Laurence Naismith
Acting
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.
The Making of 'A Night to Remember'
Self (archive footage)
I Remember Nelson
Rev. Edmund Nelson
Romeo and Juliet
Prince Escalus
The Last Appointment!
Judge Fulton
The Switch
Judge Fulton
London Conspiracy
Judge Fulton (archive footage)
Mission: Monte Carlo
Judge Fulton (archive footage)
The Persuaders!
Judge Fulton
The Amazing Mr. Blunden
Mr. Frederick Percival Blunden
Young Winston
Lord Salisbury
Diamonds Are Forever
Sir Donald Munger
Quest for Love
Sir Henry Lanstein
Scrooge
Mr. Fezziwig
The File on Devlin
Lord Pomeroy
Run a Crooked Mile
Lord Dunnsfield
The Bushbaby
Prof. 'Cranky' Crankshaw
The Valley of Gwangi
Professor Bromley
Eye of the Cat
Dr. Mills
The Admirable Crichton
Lord Loam
Fitzwilly
Mr. Cotty (uncredited)
Camelot
Merlyn
The Scorpio Letters
Burr
The Long Duel
McDougal
Deadlier Than the Male
Sir John Bledlow
Sky West and Crooked
Edwin Dacres
The Three Lives of Thomasina
Reverend Angus Paddie
Jason and the Argonauts
Argos
Cleopatra
Arachesilaus (uncredited)
We Joined the Navy
Admiral Blake
I Thank a Fool
O'Grady
The 300 Spartans
First Delegate
The Valiant
Admiral
The Prince and the Pauper
Earl of Hertford
Greyfriars Bobby
Mr. Traill
The Singer Not the Song
Old Uncle
The World of Suzie Wong
O’Neill
The Criminal
Mr. Town
Village of the Damned
Dr. Willers
The Trials of Oscar Wilde
Prince of Wales
The Angry Silence
Martindale
Sink the Bismarck!
First Sea Lord Admiral Sir Dudley Pound
Third Man on the Mountain
Teo Zurbriggen
Perilous Assignment
Self
Solomon and Sheba
Hezrai
Tempest
Maj. Zurin
The Two-Headed Spy
Gen. Hauser
A Night to Remember
Capt. Edward John Smith
Gideon's Day
Arthur Sayer
I Accuse!
Judge at Esterhazy Trial
The Naked Earth
Skin Trader
The Gypsy and the Gentleman
Dr. Forrester
Boy on a Dolphin
Dr. Hawkins
Seven Waves Away
Captain Paul Darrow
Robbery Under Arms
Ben Marston
Tiger in the Smoke
Canon Avril
Lust for Life
Dr. Bosman
The Weapon
Jamison
The Man Who Never Was
Adm. Cross
The Extra Day
Kurt Vorn
Josephine and Men
Porter
The Dam Busters
Farmer
Carrington V.C.
Major Panton
The Black Knight
Major Domo
The Million Pound Note
Walter Craddock
Love in Pawn
Uncle Amos
Mogambo
Skipper
The Beggar's Opera
Matt of the Mint
The Flanagan Boy
Boxing Booth Barker
Rough Shoot
Blossom
Time Bomb
Cosh Boy
Inspector Donaldson
The Long Memory
Hasbury
A Killer Walks
Dr. James
Mother Riley Meets the Vampire
Police Sergeant at Desk (uncredited)
The Happy Family
Councillor
Penny Princess
Louis the Jailkeeper (uncredited)
I Believe in You
Sergeant Braxton
His Excellency
First Soldier
Whispering Smith vs. Scotland Yard
Parker
High Treason
Reginald Gordon-Wells
Chelsea Story
Sergeant Matthews
Calling Bulldog Drummond
Hardcastle (uncredited)
There Is Another Sun
Riley
Hell Is Sold Out
Doctor Monceau
Pool of London
Commissionaire (uncredited)
Room to Let
Editor
The Happiest Days of Your Life
Dr. Collet
The Chiltern Hundreds
Reporter (uncredited)
Kind Hearts and Coronets
Warder in Jail (uncredited)
Badger's Green
Mr Butler
Train of Events
Joe Hunt
Trouble in the Air
A Piece of Cake
Merlin Mound