Birthday
1908/12/14
Day of death
1992/06/05 (83 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Thames Ditton, Surrey, England, UK
Also know as
Lawrence 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 barbe...Read more
(1971) Diamonds Are Forever
as Sir Donald Munger
(1967) Deadlier Than the Male
as Sir John Bledlow
(1963) Jason and the Argonauts
as Argos
(1960) The Criminal
as Mr. Town
(1960) Village of the Damned
as Dr. Willers
(1953) Mogambo
as Skipper
(1970) Scrooge
as Mr. Fezziwig
(1954) The Black Knight
as Major Domo
(1956) Lust for Life
as Dr. Bosman
(1956) The Weapon
as Jamison
(1969) The Valley of Gwangi
as Professor Bromley
(1963) The Three Lives of Thomasina
as Reverend Angus Paddie
(1956) The Man Who Never Was
as Adm. Cross
(1957) Boy on a Dolphin
as Dr. Hawkins
(1974) Mission: Monte Carlo
as Judge Fulton
(1953) Cosh Boy
as Inspector Donaldson
(1959) Third Man on the Mountain
as Teo Zurbriggen
(1961) Greyfriars Bobby
as Mr. Traill
(1960) Sink the Bismarck!
as First Sea Lord Admiral Sir Dudley Pound
(1956) Tiger in the Smoke
as Canon Avril
(1967) Camelot
as Merlyn
(1962) The Prince and the Pauper
as Earl of Hertford
(1972) The Amazing Mr. Blunden
as Mr. Frederick Percival Blunden
(1960) The Angry Silence
as Martindale
(1962) I Thank a Fool
as O'Grady
(1961) The Singer Not the Song
as Old Uncle
(1971) Quest for Love
as Sir Henry Lanstein
(1952) A Killer Walks
as Dr. James
(1977) The Last Appointment!
as Judge Fulton
(1973) The Persuaders!
as Judge Fulton
(1959) Perilous Assignment
as Self
(1969) The Bushbaby
as Prof. 'Cranky' Crankshaw
(1965) Sky West and Crooked
as Edwin Dacres
(1953) The Flanagan Boy
as Boxing Booth Barker
(1969) The File on Devlin
as Lord Pomeroy
(1958) The Gypsy and the Gentleman
as Dr. Forrester
(1956) The Extra Day
as Kurt Vorn
(1948) A Piece of Cake
as Merlin Mound
(1962) The Valiant
as Admiral
(1957) Robbery Under Arms
as Ben Marston
(1967) The Scorpio Letters
as Burr
(1953) The Long Memory
as Hasbury
(1951) Pool of London
as Commissionaire (uncredited)
(1949) The Chiltern Hundreds
as Reporter (uncredited)
(1951) High Treason
as ---
(1962) The 300 Spartans
as First Delegate
(1960) The Trials of Oscar Wilde
as Prince of Wales
(1953) Rough Shoot
as Blossom
(1957) Abandon Ship
as Captain Paul Darrow
(1958) Tempest
as Maj. Zurin
(1969) Run a Crooked Mile
as Lord Dunnsfield
(1968) The Admirable Crichton
as Lord Loam
(1969) Eye of the Cat
as Dr. Mills
(1972) Young Winston
as Lord Salisbury
(1967) Fitzwilly
as Mr. Cotty (uncredited)
(1950) Room to Let
as Editor
(1949) Kind Hearts and Coronets
as Warder in Jail (uncredited)
(1967) The Long Duel
as McDougal
(1950) The Happiest Days of Your Life
as Dr. Collet
(1952) The Happy Family
as Councillor
(1948) Trouble in the Air
as ---
(1952) Whispering Smith Vs. Scotland Yard
as Parker
(1982) I Remember Nelson
as Rev. Edmund Nelson
(1978) Romeo & Juliet
as Prince Escalus
(1951) There Is Another Sun
as Riley
(1954) The Million Pound Note
as Walter Craddock
(1960) The World of Suzie Wong
as O’Neill
(1955) The Dam Busters
as Farmer
(1958) The Naked Earth
as Skin Trader
(1949) Train of Events
as Joe Hunt
(1958) A Night to Remember
as Capt. Edward John Smith
(1963) We Joined the Navy
as Admiral Blake
(1953) Love in Pawn
as Uncle Amos
(1955) Josephine and Men
as Porter
(1958) I Accuse!
as Judge at Esterhazy Trial
(1974) London Conspiracy
as Judge Fulton
(1951) Calling Bulldog Drummond
as Hardcastle (uncredited)
(1958) Gideon's Day
as Arthur Sayer
(1976) The Switch
as Judge Fulton
(1954) Carrington V.C.
as Major Panton
(1953) The Beggar's Opera
as Matt of the Mint
(1959) Solomon and Sheba
as Hezrai
(1953) Time Bomb
as ---
(1958) The Two-Headed Spy
as Gen. Hauser
(1952) His Excellency
as First Soldier
(1952) I Believe in You
as Sergeant Braxton
(1963) Cleopatra
as Arachesilaus (uncredited)
(1952) Penny Princess
as Louis the Jailkeeper (uncredited)
(1972) The Protectors
as Prof. Alexander Schelpin
(1967) Mannix
as ---
(1978) Return of the Saint
as General Platt
(1951) Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Lord Loam
(1963) The Fugitive
as Dr. Andrew Emmett McAllister
(1963) The Fugitive
as Major Fielding
(1968) Lancer
as ---
(1955) The Adventures of Robin Hood
as Sir William de Courcier
(1963) Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
as ---
(1964) Profiles in Courage
as John Adams
(1954) Mark Saber
as ---
(1974) Fall of Eagles
as Emperor Franz Josef I of Austria-Hungary
(1963) The Fugitive
as John Mallory
(1961) Sir Francis Drake
as Sir Miles Burns
(1961) The Defenders
as Mr. Collins
(1978) The BBC Television Shakespeare
as Prince Escalus
(1973) Oh, Father!
as ---
(1959) The Third Man
as ---
(1971) The Persuaders!
as Judge Fulton
(1959) Bonanza
as Don Q. Hought
(1964) Profiles in Courage
as George Mason
(1968) The Name of the Game
as Reddington
(1964) 12 O'Clock High
as Gilly Bright
(1951) Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Lord Pomeroy
(1967) The Invaders
as Professor Lindstrom
(1967) The Invaders
as Cyrus Stone