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.

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Diamonds Are Forever

6.4

Cleopatra

7.0

Jason and the Argonauts

7.2

Kind Hearts and Coronets

7.7

Village of the Damned

7.2

Bonanza

7.5

A Night to Remember

7.6

Lust for Life

7.1

Mogambo

6.4

The Valley of Gwangi

7.1

The Dam Busters

6.9

Scrooge

6.9

The 300 Spartans

6.4

The Persuaders!

7.6

Sink the Bismarck!

6.8

Solomon and Sheba

6.4

The Man Who Never Was

7.0

Camelot

6.2

The Million Pound Note

6.8

Greyfriars Bobby

6.9

The Invaders

6.8

The Fugitive

7.2

Mannix

6.7

The Three Lives of Thomasina

6.8

Young Winston

6.2

Deadlier Than the Male

5.9

Eye of the Cat

5.4

The Criminal

6.4

The Happiest Days of Your Life

6.4

The World of Suzie Wong

6.4

The Prince and the Pauper

7.3

Pool of London

6.4

Fitzwilly

6.1

The Angry Silence

7.1

Gideon's Day

6.3

Boy on a Dolphin

5.5

The Trials of Oscar Wilde

6.4

Third Man on the Mountain

6.7

Abandon Ship

7.4

The Long Duel

5.1

The Amazing Mr. Blunden

6.2

Carrington V.C.

5.9

Time Bomb

5.2

12 O'Clock High

7.3

The Long Memory

6.6

The Weapon

5.9

The Adventures of Robin Hood

6.1

The Flanagan Boy

5.8

The Two-Headed Spy

6.0

The Singer Not the Song

6.8

Quest for Love

6.6

The Name of the Game

6.8

Cosh Boy

5.5

Sky West and Crooked

5.4

The Protectors

5.6

The Black Knight

6.2

High Treason

5.3

Train of Events

6.2

The Defenders

6.2

The Gypsy and the Gentleman

5.5

We Joined the Navy

5.4

Return of the Saint

7.0

Fall of Eagles

6.8

Robbery Under Arms

5.4

Tempest

6.0

I Believe in You

6.1

I Thank a Fool

5.5

Hallmark Hall of Fame

8.7

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

5.5

The Third Man

6.7

Mission: Monte Carlo

6.7

Tiger in the Smoke

7.1

Rough Shoot

6.2

Romeo & Juliet

7.4

I Accuse!

6.1

Calling Bulldog Drummond

5.8

Penny Princess

6.4

Lancer

4.7

Sir Francis Drake

4.0

The BBC Television Shakespeare

5.2

The Extra Day

6.6

The Chiltern Hundreds

5.0

The Happy Family

7.2

Love in Pawn

6.5

Josephine and Men

6.0

The Beggar's Opera

4.9

The Persuaders!

8.7

His Excellency

6.0

A Piece of Cake

4.5

The Valiant

7.5

The Scorpio Letters

4.0

Run a Crooked Mile

8.0

A Killer Walks

3.0

Perilous Assignment

10.0

The Bushbaby

6.0

The Admirable Crichton

6.0

Room to Let

6.0

Trouble in the Air

7.0

Whispering Smith Vs. Scotland Yard

6.0

There Is Another Sun

6.0

London Conspiracy

10.0

Profiles in Courage

5.0

Mark Saber

7.0

Oh, Father!

6.0

The Last Appointment!

0.0

The File on Devlin

0.0

I Remember Nelson

0.0

The Naked Earth

0.0

The Switch

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