Loading amazing content...
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
December 14, 1908
Died
June 5, 1992
Place of Birth
Thames Ditton, Surrey, England, UK
Also Known As
- Lawrence Naismith
Laurence Naismith
0.6 Popularity
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.
Known For
3.0
Self (archive footage)
The Making of 'A Night to Remember'
1993
0.0
Rev. Edmund Nelson
I Remember Nelson
1982
7.3
Prince Escalus
Romeo and Juliet
1978
7.0
General Platt
Return of the Saint
1978
0.0
Judge Fulton
The Last Appointment!
1977
0.0
Judge Fulton
The Switch
1976
10.0
Judge Fulton
London Conspiracy
1974
6.9
Emperor Franz Josef I of Austria-Hungary
Fall of Eagles
1974
5.9
Judge Fulton
Mission: Monte Carlo
1974
6.0
Father Harris
Oh, Father!
1973
Credits
The Making of 'A Night to Remember'
as Self (archive footage)
1993
3.0
I Remember Nelson
as Rev. Edmund Nelson
1982
0.0
Romeo and Juliet
as Prince Escalus
1978
7.3
Return of the Saint
as General Platt
1978
7.0
The Last Appointment!
as Judge Fulton
1977
0.0
The Switch
as Judge Fulton
1976
0.0
London Conspiracy
as Judge Fulton
1974
10.0
Fall of Eagles
as Emperor Franz Josef I of Austria-Hungary
1974
6.9
Mission: Monte Carlo
as Judge Fulton
1974
5.9
Oh, Father!
as Father Harris
1973
6.0
The Persuaders!
as Judge Fulton
1973
8.2
The Amazing Mr. Blunden
as Mr. Frederick Percival Blunden
1972
6.3
The Protectors
as Prof. Alexander Schelpin
1972
5.8
Young Winston
as Lord Salisbury
1972
6.2
Diamonds Are Forever
as Sir Donald Munger
1971
6.4
The Persuaders!
as Judge Fulton
1971
7.6
Quest for Love
as Sir Henry Lanstein
1971
6.6
Scrooge
as Mr. Fezziwig
1970
6.8
The File on Devlin
as Lord Pomeroy
1969
0.0
Run a Crooked Mile
as Lord Dunnsfield
1969
8.0
The Bushbaby
as Prof. 'Cranky' Crankshaw
1969
6.0
The Valley of Gwangi
as Professor Bromley
1969
7.1
Eye of the Cat
as Dr. Mills
1969
5.3
Lancer
1968
4.7
The Name of the Game
as Reddington
1968
6.8
The Admirable Crichton
as Lord Loam
1968
6.0
Fitzwilly
as Mr. Cotty (uncredited)
1967
6.0
Camelot
as Merlyn
1967
6.2
Mannix
as Anton
1967
6.7
The Scorpio Letters
as Burr
1967
4.0
The Long Duel
as McDougal
1967
5.1
Deadlier Than the Male
as Sir John Bledlow
1967
5.8
The Invaders
as Professor Lindstrom
1967
6.8
The Invaders
as Cyrus Stone
1967
6.8
Sky West and Crooked
as Edwin Dacres
1966
5.4
🎬
Profiles in Courage
as John Adams
1964
5.0
🎬
Profiles in Courage
as George Mason
1964
5.0
12 O'Clock High
as Gilly Bright
1964
7.2
The Three Lives of Thomasina
as Reverend Angus Paddie
1963
6.8
🎬
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
as Gordon Knight
1963
5.7
🎬
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
as Inspector Rason
1963
5.7
The Fugitive
as Dr. Andrew Emmett McAllister
1963
7.2
The Fugitive
as Major Fielding
1963
7.2
The Fugitive
as John Mallory
1963
7.2
Jason and the Argonauts
as Argos
1963
7.2
Cleopatra
as Arachesilaus (uncredited)
1963
7.0
We Joined the Navy
as Admiral Blake
1963
5.6
I Thank a Fool
as O'Grady
1962
5.5
The 300 Spartans
as First Delegate
1962
6.4
The Valiant
as Admiral
1962
7.5
The Prince and the Pauper
as Earl of Hertford
1962
7.1
Sir Francis Drake
as Sir Miles Burns
1961
4.5
The Defenders
as Mr. Collins
1961
5.9
Greyfriars Bobby
as Mr. Traill
1961
6.9
The Singer Not the Song
as Old Uncle
1961
6.3
The World of Suzie Wong
as O’Neill
1960
6.4
The Criminal
as Mr. Town
1960
6.3
Danger Man
as Spooner
1960
7.3
Village of the Damned
as Dr. Willers
1960
7.2
The Trials of Oscar Wilde
as Prince of Wales
1960
6.2
The Angry Silence
as Martindale
1960
7.2
Sink the Bismarck!
