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Laurence Naismith is a Actor British born on 14 december 1908
Laurence Naismith (born Lawrence Johnson; 14 December 1908 – 5 June 1992) was an English actor.
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Birth name Laurence Johnson
Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 14 december 1908
Death 5 june 1992 (at 83 years) at Southport (United-kingdom)
Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 14 december 1908
Death 5 june 1992 (at 83 years) at Southport (United-kingdom)
Laurence Naismith (born Lawrence Johnson; 14 December 1908 – 5 June 1992) was an English actor.
Biography
Il a fait une très longue carrière au théâtre au Royaume-Uni ainsi qu'aux États-Unis. Il fut aussi très populaire dans la série Amicalement vôtre dans le rôle du juge Fulton qui confie régulièrement des missions à Danny Wilde et Brett Sinclair. Il a également interprété le rôle de l'empereur François-Joseph Ier d'Autriche dans la série télévisée La Chute des aigles (Fall of Eagles). Il joue également le rôle du capitaine du Titanic Edward Smith dans le film Atlantique, latitude 41°.Best films
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Young Winston (1972)
, 2h37Directed by Richard Attenborough, Brian W. Cook
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, War, Biography, Action, Adventure
Themes Films set in Africa, Political films
Actors Simon Ward, Robert Shaw, Jack Hawkins, Anne Bancroft, Anthony Hopkins, Ian Holm
Roles Lord Salisbury
Rating66%
Le scenario est largement inspiré du livre de Winston Churchill, My Early Life (Mes Aventures de Jeunesse) film raconte la jeunesse du futur Premier Ministre britannique .
The Amazing Mr. Blunden (1972)
, 1h39Directed by Lionel Jeffries
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy, Fantasy
Themes Films about magic and magicians, Children's films
Actors Laurence Naismith, Lynne Frederick, Rosalyn Landor, Diana Dors, Madeline Smith, James Villiers
Roles Mr. Frederick Percival Blunden
Rating67%
The film is set in 1918, in which a war widow Mrs. Allen (Dorothy Alison) and her three children, Lucy (Lynne Frederick), Jamie (Garry Miller) and baby Benjamin are reduced to living in a tiny, squalid, Camden Town flat. Just before Christmas, a mysterious old man, Mr. Frederick Percival Blunden (Laurence Naismith) visits the family, introducing himself as a representative of a firm of solicitors. The family are told there is an opportunity to become the caretakers of a derelict country mansion in the Home Counties named Langley Park, which was gutted by fire years before, and is now in the charge of the solicitors. Mrs. Allen's instructions are to care for the property until such time as the heirs to the estate can be traced. In desperation, Mrs. Allen agrees to take up the post. There are rumours that the house is haunted, and as a result few locals venture up to the property.
Diamonds Are Forever (1971)
, 2hDirected by Guy Hamilton
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Action, Adventure, Spy
Themes Films set in Africa, Films about children, Space adventure films, Spy films, Films about terrorism, Transport films, Satellite
Actors Sean Connery, Jill St John, Charles Gray, Lana Wood, Jimmy Dean, Bernard Lee
Roles Sir Donald Munger
Rating64%
James Bond—agent 007—pursues Ernst Stavro Blofeld and eventually finds him at a facility where Blofeld look-alikes are being created through surgery. Bond kills a test subject, and later the "real" Blofeld, by drowning him in a pool of superheated mud.
Quest for Love (1971)
, 1h27Directed by Ralph Thomas
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Romance
Actors Joan Collins, Geraldine Moffat, Tom Bell, Simon Ward, Denholm Elliott, Laurence Naismith
Roles Sir Henry Lanstein
Rating65%
An explosion at a demonstration of his new invention catapults physicist Colin Trafford into a parallel universe - an identical world, but with subtle differences, where John F. Kennedy is Secretary General of the League of Nations and World War II and the Vietnam War never happened. Here he's a famous author with a beautiful wife with whom he instantly falls in love, but for whom his alternate self never cared. But just as suddenly, another accident propels Trafford back to our world where he is caught in a race against time in a quest to find the woman he loves. Little does she know, however, that her life depends on him finding her.
