow

1958

Tempest

as Maj. Zurin

1969

Run a Crooked Mile

as Lord Dunnsfield

1968

1969

Eye of the Cat

as Dr. Mills

1972

Young Winston

as Lord Salisbury

1967

Fitzwilly

as Mr. Cotty (uncredited)

1950

Room to Let

as Editor

1949

Kind Hearts and Coronets

as Warder in Jail (uncredited)

1967

The Long Duel

as McDougal

1952

The Happy Family

as Councillor

1982

I Remember Nelson

as Rev. Edmund Nelson

1978

Romeo and Juliet

as Prince Escalus

1954

The Million Pound Note

as Walter Craddock

1960

1955

1958

The Naked Earth

as Skin Trader

1949

Train of Events

as Joe Hunt

1958

A Night to Remember

as Capt. Edward John Smith

1963

We Joined the Navy

as Admiral Blake

1953

Love in Pawn

as Uncle Amos

1955

1958

I Accuse!

as Judge at Esterhazy Trial

1974

London Conspiracy

as Judge Fulton

1951

Calling Bulldog Drummond

as Hardcastle (uncredited)

1958

Gideon's Day

as Arthur Sayer

1976

The Switch

as Judge Fulton

1954

Carrington V.C.

as Major Panton

1953

The Beggar's Opera

as Matt of the Mint

1959

1958

The Two-Headed Spy

as Gen. Hauser

1952

His Excellency

as First Soldier

1952

I Believe in You

as Sergeant Braxton

1963

Cleopatra

as Arachesilaus (uncredited)

1952

Penny Princess

as Louis the Jailkeeper (uncredited)

1993

The Making of 'A Night to Remember'

as Self (archive footage)

1952

Mother Riley Meets the Vampire

as Police Sergeant at Desk (uncredited)

1951

Hell Is Sold Out

as Doctor Monceau

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