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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Laurence Naismith, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Cast

Diamonds Are Forever

(Sir Donald Munger)

Deadlier Than the Male

(Sir John Bledlow)

Jason and the Argonauts

(Argos)

The Criminal

(Mr. Town)

Village of the Damned

(Dr. Willers)

Mogambo

(Skipper)

Scrooge

(Mr. Fezziwig)

The Black Knight

(Major Domo)

Lust for Life

(Dr. Bosman)

The Weapon

(Jamison)

The Valley of Gwangi

(Professor Bromley)

The Three Lives of Thomasina

(Reverend Angus Paddie)

The Man Who Never Was

(Adm. Cross)

Boy on a Dolphin

(Dr. Hawkins)

Mission: Monte Carlo

(Judge Fulton)

Cosh Boy

(Inspector Donaldson)

Third Man on the Mountain

(Teo Zurbriggen)

Greyfriars Bobby

(Mr. Traill)

Sink the Bismarck!

(First Sea Lord Admiral Sir Dudley Pound)

Tiger in the Smoke

(Canon Avril)

Camelot

(Merlyn)

The Prince and the Pauper

(Earl of Hertford)

The Amazing Mr. Blunden

(Mr. Frederick Percival Blunden)

The Angry Silence

(Martindale)

I Thank a Fool

(O'Grady)

The Singer Not the Song

(Old Uncle)

Quest for Love

(Sir Henry Lanstein)

A Killer Walks

(Dr. James)

The Last Appointment!

(Judge Fulton)

The Persuaders!

(Judge Fulton)

Perilous Assignment

(Self)

The Bushbaby

(Prof. 'Cranky' Crankshaw)

Sky West and Crooked

(Edwin Dacres)

The Flanagan Boy

(Boxing Booth Barker)

The File on Devlin

(Lord Pomeroy)

The Gypsy and the Gentleman

(Dr. Forrester)

The Extra Day

(Kurt Vorn)

A Piece of Cake

(Merlin Mound)

The Valiant

(Admiral)

Robbery Under Arms

(Ben Marston)

The Scorpio Letters

(Burr)

The Long Memory

(Hasbury)

Pool of London

(Commissionaire (uncredited))

The Chiltern Hundreds

(Reporter (uncredited))

High Treason

The 300 Spartans

(First Delegate)

The Trials of Oscar Wilde

(Prince of Wales)

Rough Shoot

(Blossom)

Abandon Ship

(Captain Paul Darrow)

Tempest

(Maj. Zurin)

Run a Crooked Mile

(Lord Dunnsfield)

The Admirable Crichton

(Lord Loam)

Eye of the Cat

(Dr. Mills)

Young Winston

(Lord Salisbury)

Fitzwilly

(Mr. Cotty (uncredited))

Room to Let

(Editor)

Kind Hearts and Coronets

(Warder in Jail (uncredited))

The Long Duel

(McDougal)

The Happiest Days of Your Life

(Dr. Collet)

The Happy Family

(Councillor)

Trouble in the Air

Whispering Smith Vs. Scotland Yard

(Parker)

I Remember Nelson

(Rev. Edmund Nelson)

Romeo & Juliet

(Prince Escalus)

There Is Another Sun

(Riley)

The Million Pound Note

(Walter Craddock)

The World of Suzie Wong

(O’Neill)

The Dam Busters

(Farmer)

Train of Events

(Joe Hunt)

The Naked Earth

(Skin Trader)

A Night to Remember

(Capt. Edward John Smith)

We Joined the Navy

(Admiral Blake)

Love in Pawn

(Uncle Amos)

Josephine and Men

(Porter)

I Accuse!

(Judge at Esterhazy Trial)

London Conspiracy

(Judge Fulton)

Calling Bulldog Drummond

(Hardcastle (uncredited))

Gideon's Day

(Arthur Sayer)

The Switch

(Judge Fulton)

Carrington V.C.

(Major Panton)

The Beggar's Opera

(Matt of the Mint)

Solomon and Sheba

(Hezrai)

Time Bomb

The Two-Headed Spy

(Gen. Hauser)

His Excellency

(First Soldier)

I Believe in You

(Sergeant Braxton)

Cleopatra

(Arachesilaus (uncredited))

The Protectors

(Prof. Alexander Schelpin)

Mannix

Return of the Saint

(General Platt)

Hallmark Hall of Fame

(Lord Loam)

The Fugitive

(Dr. Andrew Emmett McAllister)

The Fugitive

(Major Fielding)

Lancer

The Adventures of Robin Hood

(Sir William de Courcier)

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

Profiles in Courage

(John Adams)

Mark Saber

Fall of Eagles

(Emperor Franz Josef I of Austria-Hungary)

The Fugitive

(John Mallory)

Sir Francis Drake

(Sir Miles Burns)

The Defenders

(Mr. Collins)

BBC Television Shakespeare

(Prince Escalus)

Oh, Father!

The Third Man

The Persuaders!

(Judge Fulton)

Bonanza

(Don Q. Hought)

Profiles in Courage

(George Mason)

The Name of the Game

(Reddington)

12 O'Clock High

(Gilly Bright)

Hallmark Hall of Fame

(Lord Pomeroy)

The Invaders

(Professor Lindstrom)

The Invaders

(Cyrus Stone)