Scrooge (1970)
, 2hDirected by Ronald Neame
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Fantasy, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Christmas films, Time travel films, Ghost films, Musical films
Actors Albert Finney, Alec Guinness, Edith Evans, Kenneth More, Michael Medwin, Laurence Naismith
Roles Mr. Fezziwig
Rating74%
Ebenezer Scrooge (Albert Finney) is a cold-hearted and greedy old miser whose only concern is money and profit and hates everything to do with Christmas. After Scrooge scares off a group of boys who were singing a carol outside his door, his nephew Fred (Michael Medwin) arrives to invite him to Christmas dinner with his wife and friends. Scrooge, however, refuses. After Fred leaves, Scrooge gives his clerk Bob Cratchit (David Collings) the next day off as it is Christmas, but he expects him back all the earlier the next morning. Bob meets two of his children, including Tiny Tim (Richard Beaumont), in the streets, and they buy the food for their Christmas dinner. Scrooge, meanwhile, is surveyed by two other men (Derek Francis and Roy Kinnear) for a donation for the poor but Scrooge refuses to support the prisons and workhouses and even says "if they rather die, then they better do it and decrease the surplus population." On his way home, Scrooge meets some of his clients, including Tom Jenkins (Anton Rogers), and reminds them the debts they owe him. In a running gag, Scrooge is stalked and being made fun of by the same street urchins seen at the start of the film, calling him "Father Christmas.
The Valley of Gwangi (1969)
, 1h36Directed by Ray Harryhausen, Jim O'Connolly
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Fantastic, Fantasy, Action, Adventure, Horror, Western
Themes Films about animals, Dinosaur films, La préhistoire, Animaux préhistoriques
Actors James Franciscus, Gila Golan, Richard Carlson, Laurence Naismith, Freda Jackson, Gustavo Rojo
Roles Professor Bromley
Rating62%
In Mexico at the turn of the 20th century, a beautiful cowgirl named T.J. Breckenridge (Gila Golan) hosts a struggling rodeo. Her former lover Tuck Kirby (James Franciscus), a heroic former stuntman working for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, wants to buy her out. Along the way, he is followed by a Mexican boy named Lope (Curtis Arden), who intends to join the rodeo on a quest for fame and fortune. T.J. is not interested in Tuck because of this, but Tuck is still attracted to T.J., especially when T.J. jumps off a diving board on her horse. T.J. finally accepts Tuck when he saves a matador from a bull and the two kiss on the lips.
Eye of the Cat (1969)
, 1h42Directed by David Lowell Rich
Origin USA
Genres Horror
Actors Michael Sarrazin, Gayle Hunnicutt, Eleanor Parker, Laurence Naismith, Jennifer Leak, Truman Linden Chiles
Roles Dr. Mills
Rating60%
Tante Danny (Eleanor Parker) vît avec son neveu Luke (Tim Henry) et ses nombreux chats. À son décès, elle a décidé de léguer sa fortune à ses animaux de compagnie. Quand Wylie (Michael Sarrazin), le frère de Luke, revient vivre à la maison accompagné de sa nouvelle compagne, Kassia (Gayle Hunnicutt), celle-ci change d'avis et en fait son héritier. Ce qui arrange bien Wylie qui a pour projet d'éliminer sa tante une fois le testament signé et de partir avec son héritage ...
The Bushbaby (1969)
, 1h40Origin USA
Genres Drama, Adventure, Historical
Themes Children's films
Actors Louis Gossett Jr., Donald Houston, Laurence Naismith, Marne Maitland, Geoffrey Bayldon, Jack Gwillim
Roles Prof. 'Cranky' Crankshaw
Rating63%
One night in the Kenyan grasslands, Jackie Leeds and her family's native friend and servant, Tembo Murumbi, chase a young galago about its preferred habitat, a baobab tree. Tembo catches the small animal and offers it to Jackie as a gift; she names the small bushbaby 'Komba'. A year or so passes since this first encounter, and one day at church, Komba's playfulness causes commotion, disrupting the daily hymn. Feeling defeated, the pastor yields the podium to Professor Crankshaw, who takes the opportunity to bid farewell to a number of church members. Jackie notices that Crankshaw, 'Cranky' as she calls him, looks firmly into her father's eyes as he speaks, and she becomes alarmed. After church, Jackie's suspicions are confirmed when her father explains that, due to the new powers in Kenya's government, his employment as a game warden is likely to be terminated. They'll leave for London where he'll fill an opening at the zoo. Jackie is upset at the news, specially when she learns that Komba will have to be left behind. For Jackie, leaving Africa means leaving the home she's known all of her life: her school, her friends, and the grave of her mother, Penelope Leeds, who had been killed in the uprising of 1961.
Deadlier Than the Male (1967)
, 1h41Directed by Ralph Thomas
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Action, Adventure, Crime
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors Richard Johnson, Elke Sommer, Sylva Koscina, Nigel Green, Virginia North, Suzanna Leigh
Roles Sir John Bledlow
Rating61%
When a top oil executive dies mysteriously aboard his private jet, the company's board suspects foul play and hires Hugh "Bulldog" Drummond to investigate. Attempts on his own life lead him to believe two lovely females are "hit men" for an international crime syndicate.
