Laurence Naismith
Date of birth: 1908-12-14
Place of birth: Thames Ditton, Surrey, England, UK
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Lawrence 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 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.
Movie Credits
Diamonds Are Forever
1971-12-14
Diamonds are stolen only to be sold again in the international market. James Bond infiltrates a smug
Deadlier Than the Male
1967-02-12
British agent Bulldog Drummond is assigned to stop a master criminal who uses beautiful women to do
Jason and the Argonauts
1963-06-19
Jason, a fearless sailor and explorer, returns to his home land of Thessaly after a long voyage to c
The Criminal
1960-09-13
When a robbery at a racetrack goes wrong ex-con Johnny Bannion is caught and sent back to prison. He
Village of the Damned
1960-06-16
In a small English village everyone suddenly falls unconscious. When they awake every woman of child
Mogambo
1953-09-23
On a Kenyan safari, white hunter Victor Marswell has a love triangle with seductive American sociali
Scrooge
1970-11-05
A musical adaptation of Charles Dickens' classic ghost tale starring Albert Finney.
The Black Knight
1954-08-26
John, a blacksmith and swordsmith, is tutored at Camelot. As a commoner, he can't hope to win the ha
Lust for Life
1956-09-15
An intense and imaginative artist, revered Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh possesses undeniable talen
The Weapon
1956-09-01
A boy accidentally shoots a friend with a gun he found in the rubble of a destroyed building. The gu
The Valley of Gwangi
1969-07-24
A turn of the century wild west show struggling to make a living in Mexico comes into the possession
The Three Lives of Thomasina
1963-12-11
Thomasina is the pet cat of Mary McDhui, the daughter of Scottish veterinarian Andrew McDhui. When T
The Man Who Never Was
1956-04-03
The true story of a British effort to trick the Germans into weakening Sicily's defenses before the
Boy on a Dolphin
1957-04-19
Phaedra is a poor sponge diver on the lovely Greek isle of Hydra. While diving, she discovers an anc
Mission: Monte Carlo
1974-01-01
Two episodes of the TV series "The Persuaders" joined into a movie. Two playboys investigate crimes
Cosh Boy
1953-02-01
Roy Walsh is a brash and enterprising thug who bullies his friends into subservience. He and his gan
Third Man on the Mountain
1959-11-10
Famous British mountaineer Winter wants to climb a difficult summit, the Citadel. He goes to a small
Greyfriars Bobby
1961-07-17
In Scotland 1865, An old shepherd and his little Skye terrier go to Edinburgh. But when the shepherd
Sink the Bismarck!
1960-02-11
The story of the breakout of the German battleship Bismarck—accompanied by the heavy cruiser Prinz E
Tiger in the Smoke
1956-11-27
In wartime, a young officer is killed during a raid to kill a German general at the house that used
Camelot
1967-10-25
The plot of his illegitimate son Mordred to gain the throne, and Guinevere's growing attachment to S
The Prince and the Pauper
1962-03-11
In the London of 1537, two boys resembling each other exactly meet accidentally and exchange "roles"
The Amazing Mr. Blunden
1972-12-07
Mysterious old solicitor Mr. Blunden visits Mrs. Allen and her young children in their squalid, tiny
The Angry Silence
1960-03-10
When the union in his factory walks out on strike, a family man refuses to participate, risking the
I Thank a Fool
1962-09-14
After mercifully killing her terminally ill lover, Dr. Christine Allison loses her medical license a
The Singer Not the Song
1961-01-05
A Roman Catholic priest defies a Mexican bandit whose gang kills villagers in alphabetical order.
Quest for Love
1971-06-06
After a scientific experiment goes horribly wrong during a demonstration, a scientist finds himself
A Killer Walks
1952-10-01
Psychological thriller about an odd family with Harvey playing the older domineering son, who resent
The Last Appointment!
1977-06-11
Two jet-setting playboys, Brett Sinclair and Danny Wilde, investigate crimes. Two episodes of the T
The Persuaders!