as First Sea Lord Admiral Sir Dudley Pound
1960
6.8
Third Man on the Mountain
as Teo Zurbriggen
1959
6.7
Perilous Assignment
as Self
1959
10.0
Solomon and Sheba
as Hezrai
1959
6.4
The Third Man
as Ostrow
1959
7.1
The Third Man
as The McCriach
1959
7.1
Bonanza
as Don Q. Hought
1959
7.5
Tempest
as Maj. Zurin
1958
6.0
The Two-Headed Spy
as Gen. Hauser
1958
6.2
A Night to Remember
as Capt. Edward John Smith
1958
7.7
Gideon's Day
as Arthur Sayer
1958
6.4
I Accuse!
as Judge at Esterhazy Trial
1958
6.1
The Naked Earth
as Skin Trader
1958
0.0
The Gypsy and the Gentleman
as Dr. Forrester
1958
5.5
Boy on a Dolphin
as Dr. Hawkins
1957
5.5
Abandon Ship
as Captain Paul Darrow
1957
7.4
Robbery Under Arms
as Ben Marston
1957
4.9
Tiger in the Smoke
as Canon Avril
1956
6.5
Lust for Life
as Dr. Bosman
1956
7.2
The Weapon
as Jamison
1956
5.9
The Man Who Never Was
as Adm. Cross
1956
7.0
The Extra Day
as Kurt Vorn
1956
6.6
Josephine and Men
as Porter
1955
6.0
The Adventures of Robin Hood
as Sir William de Courcier
1955
6.3
The Dam Busters
as Farmer
1955
6.9
Carrington V.C.
as Major Panton
1954
6.0
The Wonderful World of Disney
as Earl of Hertford
1954
7.8
The Wonderful World of Disney
as Self
1954
7.8
Mark Saber
1954
7.0
The Black Knight
as Major Domo
1954
6.2
The Million Pound Note
as Walter Craddock
1954
6.8
Love in Pawn
as Uncle Amos
1953
6.5
Mogambo
as Skipper
1953
6.4
The Beggar's Opera
as Matt of the Mint
1953
4.1
The Flanagan Boy
as Boxing Booth Barker
1953
5.8
Rough Shoot
as Blossom
1953
6.2
Time Bomb
1953
5.2
Cosh Boy
as Inspector Donaldson
1953
5.2
The Long Memory
as Hasbury
1953
6.6
A Killer Walks
as Dr. James
1952
3.0
Mother Riley Meets the Vampire
as Police Sergeant at Desk (uncredited)
1952
4.2
The Happy Family
as Councillor
1952
7.2
Penny Princess
as Louis the Jailkeeper (uncredited)
1952
6.4
I Believe in You
as Sergeant Braxton
1952
6.4
His Excellency
as First Soldier
1952
6.0
Whispering Smith Hits London
as Parker
1952
6.0
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Lord Loam
1951
8.6
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Lord Pomeroy
1951
8.6
High Treason
as Reginald Gordon-Wells
1951
5.3
🎬
Chelsea Story
as Sergeant Matthews
1951
0.0
Calling Bulldog Drummond
as Hardcastle (uncredited)
1951
5.8
There Is Another Sun
as Riley
1951
6.0
Hell Is Sold Out
as Doctor Monceau
1951
5.7
Pool of London
as Commissionaire (uncredited)
1951
6.5
Room to Let
as Editor
1950
6.0
The Happiest Days of Your Life
as Dr. Collet
1950
6.6
Sunday Night Theatre
as Arthur Lawton
1950
3.5
The Chiltern Hundreds
as Reporter (uncredited)
1949
5.0
Kind Hearts and Coronets
as Warder in Jail (uncredited)
1949
7.6
🎬
Badger's Green
as Mr Butler
1949
0.0
Train of Events
as Joe Hunt
1949
6.2
A Piece of Cake
as Merlin Mound
1948
4.5
Trouble in the Air
1948
7.0