Laurence Naismith
Acting
🎂 1908-12-14
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.
Cast credits(122)
Don Q. Hought
1959
Dr. Andrew Emmett McAllister
1963
Major Fielding
1963
John Mallory
1963
Anton
1967
Gordon Knight
1963
Inspector Rason
1963
Judge Fulton
1971
Reddington
1968
Sir William de Courcier
1955
Professor Lindstrom
1967
Cyrus Stone
1967
Mr. Collins
1961
1968
Prof. Alexander Schelpin
1972
Spooner
1960
Arthur Lawton
1950
Sir Donald Munger
1971
Arachesilaus (uncredited)
1963
1954
Gilly Bright
1964
Argos
1963
Ostrow
1959
The McCriach
1959
Lord Salisbury
1972
General Platt
1978
Hezrai
1959
Emperor Franz Josef I of Austria-Hungary
1974
John Adams
1964
George Mason
1964
Earl of Hertford
1954
Self
1954
Capt. Edward John Smith
1958
First Delegate
1962
Sir Miles Burns
1961
Merlyn
1967
Professor Bromley
1969
Prince Escalus
1978
Dr. Willers
1960
First Sea Lord Admiral Sir Dudley Pound
1960
Walter Craddock
1954
Warder in Jail (uncredited)
1949
Mr. Cotty (uncredited)
1967
Gen. Hauser
1958
Mr. Fezziwig
1970
Old Uncle
1961
Captain Paul Darrow
1957
Self (archive footage)
1993
Lord Loam
1951
Lord Pomeroy
1951
Commissionaire (uncredited)
1951
Martindale
1960
Mr. Traill
1961
Arthur Sayer
1958
Mr. Town
1960
Jamison
1956
Rev. Edmund Nelson
1982
Major Domo
1954
Judge Fulton
1974
Admiral
1962
Adm. Cross
1956
Judge Fulton
1974
Judge Fulton
1976
Teo Zurbriggen
1959
Burr
1967
Lord Dunnsfield
1969
Boxing Booth Barker
1953
Dr. Bosman
1956
Mr. Frederick Percival Blunden
1972
Farmer
1955
Dr. Hawkins
1957
Prince of Wales
1960
Skipper
1953
Admiral Blake
1963
O’Neill
1960
Parker
1952
Earl of Hertford
1962
Judge Fulton
1973
Canon Avril
1956
Porter
1955
Riley
1951
Reginald Gordon-Wells
1951
1953
Sergeant Braxton
1952
Sir Henry Lanstein
1971
Police Sergeant at Desk (uncredited)
1952
Blossom
1953
Louis the Jailkeeper (uncredited)
1952
Sir John Bledlow
1967
Judge at Esterhazy Trial
1958
Joe Hunt
1949
Dr. Mills
1969
Dr. James
1952
Major Panton
1954
Merlin Mound
1948
Maj. Zurin
1958
Kurt Vorn
1956
Uncle Amos
1953
McDougal
1967
Editor
1950
First Soldier
1952
O'Grady
1962
1973
Hardcastle (uncredited)
1951
Dr. Collet
1950
Inspector Donaldson
1953
Lord Pomeroy
1969
Reverend Angus Paddie
1963
Edwin Dacres
1966
Matt of the Mint
1953
Ben Marston
1957
Self
1959
Doctor Monceau
1951
Reporter (uncredited)
1949
Dr. Forrester
1958
1948
Prof. 'Cranky' Crankshaw
1969
Judge Fulton
1977
Councillor
1952
Hasbury
1953
Lord Loam
1968
Skin Trader
1958