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Laurence Naismith

1908-12-14

The 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.

Laurence Naismith in

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Cleopatra

7.044 average rating
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Diamonds Are Forever

6.401 average rating
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Solomon and Sheba

6.402 average rating
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Jason and the Argonauts

7.2 average rating
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Time Bomb

5.2 average rating
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A Night to Remember

7.651 average rating
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The Million Pound Note

6.841 average rating
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Scrooge

6.864 average rating
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Camelot

6.246 average rating
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Sink the Bismarck!

6.8 average rating
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The 300 Spartans

6.4 average rating
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Village of the Damned

7.2 average rating
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The Dam Busters

6.917 average rating
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Kind Hearts and Coronets

7.649 average rating
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Young Winston

6.208 average rating
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Lust for Life

7.2 average rating
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High Treason

5.3 average rating
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Greyfriars Bobby

6.9 average rating
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The Man Who Never Was

7 average rating
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The Valley of Gwangi

7.117 average rating