Camelot (1967)
, 2h59Directed by Joshua Logan
Origin USA
Genres Comedy-drama, Musical theatre, Romantic comedy, Adventure, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Political films, Films based on plays, Films based on musicals, Films about royalty
Actors Richard Harris, Vanessa Redgrave, Franco Nero, David Hemmings, Lionel Jeffries, Laurence Naismith
Roles Merlyn
Rating64%
In the opening scene, King Arthur (Richard Harris) is preparing for a great battle against his friend, Sir Lancelot (Franco Nero), a battle he does not wish to fight but has been forced into. Arthur reflects on the sad circumstances which have led him to this situation, and asks his childhood mentor, Merlyn, for advice. Merlyn appears to him and tells Arthur to think back.
Fitzwilly (1967)
, 1h42Directed by Delbert Mann
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Christmas films, Heist films
Actors Dick Van Dyke, Barbara Feldon, Edith Evans, John McGiver, Harry Townes, John Fiedler
Roles Mr. Cotty (uncredited)
Rating65%
The Long Duel (1967)
, 1h55Directed by Ken Annakin
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Action, Adventure
Themes Political films
Actors Yul Brynner, Trevor Howard, Charlotte Rampling, Harry Andrews, Virginia North, Andrew Keir
Roles McDougal
Rating58%
En 1920 au Fort de Najibadad, à la frontière du nord des Indes, les Banthas, une tribu de nomades, sont emprisonnés par l'officier Stafford et ce sous un prétexte futile. Sultan, chef de la tribu, parvient à s'évader et décide de mener une révolte. Réfugié dans la montagne avec son armée, Sultan déjoue les pièges tendus par les soldats anglais, tout en évitant de verser du sang…
Sky West and Crooked (1965)
Directed by John Mills
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Hayley Mills, Ian McShane, Annette Crosbie, Laurence Naismith, Geoffrey Bayldon, Norman Bird
Roles Edwin Dacres
Rating67%
Hayley Mills plays a seventeen-year-old girl, Brydie White, in a village in the West Country of England. Brydie suffers arrested development after her involvement in a shooting accident. Though physically mature, she retains the mentality and social connections of a teenager and a fascination with dead animals and burial. Believing that she will be unable to survive without her dying mother, the townsfolk fear commitment to an institution is inevitable. Her involvement with a young gypsy man, Roibin Krisenki (played by Ian McShane in one of his earliest film roles) and later personal loss manage to at least partly resolve these mental issues.
Cleopatra (1963)
, 4h8Directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Darryl F. Zanuck, Rouben Mamoulian
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Biography, Historical, Peplum, Romance
Themes Films set in Africa, Politique, Political films, Films based on plays, Films based on works by William Shakespeare, Children's films, Films about royalty
Actors Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Rex Harrison, Roddy McDowall, Martin Landau, Hume Cronyn
Roles Arachesilaus
Rating70%
After the Battle of Pharsalus where Julius Caesar (Rex Harrison) has defeated Pompey, Pompey flees to Egypt, hoping to enlist the support of the young Pharaoh Ptolemy XIII (Richard O'Sullivan) and his sister Cleopatra (Elizabeth Taylor). The Romans hold, and the armies of Mithridates arrive on Egyptian soil. The following day, Caesar passes judgment. He sentences Ptolemy's lord chamberlain to death for arranging an assassination attempt on Cleopatra. Cleopatra is crowned Queen of Egypt. She dreams of ruling the world with Caesar. When their son Caesarion is born, Caesar accepts him publicly, which becomes the talk of Rome and the Senate.
The Three Lives of Thomasina (1963)
, 1h37Directed by Don Chaffey
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Thriller, Fantasy
Themes Films about animals, Films about religion, Films about cats, Children's films
Actors Patrick McGoohan, Karen Dotrice, Susan Hampshire, Laurence Naismith, Jean Anderson, Vincent Winter
Roles Reverend Angus Paddie
Rating71%
En 1912 en Écosse, dans une petite ville, le vétérinaire Andrew MacDhui vit seul avec sa fille Mary et leur chat Thomasina depuis la mort de sa femme. Ce décès a brisé la foi de MacDhui en Dieu et sa préférence pour les animaux de compagnie « utiles » comme les animaux de ferme ou les chiens d'aveugle comme Bruce. L’histoire est racontée par Thomasina qui explique que son nom était Thomas avant que ses maîtres s'aperçoivent de leur erreur.