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.

Filmography

• I Remember Nelson — Rev. Edmund Nelson
• Return of the Saint — General Platt
• 1978Romeo and Juliet — Prince Escalus
• The BBC Television Shakespeare — Prince Escalus
• 1977The Last Appointment! — Judge Fulton
• 1976The Switch — Judge Fulton
• Fall of Eagles — Emperor Franz Josef I of Austria-Hungary
• 1974London Conspiracy — Judge Fulton (archive footage)
• 1974Mission: Monte Carlo — Judge Fulton (archive footage)
• Oh, Father! — Father Harris
• 1973The Persuaders! — Judge Fulton
• 1972The Amazing Mr. Blunden — Mr. Frederick Percival Blunden
• The Protectors — Prof. Alexander Schelpin
• 1972Young Winston — Lord Salisbury
• 1971Diamonds Are Forever — Sir Donald Munger
• 1971Quest for Love — Sir Henry Lanstein
• The Persuaders! — Judge Fulton
• 1970Scrooge — Mr. Fezziwig
• 1969Eye of the Cat — Dr. Mills
• 1969Run a Crooked Mile — Lord Dunnsfield
• 1969The Bushbaby — Prof. 'Cranky' Crankshaw
• 1969The File on Devlin — Lord Pomeroy
• 1969The Valley of Gwangi — Professor Bromley
• Lancer
• 1968The Admirable Crichton — Lord Loam
• The Name of the Game — Reddington
• 1967Camelot — Merlyn
• 1967Deadlier Than the Male — Sir John Bledlow
• 1967Fitzwilly — Mr. Cotty (uncredited)
• Mannix — Anton
• The Invaders — Professor Lindstrom, Cyrus Stone
• 1967The Long Duel — McDougal
• 1967The Scorpio Letters — Burr
• 1966Sky West and Crooked — Edwin Dacres
• 12 O'Clock High — Gilly Bright
• Profiles in Courage — John Adams, George Mason
• Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre — Gordon Knight, Inspector Rason
• 1963Cleopatra — Arachesilaus (uncredited)
• 1963Jason and the Argonauts — Argos
• The Fugitive — Dr. Andrew Emmett McAllister, Major Fielding, John Mallory
• 1963The Three Lives of Thomasina — Reverend Angus Paddie
• 1963We Joined the Navy — Admiral Blake
• 1962I Thank a Fool — O'Grady
• 1962The 300 Spartans — First Delegate
• 1962The Prince and the Pauper — Earl of Hertford
• 1962The Valiant — Admiral
• 1961Greyfriars Bobby — Mr. Traill
• Sir Francis Drake — Sir Miles Burns
• The Defenders — Mr. Collins
• 1961The Singer Not the Song — Old Uncle
• Danger Man — Spooner
• 1960Sink the Bismarck! — First Sea Lord Admiral Sir Dudley Pound
• 1960The Angry Silence — Martindale
• 1960The Criminal — Mr. Town
• 1960The Trials of Oscar Wilde — Prince of Wales
• 1960The World of Suzie Wong — O’Neill
• 1960Village of the Damned — Dr. Willers
• Bonanza — Don Q. Hought
• 1959Solomon and Sheba — Hezrai
• The Third Man — Ostrow, The McCriach
• 1959Third Man on the Mountain — Teo Zurbriggen
• 1958A Night to Remember — Capt. Edward John Smith
• 1958Gideon's Day — Arthur Sayer
• 1958I Accuse! — Judge at Esterhazy Trial
• 1958Tempest — Maj. Zurin
• 1958The Gypsy and the Gentleman — Dr. Forrester
• 1958The Naked Earth — Skin Trader
• 1958The Two-Headed Spy — Gen. Hauser
• 1957Boy on a Dolphin — Dr. Hawkins
• 1957Robbery Under Arms — Ben Marston
• 1957Seven Waves Away — Captain Paul Darrow
• 1956Lust for Life — Dr. Bosman
• 1956The Extra Day — Kurt Vorn
• 1956The Man Who Never Was — Adm. Cross
• 1956The Weapon — Jamison
• 1956Tiger in the Smoke — Canon Avril
• 1955Final Column
• 1955Josephine and Men — Porter
• The Adventures of Robin Hood — Sir William de Courcier
• 1955The Dam Busters — Farmer
• 1954Carrington V.C. — Major Panton
• Mark Saber
• 1954The Black Knight — Major Domo
• 1954The Million Pound Note — Walter Craddock
• The Wonderful World of Disney — Earl of Hertford, Self
• 1953Cosh Boy — Inspector Donaldson
• 1953Love in Pawn — Uncle Amos
• 1953Mogambo — Skipper
• 1953Rough Shoot — Blossom
• 1953The Beggar's Opera — Matt of the Mint
• 1953The Flanagan Boy — Boxing Booth Barker
• 1953The Long Memory — Hasbury
• 1953Time Bomb
• 1952A Killer Walks — Dr. James
• 1952His Excellency — First Soldier
• 1952I Believe in You — Sergeant Braxton
• 1952Mother Riley Meets the Vampire — Police Sergeant at Desk (uncredited)
• 1952Penny Princess — Louis the Jailkeeper (uncredited)
• 1952The Happy Family — Councillor
• 1952Whispering Smith vs. Scotland Yard — Parker
• 1951Calling Bulldog Drummond — Hardcastle (uncredited)
• 1951Chelsea Story — Sergeant Matthews
• Hallmark Hall of Fame — Lord Loam, Lord Pomeroy
• 1951Hell Is Sold Out — Doctor Monceau
• 1951High Treason — Reginald Gordon-Wells
• 1951Pool of London — Commissionaire (uncredited)
• 1951There Is Another Sun — Riley
• 1950Room to Let — Editor
• Sunday Night Theatre — Arthur Lawton
• 1950The Happiest Days of Your Life — Dr. Collet
• 1949Badger's Green — Mr Butler
• 1949Kind Hearts and Coronets — Warder in Jail (uncredited)
• 1949The Chiltern Hundreds — Reporter (uncredited)
• 1949Train of Events — Joe Hunt
• 1948A Piece of Cake — Merlin Mound
• 1948Trouble in the Air

Appearances as themselves (2)

• 1993The Making of 'A Night to Remember' — Self (archive footage)
• 1959Perilous Assignment — Self