1973-04-01
Two episodes of the TV series "The Persuaders" joined into a movie. Two playboys, Brett Sinclair (Ro
Perilous Assignment
1959-11-06
"Perilous Assignment" is an episode of ABC's Walt Disney Presents. Disney loved to show viewers behi
The Bushbaby
1969-09-01
The young daughter of a park ranger in Tanzania is distressed to learn that she and her father must
Sky West and Crooked
1966-01-14
A young, lonely, emotionally challenged teenage girl finds solace in burying dead animals after the
The Flanagan Boy
1953-04-10
Johnny Flanagan did not have the privileges of a good education or wealthy background but the street
The File on Devlin
1969-11-21
A young woman finds herself engulfed in Cold War intrigue when her father, a Nobel Prize-winning aut
The Gypsy and the Gentleman
1958-01-15
A lusty Gypsy gold digger marries a Regency aristocrat, then learns he has no money.
The Extra Day
1956-01-01
Director William Fairchild's 1956 British comedy takes a peek into the private lives of various perf
A Piece of Cake
1948-11-01
Set in the austere post–World War II British world of rationing, Cyril dreams up an ode to an imagin
The Valiant
1962-06-13
Having placed mines on the hull of a British warship whilst it is safe in harbour during the second
Robbery Under Arms
1957-01-10
During the mid 1860s, brothers Dick and Jim Marston are drawn into a life of crime by their ex-convi
The Scorpio Letters
1967-09-01
A spy thriller involving an American who is enlisted by British intelligence to replace one of its r
The Long Memory
1953-01-23
An innocent man is released from prison after 12 years and tracks down the witnesses who lied about
Pool of London
1951-02-20
Jewel thieves, murder, and a manhunt swirl around a sailor off a cargo ship in post-war London.
The Chiltern Hundreds
1949-09-27
Young Viscount Tony Pym wangles National Service leave on the pretext of standing as a Tory candidat
High Treason
1951-11-13
Men from Scotland Yard and military intelligence build a dossier on a sabotage ring.
The 300 Spartans
1962-08-01
Essentially true story of how Spartan king Leonidas led an extremely small army of Greek Soldiers (3
The Trials of Oscar Wilde
1960-05-28
England, 1890s. The brutal and embittered Marquis of Queensberry, who believes that his youngest son
Rough Shoot
1953-03-30
An American military officer and his wife move to a cottage in what they think is the peaceful Engli
Abandon Ship
1957-03-12
After a massive luxury liner sinks into the ocean, the ship's officer must command a rickety lifeboa
Tempest
1958-12-01
A young officer in the army of Empress Catherine of Russia is on his way to his new duty station at
Run a Crooked Mile
1969-11-18
A man witnesses a murder in a secluded mansion. When he reports it, there's no evidence of the murde
The Admirable Crichton
1968-05-02
A group of people are shipwrecked when their yacht runs aground on a South Pacific island. The usual
Eye of the Cat
1969-06-18
A man and his girlfriend plan to rob the mansion of the man's eccentric but wealthy aunt. However, t
Young Winston
1972-07-20
This historical drama is an account of the early life of British politician Winston Churchill, inclu
Fitzwilly
1967-12-20
When Miss Vicki's father dies, she becomes the world's greatest philanthropist. Unfortunately, she i
Room to Let
1950-05-15
In 1904 London, neighbors begin to suspect that a very strange man calling himself Dr. Fell may inde
Kind Hearts and Coronets
1949-06-21
When his mother eloped with an Italian opera singer, Louis Mazzini was cut off from her aristocratic
The Long Duel
1967-07-27
An idealistic colonial police officer is sent to capture a rebel leader who threatens the stability
The Happiest Days of Your Life
1950-03-08
Nutbourne College, an old established, all-boys, boarding school is told that another school is to b
The Happy Family
1952-03-30
When the Government decide to build a Festival of Britain exhibition site, everything goes to plan,
Trouble in the Air
1948-11-01
A radio commentator is sent to a village to broadcast a bell-ringing team. Meanwhile a property spec
Whispering Smith Hits London
1952-01-01
In this contemporary update of Frank H. Spearman's Western hero, Whispering Smith is now a sleuth wh
I Remember Nelson
1982-04-14
Vice Adm. Horatio Nelson's remarkable naval career and troubled personal affairs are brought to life
Romeo and Juliet
1978-12-03
Two households, both alike in dignity, in fair Verona where we lay our scene, from ancient grudge br
There Is Another Sun
1951-06-12
Story of romance between a young boxer in fairground boxing booth and a chorus girl, and how 'Racer'
The Million Pound Note
1954-01-07
An impoverished American sailor is fortunate enough to be passing the house of two rich gentlemen wh
The World of Suzie Wong
1960-11-10
A Hong Kong prostitute tries modeling and falls for the artist who's painting her.
