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Laurence Naismith

Laurence Naismith

Highest Rated: 100% Greyfriars Bobby (1961)

Lowest Rated: 14% Solomon and Sheba (1959)

Birthday: Dec 14, 1908

Birthplace: Thames Ditton, Surrey, England, UK

Affable, gentlemanly British character actor of long stage experience who began making regular appearances in British and American films beginning in the late 1940s. Among his more than 50 credits are "The Happiest Days of Your Life" (1950), "Mogambo" (1953), "Lust for Life" (1956), "The Singer Not the Song" (1960), "The Trials of Oscar Wilde" (1960), "Cleopatra" (1963) and "Deadlier Than the Male" (1967). In the 60s, Naismith concentrated on theater, doing "Here's Love" and "A Time for Singing" on Broadway, and "The Apple Cart" and the 1970 revival of "The Winslow Boy." He is probably best remembered by contemporary audiences for his whimsical Merlin in Joshua Logan's film of "Camelot" (1967) and for encouraging Roger Moore and Tony Curtis to accept dangerous assignments each week in the tongue-in-cheek TV adventure series "The Persuaders."

Highest rated movies

100% Greyfriars Bobby
100% A Night to Remember
100% The Dam Busters
93% Village of the Damned
89% Jason and the Argonauts
88% The Man Who Never Was
86% Sink the Bismarck!
86% The Concrete Jungle

Photos

PENNY PRINCESS, Dirk Bogarde, Laurence Naismith, 1952 JASON AND THE ARGONAUTS, Laurence Naismith, Todd Armstrong, with 'Golden Fleece', 1963 A NIGHT TO REMEMBER, Laurence Naismith, Kenneth Griffith, David McCallum, 1958 GIDEON OF SCOTLAND YARD, (aka GIDEON'S DAY), Dianne Foster, Laurence Naismith, 1958 RICHARD III, Laurence Olivier, Laurence Naismith, 1955 SOLOMON AND SHEBA, Marisa Pavan, Yul Brynner, Laurence Naismith, Gina Lollobrigida, 1959 VILLAGE OF THE DAMNED, from left: Laurence Naismith, Barbara Shelley, George Sanders, 1960 RICHARD III, Claire Bloom, Laurence Olivier, Laurence Naismith, John Phillips, Norman Wooland, Esmond Knight, John Laurie, Richard Bennett, Ralph Richardson (backround l to r), 1955 THE HAPPIEST DAYS OF YOUR LIFE, standing: Arthur Howard, Laurence Naismith, Alastair Sim, Stringer Davis, Kenneth Downey, 1950 THE BUSHBABY, front to back: Margaret Brooks, Laurence Naismith, Louis Gossett Jr., 1969 JASON AND THE ARGONAUTS, Laurence Naismith, Nancy Kovack, Todd Armstrong, with 'Golden Fleece', 1963 THE THREE LIVES OF THOMASINA, Patrick McGoohan (left), Karen Dotrice (in bed), Susan Hampshire (leaning over), Laurence Naismith (right), 1964
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Filmography

Movies

Credit
No Score Yet 73% Romeo and Juliet Prince Escalus (Character) - 1978
No Score Yet No Score Yet The London Conspiracy Judge Fulton (Character) - 1976
No Score Yet 84% The Amazing Mr. Blunden Mr. Blunden (Character) - 1972
50% 52% Young Winston Lord Salisbury (Character) - 1972
64% 57% Diamonds Are Forever Sir Donald Munger (Character) - 1971
No Score Yet No Score Yet Mission: Monte Carlo Judge Fulton (Character) - 1971
40% 60% Quest for Love Sir Henry Larnstein (Character) - 1971
75% 84% Scrooge Mr. Fezziwig (Character) - 1970
73% 60% The Valley of Gwangi Professor Bromley (Character) - 1969
No Score Yet No Score Yet Run a Crooked Mile Lord Dunnsfield (Character) - 1969
41% 68% Camelot Merlyn (Character) - 1967
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Scorpio Letters Burr (Character) - 1967
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Long Duel McDougal (Character) - 1967
No Score Yet 58% Gypsy Girl Edwin Dacres (Character) - 1965
No Score Yet 73% The Three Lives of Thomasina Reverend Angus Peddie (Character) - 1964
89% 79% Jason and the Argonauts Argos (Character) - 1963
No Score Yet 56% The Prince and the Pauper Unknown (Character) - 1962
No Score Yet No Score Yet I Thank a Fool O'Grady (Character) - 1962
100% 79% Greyfriars Bobby Mr. Traill (Character) - 1961
No Score Yet 69% The Singer Not the Song Old Uncle (Character) - 1961
80% 79% The Angry Silence Martindale (Character) - 1960
93% 78% Village of the Damned Doctor Willers (Character) - 1960
86% 77% Sink the Bismarck! First Sea Lord (Character) - 1960
33% 68% The World of Suzie Wong O'Neill (Character) - 1960
86% 59% The Concrete Jungle Mr. Town (Character) - 1960
14% 57% Solomon and Sheba Hezrai (Character) - 1959
No Score Yet 72% Third Man on the Mountain Teo Zurbriggen (Character) - 1959
No Score Yet No Score Yet Tempest Maj. Zurin (Character) - 1958
No Score Yet 54% Gideon of Scotland Yard Arthur Sayer (Character) - 1958
100% 90% A Night to Remember Capt. Edward John Smith (Character) - 1958
No Score Yet No Score Yet Naked Earth Skin Trader (Character) - 1958
No Score Yet 54% The Barretts of Wimpole Street Dr. Chambers (Character) - 1957
No Score Yet 46% Boy on a Dolphin Dr. Hawkins (Character) - 1957
No Score Yet 40% Robbery Under Arms Ben Marston (Character) - 1957
88% 84% The Man Who Never Was Adm. Cross (Character) - 1956
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Extra Day Kurt Vorn (Character) - 1956
81% 78% Richard III The Lord Stanley (Character) - 1955
100% 84% The Dam Busters Farmer (Character) - 1955
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Black Knight Major Domo (Character) - 1954
No Score Yet No Score Yet Love in Pawn Uncle Amos (Character) - 1953
75% 55% Mogambo Skipper (Character) - 1953
No Score Yet No Score Yet Cosh Boy Inspector Donaldson (Character) - 1953
No Score Yet No Score Yet A Killer Walks Doctor (Character) - 1952
No Score Yet No Score Yet Wall of Death Unknown (Character) - 1951

TV

Credit
No Score Yet No Score Yet Name of the Game Unknown (Guest Star) 1969
No Score Yet No Score Yet Bonanza Unknown (Guest Star) 1969
No Score Yet No Score Yet Mannix Anton (Guest Star) 1968
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Fugitive Dr. Andrew Emmett McAllister (Guest Star) 1965-1967
No Score Yet No Score Yet 12 O'Clock High Unknown (Guest Star) 1965