🎬Laurence Naismith

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.

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Recent movies

#	Name	Character	Rating
1	Young Winston (1972)	Lord Salisbury	-	-
2	Diamonds Are Forever (1971)	Sir Donald Munger		6.6
3	Scrooge (1970)	Mr. Fezziwig		8
4	The Valley of Gwangi (1969)	Professor Bromley		5
5	Eye of the Cat (1969)	Dr. Mills		5
6	Deadlier Than the Male (1967)	Sir John Bledlow		8
7	Camelot (1967)	Merlyn		7
8	Fitzwilly (1967)	Mr. Cotty (uncredited)		7
9	Sky West and Crooked (1966)	Edwin Dacres		7
10	Cleopatra (1963)	Arachesilaus (uncredited)		7.8
11	The Three Lives of Thomasina (1963)	Reverend Angus Paddie		8
12	Jason and the Argonauts (1963)	Argos		7
13	The 300 Spartans (1962)	First Delegate		6
14	The Trials of Oscar Wilde (1960)	Prince of Wales		8
15	The Criminal (1960)	Mr. Town		6.5
16	The Angry Silence (1960)	Martindale		4
17	Sink the Bismarck! (1960)	First Sea Lord Admiral Sir Dudley Pound		7
18	Village of the Damned (1960)	Dr. Willers		7.7
19	A Night to Remember (1958)	Capt. Edward John Smith		8
20	Tiger in the Smoke (1956)	Canon Avril		5
21	Lust for Life (1956)	Dr. Bosman		8
22	The Man Who Never Was (1956)	Adm. Cross		5
23	The Dam Busters (1955)	Farmer		7.5
24	The Million Pound Note (1954)	Walter Craddock		7
25	Mogambo (1953)	Skipper	-	-
26	The Flanagan Boy (1953)	Boxing Booth Barker		5
27	The Long Memory (1953)	Hasbury		4
28	Cosh Boy (1953)	Inspector Donaldson		4
29	Pool of London (1951)	Commissionaire (uncredited)		6
30	The Happiest Days of Your Life (1950)	Dr. Collet		5
31	Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)	Warder in Jail (uncredited)		7.2