
Laurence Naismith
Born December 14, 1908 · Thames Ditton, Surrey, England, UK
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.
Notable Appearances
Movies

Diamonds Are Forever

Cleopatra

Jason and the Argonauts

A Night to Remember

The Valley of Gwangi

The Man Who Never Was

Village of the Damned

The Million Pound Note

Solomon and Sheba

Sink the Bismarck!

Boy on a Dolphin

The 300 Spartans

The Dam Busters

Lust for Life

Camelot

Perilous Assignment

The Prince and the Pauper

Kind Hearts and Coronets

Scrooge
TV Shows

The Defenders

The Invaders

The Adventures of Robin Hood

12 O'Clock High

Danger Man

The BBC Television Shakespeare

Sunday Night Theatre

The Persuaders!

Lancer

The Protectors

Return of the Saint

Mark Saber

The Third Man

The Wonderful World of Disney

Sir Francis Drake

Fall of Eagles

Hallmark Hall of Fame

Oh, Father!

I Remember Nelson
More Movies

Eye of the Cat

The Two-Headed Spy

Deadlier Than the Male

The Trials of Oscar Wilde

Young Winston

The Happiest Days of Your Life

Third Man on the Mountain

The World of Suzie Wong

The Amazing Mr. Blunden

Whispering Smith vs. Scotland Yard

Gideon's Day

Seven Waves Away

Mogambo

Fitzwilly

The Singer Not the Song

We Joined the Navy

The Three Lives of Thomasina

The Black Knight

The File on Devlin

Robbery Under Arms

Sky West and Crooked

Greyfriars Bobby

The Beggar's Opera

The Long Duel

Tiger in the Smoke

I Believe in You

I Thank a Fool

The Angry Silence

The Criminal

The Gypsy and the Gentleman

Time Bomb

Run a Crooked Mile

Train of Events

Mother Riley Meets the Vampire

Quest for Love

Mission: Monte Carlo

Hell Is Sold Out

Romeo and Juliet

The Long Memory

Trouble in the Air

The Last Appointment!

Tempest

The Persuaders!

There Is Another Sun

I Accuse!

Pool of London

A Piece of Cake

Penny Princess

The Valiant

Cosh Boy

High Treason

The Switch

The Naked Earth

Carrington V.C.

Calling Bulldog Drummond

The Admirable Crichton

The Weapon

The Chiltern Hundreds

The Happy Family

London Conspiracy

The Flanagan Boy

The Scorpio Letters

The Making of 'A Night to Remember'

His Excellency

Josephine and Men

Rough Shoot

The Bushbaby

The Extra Day

A Killer Walks

Room to Let




