Laurence Naismith
Born	14 December 1908(1908-12-14) Thames Ditton, Surrey, England, UK
Died	5 June 1992 (aged 83) Southport, Queensland, Australia

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. 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). Naismith played the Prince of Verona in the BBC Television Shakespeare version of Romeo & Juliet (1978) alongside John Gielgud, Michael Hordern, and then-rising stars Anthony Andrews and Alan Rickman.

Naismith married, in 1939, Vera Bocca of Horden, County Durham.

[edit] External links

• Laurence Naismith at Find a Grave
• Laurence Naismith at the Internet Movie Database

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