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Laurence Naismith
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 Argonau…
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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.
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1993
The Making of 'A Night to Remember'
Movie Self (archive footage)
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1982
I Remember Nelson
TV show Rev. Edmund Nelson
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1978
The BBC Television Shakespeare
TV show Prince Escalus
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1978
Romeo and Juliet
Movie Prince Escalus
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1978
Return of the Saint
TV show General Platt
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1977
The Last Appointment!
Movie Judge Fulton
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1976
The Switch
Movie Judge Fulton
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1974
London Conspiracy
Movie Judge Fulton (archive footage)
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1974
Fall of Eagles
TV show Emperor Franz Josef I of Austria-Hungary
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1974
Mission: Monte Carlo
Movie Judge Fulton (archive footage)
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1973
Oh, Father!
TV show Father Harris
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1973
The Persuaders!
Movie Judge Fulton
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1972
The Amazing Mr. Blunden
Movie Mr. Frederick Percival Blunden
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1972
The Protectors
TV show Prof. Alexander Schelpin
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1972
Young Winston
Movie Lord Salisbury
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1971
Diamonds Are Forever
Movie Sir Donald Munger
More credits
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1971
The Persuaders!
TV show Judge Fulton
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1971
Quest for Love
Movie Sir Henry Lanstein
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1970
Scrooge
Movie Mr. Fezziwig
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1969
The File on Devlin
Movie Lord Pomeroy
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1969
Run a Crooked Mile
Movie Lord Dunnsfield
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1969
The Bushbaby
Movie Prof. 'Cranky' Crankshaw
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1969
The Valley of Gwangi
Movie Professor Bromley
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1969
Eye of the Cat
Movie Dr. Mills
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1968
Lancer
TV show
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1968
The Name of the Game
TV show Reddington
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1968
The Admirable Crichton
Movie Lord Loam
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1967
Fitzwilly
Movie Mr. Cotty (uncredited)
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1967
Camelot
Movie Merlyn
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1967
Mannix
TV show Anton
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1967
The Scorpio Letters
Movie Burr
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1967
The Long Duel
Movie McDougal
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1967
Deadlier Than the Male
Movie Sir John Bledlow
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1967
The Invaders
TV show Professor Lindstrom
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1966
Sky West and Crooked
Movie Edwin Dacres
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1964
Profiles in Courage
TV show John Adams
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1964
12 O'Clock High
TV show Gilly Bright
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1963
The Three Lives of Thomasina
Movie Reverend Angus Paddie
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1963
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
TV show Gordon Knight
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1963
The Fugitive
TV show Dr. Andrew Emmett McAllister