The Dam Busters
1955-05-16
The story of the conception of a new British weapon for smashing the German dams in the Ruhr industr
The Naked Earth
1958-02-05
Africa, early 20th century, an Englishman marries the girlfriend of a late friend and faces natives
Train of Events
1949-01-18
A train disaster is told in four short stories to give character studies of the people involved, how
A Night to Remember
1958-07-03
The sinking of the Titanic is presented in a highly realistic fashion in this tense British drama. T
We Joined the Navy
1963-05-17
Lt Commander Badger, RN: an exceptionally likeable fellow, the Artful Bodger has one besetting sin a
Love in Pawn
1953-11-23
A British comedy about a struggling artist and his wife living on a houseboat. To raise money she pa
Josephine and Men
1955-11-09
The trouble with Josephine is that her ever-loving and over-sympathetic nature leads her to switch f
I Accuse!
1958-03-05
Alfred Dreyfus, a German-Jewish captain serving in the French Army, is falsely accused of treason an
London Conspiracy
1974-10-04
Life is never dull where Lord Brett Sinclair and Danny Wilde are concerned. But who would expect dir
Calling Bulldog Drummond
1951-07-02
Bulldog Drummond leaves retirement to help a Scotland Yard Sergeant catch thieves armed with radar.
Gideon's Day
1958-03-25
Scotland Yard Inspector George Gideon starts his day off on the wrong foot when he gets a traffic-vi
The Switch
1976-06-07
Our heroes find themselves at the famed Cannes Film Festival to help foil a plot to murder a former
Carrington V.C.
1954-12-09
Major Charles Carrington (David Niven) is arrested for taking £125 from the base safe. He also faces
The Beggar's Opera
1953-08-24
Adaptation of John Gay's 18th century opera, featuring Laurence Olivier as MacHeath and Hugh Griffit
Solomon and Sheba
1959-10-27
Near death, King David has a vision that his poet son, Solomon, should succeed him, rather than hot-
Time Bomb
1953-02-05
When a saboteur places an explosive device on a train full of sea mines, the authorities call for bo
The Two-Headed Spy
1958-11-17
Wartime thriller with film noir elements based on a true story as written in A.P. Scotland's autobio
His Excellency
1952-01-22
A trade union official becomes governor of a British island colony.
I Believe in You
1952-03-05
A drama about parole officers to follow the successful Ealing police story of "The Blue Lamp"(1950)
Cleopatra
1963-06-12
Determined to hold on to the throne, Cleopatra seduces the Roman emperor Julius Caesar. When Caesar
Penny Princess
1952-03-24
A tiny European country which for years has survived financially only through evading its bills and
The Making of 'A Night to Remember'
1993-08-06
A sixty-minute documentary featuring William MacQuitty’s rare behind-the-scenes footage
Mother Riley Meets the Vampire
1952-07-11
The legendary Bela Lugosi as "the Vampire" teams up with Britain's much-loved "Mother Riley" in this
Hell Is Sold Out
1951-06-01
A supposedly dead writer suddenly turns up to confront the young woman who is using his penname.
Chelsea Story
1951-07-30
Fletcher Gilchrist offers £100 to anyone who will break into a house. Journalist Mike Harvey accepts
Badger's Green
1949-02-28
A company plans a massive development in the quiet village of Badger's Green, angering the existing