Laurence Naismith

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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Movies starring Laurence Naismith (91)

I Remember Nelson (1982)

Rev. Edmund Nelson

The Switch (1976)

Judge Fulton

London Conspiracy (1974)

Judge Fulton (Archive Footage)

Mission: Monte Carlo (1974)

Judge Fulton (Archive Footage)

The Amazing Mr. Blunden (1972)

Mr. Frederick Percival Blunden

Young Winston (1972)

Lord Salisbury

Quest for Love (1971)

Sir Henry Lanstein

Scrooge (1970)

Mr. Fezziwig

The Bushbaby (1969)

Prof. 'Cranky' Crankshaw

Fitzwilly (1967)

Mr. Cotty (Uncredited)

Cleopatra (1963)

Arachesilaus (Uncredited)

Sink the Bismarck! (1960)

First Sea Lord Admiral Sir Dudley Pound

Tempest (1958)

Maj. Zurin

A Night to Remember (1958)

Capt. Edward John Smith

I Accuse! (1958)

Judge At Esterhazy Trial

Seven Waves Away (1957)

Captain Paul Darrow

The Flanagan Boy (1953)

Boxing Booth Barker

Cosh Boy (1953)

Inspector Donaldson

Mother Riley Meets the Vampire (1952)

Police Sergeant At Desk (Uncredited)

Penny Princess (1952)

Louis The Jailkeeper (Uncredited)

I Believe in You (1952)

Sergeant Braxton

High Treason (1951)

Reginald Gordon-Wells

Calling Bulldog Drummond (1951)

Hardcastle (Uncredited)

Pool of London (1951)

Commissionaire (Uncredited)

The Chiltern Hundreds (1949)

Reporter (Uncredited)

Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)

Warder In Jail (Uncredited)

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