Laurence Naismith
Actor
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.
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Filmography
Cleopatra
as Arachesilaus (uncredited) 1963
Jason and the Argonauts
as Argos 1963
Kind Hearts and Coronets
as Warder in Jail (uncredited) 1949
Village of the Damned
as Dr. Willers 1960
A Night to Remember
as Capt. Edward John Smith 1958
Lust for Life
as Dr. Bosman 1956
Mogambo
as Skipper 1953
Scrooge
as Mr. Fezziwig 1970
The Valley of Gwangi
as Professor Bromley 1969
The Dam Busters
as Farmer 1955
The 300 Spartans
as First Delegate 1962
Sink the Bismarck!
as First Sea Lord Admiral Sir Dudley Pound 1960
Solomon and Sheba
as Hezrai 1959
The Man Who Never Was
as Adm. Cross 1956
Camelot
as Merlyn 1967
The Million Pound Note
as Walter Craddock 1954