Laurence Naismith
Acting • Born 1908-12-14 – Died 1992-06-05
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.
Filmography
124 credits
Diamonds Are Forever
Movie • 1971
Sir Donald Munger
Deadlier Than the Male
Movie • 1967
Sir John Bledlow
Jason and the Argonauts
Movie • 1963
Argos
The Criminal
Movie • 1960
Mr. Town
Village of the Damned
Movie • 1960
Dr. Willers
Mogambo
Movie • 1953
Skipper
Scrooge
Movie • 1970
Mr. Fezziwig
The Black Knight
Movie • 1954
Major Domo
Lust for Life
Movie • 1956
Dr. Bosman
The Weapon
Movie • 1956
Jamison
The Valley of Gwangi
Movie • 1969
Professor Bromley
The Three Lives of Thomasina
Movie • 1963
Reverend Angus Paddie
The Man Who Never Was
Movie • 1956
Adm. Cross
Boy on a Dolphin
Movie • 1957
Dr. Hawkins
Mission: Monte Carlo
Movie • 1974
Judge Fulton (archive footage)
Cosh Boy
Movie • 1953
Inspector Donaldson
Third Man on the Mountain
Movie • 1959
Teo Zurbriggen
Greyfriars Bobby
Movie • 1961
Mr. Traill
Sink the Bismarck!
Movie • 1960
First Sea Lord Admiral Sir Dudley Pound
Tiger in the Smoke
Movie • 1956
Canon Avril
Camelot
Movie • 1967
Merlyn
The Prince and the Pauper
Movie • 1962
Earl of Hertford
The Amazing Mr. Blunden
Movie • 1972
Mr. Frederick Percival Blunden
The Angry Silence
Movie • 1960
Martindale
I Thank a Fool
Movie • 1962
O'Grady
The Singer Not the Song
Movie • 1961
Old Uncle
Quest for Love
Movie • 1971
Sir Henry Lanstein
A Killer Walks
Movie • 1952
Dr. James
The Last Appointment!
Movie • 1977
Judge Fulton
The Persuaders!
Movie • 1973
Judge Fulton
Perilous Assignment
Movie • 1959
Self
The Bushbaby
Movie • 1969
Prof. 'Cranky' Crankshaw
Sky West and Crooked
Movie • 1966
Edwin Dacres
The Flanagan Boy
Movie • 1953
Boxing Booth Barker
The File on Devlin
Movie • 1969
Lord Pomeroy
The Gypsy and the Gentleman
Movie • 1958
Dr. Forrester
The Extra Day
Movie • 1956
Kurt Vorn
A Piece of Cake
Movie • 1948
Merlin Mound
The Valiant
Movie • 1962
Admiral
Robbery Under Arms
Movie • 1957
Ben Marston
The Scorpio Letters
Movie • 1967
Burr
The Long Memory
Movie • 1953
Hasbury
Pool of London
Movie • 1951
Commissionaire (uncredited)
The Chiltern Hundreds
Movie • 1949
Reporter (uncredited)
High Treason
Movie • 1951
Reginald Gordon-Wells
The 300 Spartans
Movie • 1962
First Delegate
The Trials of Oscar Wilde
Movie • 1960
Prince of Wales
Rough Shoot
Movie • 1953
Blossom
Seven Waves Away
Movie • 1957
Captain Paul Darrow
Tempest
Movie • 1958
Maj. Zurin
Run a Crooked Mile
Movie • 1969
Lord Dunnsfield
The Admirable Crichton
Movie • 1968
Lord Loam
Eye of the Cat
Movie • 1969
Dr. Mills
Young Winston
Movie • 1972
Lord Salisbury
Fitzwilly
Movie • 1967
Mr. Cotty (uncredited)
Room to Let
Movie • 1950
Editor
Kind Hearts and Coronets
Movie • 1949
Warder in Jail (uncredited)
The Long Duel
Movie • 1967
McDougal
The Happiest Days of Your Life
Movie • 1950
Dr. Collet
The Happy Family
Movie • 1952
Councillor
Trouble in the Air
Movie • 1948
Whispering Smith vs. Scotland Yard
Movie • 1952
Parker
I Remember Nelson
Movie • 1982
Rev. Edmund Nelson
Romeo and Juliet
Movie • 1978
Prince Escalus
There Is Another Sun
Movie • 1951
Riley
The Million Pound Note
Movie • 1954
Walter Craddock
The World of Suzie Wong
Movie • 1960
O’Neill
The Dam Busters
Movie • 1955
Farmer
Train of Events
Movie • 1949
Joe Hunt
The Naked Earth
Movie • 1958
Skin Trader
A Night to Remember
Movie • 1958
Capt. Edward John Smith
We Joined the Navy
Movie • 1963
Admiral Blake
Love in Pawn
Movie • 1953
Uncle Amos
Josephine and Men
Movie • 1955
Porter
I Accuse!
Movie • 1958
Judge at Esterhazy Trial
London Conspiracy
Movie • 1974
Judge Fulton (archive footage)
Calling Bulldog Drummond
Movie • 1951
Hardcastle (uncredited)
Gideon's Day
Movie • 1958
Arthur Sayer
The Switch
Movie • 1976
Judge Fulton
Carrington V.C.
Movie • 1954
Major Panton
The Beggar's Opera
Movie • 1953
Matt of the Mint
Solomon and Sheba
Movie • 1959
Hezrai
Time Bomb
Movie • 1953
The Two-Headed Spy
Movie • 1958
Gen. Hauser
His Excellency
Movie • 1952
First Soldier
I Believe in You
Movie • 1952
Sergeant Braxton
Cleopatra
Movie • 1963
Arachesilaus (uncredited)
Penny Princess
Movie • 1952
Louis the Jailkeeper (uncredited)
The Making of 'A Night to Remember'
Movie • 1993
Self (archive footage)
Mother Riley Meets the Vampire
Movie • 1952
Police Sergeant at Desk (uncredited)
Hell Is Sold Out
Movie • 1951
Doctor Monceau
Chelsea Story
Movie • 1951
Sergeant Matthews
Badger's Green
Movie • 1949
Mr Butler
The Protectors
TV • 1972
Prof. Alexander Schelpin
Mannix
TV • 1967
Anton
Return of the Saint
TV • 1978
General Platt
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV • 1951
Lord Loam
The Fugitive
TV • 1963
Dr. Andrew Emmett McAllister
The Fugitive
TV • 1963
Major Fielding
Lancer
TV • 1968
The Adventures of Robin Hood
TV • 1955
Sir William de Courcier
Profiles in Courage
TV • 1964
John Adams
Mark Saber
TV • 1954
Fall of Eagles
TV • 1974
Emperor Franz Josef I of Austria-Hungary
The Fugitive
TV • 1963
John Mallory
Sir Francis Drake
TV • 1961
Sir Miles Burns
The Defenders
TV • 1961
Mr. Collins
Oh, Father!
TV • 1973
Father Harris
The Third Man
TV • 1959
Ostrow
The Persuaders!
TV • 1971
Judge Fulton
Bonanza
TV • 1959
Don Q. Hought
Profiles in Courage
TV • 1964
George Mason
The Name of the Game
TV • 1968
Reddington
12 O'Clock High
TV • 1964
Gilly Bright
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV • 1951
Lord Pomeroy
The Invaders
TV • 1967
Professor Lindstrom
The Invaders
TV • 1967
Cyrus Stone
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
TV • 1963
Gordon Knight
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
TV • 1963
Inspector Rason
Danger Man
TV • 1960
Spooner
The Third Man
TV • 1959
The McCriach
The Wonderful World of Disney
TV • 1954
Earl of Hertford
The Wonderful World of Disney
TV • 1954
Self
Sunday Night Theatre
TV • 1950
Arthur Lawton