Laurence Harvey
Laurence Harvey (born Zvi Mosheh Skikne; 1 October 1928 – 25 November 1973) was a Lithuanian-born British actor and film director. Born in Joniškis to a Jewish family, he moved with his family to South Africa as a child and grew up in Johannesburg. During the Second World War, he served in the South African Army’s entertainment unit. He later moved to London and began working in theatre and film. Harvey gained international recognition as Joe Lampton in Room at the Top (1959), earning an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor. His later films included The Alamo (1960), BUtterfield 8 (1960) and The Manchurian Candidate (1962). He directed The Ceremony (1963) and took over direction of A Dandy in Aspic (1968) after Anthony Mann died during production. Harvey also directed and starred in Welcome to Arrow Beach (1974). He died of stomach cancer in London at the age of 45.
Known For
Credits
- 2007 · The Deep as Hughie Warriner
- 1995 · Orson Welles: The One-Man Band as Self (segment "The deep") (archive footage)
- 1992 · John Wayne's 'The Alamo' as Col. William Travis
- 1979 · Mission Mind Control as Raymond Shaw (archive footage)
- 1974 · Welcome To Arrow Beach as Jason Henry
- 1973 · Night Watch as John Wheeler
- 1973 · F for Fake as Self
- 1972 · Escape to the Sun as Major Kirsanov
- 1971 · Columbo as Emmet Clayton
- 1970 · Night Gallery as Steven Macy
- 1970 · WUSA as Farley
- 1969 · Will the Real Mr Sellers.....? as Self
- 1969 · The Magic Christian as Hamlet
- 1969 · He and She as He
- 1969 · The Fight for Rome II - The Betrayal as Cethegus
- 1969 · ITV Saturday Night Theatre as Major Sergius Saranoff
- 1968 · The Fight for Rome as Cethegus
- 1968 · Appointment in Beirut as Jeff Miller
- 1968 · The Dick Cavett Show as Self - Guest
- 1968 · The Winter's Tale as King Leontes
- 1968 · The Charge of the Light Brigade as Russian Prince (Uncredited)
- 1968 · A Dandy in Aspic as Eberlin
- 1968 · Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In as Self (uncredited)
- 1967 · Dial M for Murder as Tony Wendice
- 1966 · The Spy with a Cold Nose as Dr. Francis Trevelyan
- 1965 · Life at the Top as Joe Lampton
- 1965 · Darling as Miles Brand
- 1964 · The Outrage as Husband
- 1964 · Of Human Bondage as Philip Carey
- 1964 · MGM 40th Anniversary as
- 1963 · The Ceremony as Sean McKenna
- 1963 · The Running Man as Rex Black
- 1963 · The Danny Kaye Show as Self
- 1962 · A Girl Named Tamiko as Ivan Kalin
- 1962 · The Manchurian Candidate as Raymond Shaw
- 1962 · The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self
- 1962 · The Merv Griffin Show as Self
- 1962 · The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm as Wilhelm Grimm / Cobbler (segment "The Cobbler and the Elves")
- 1962 · Noah and the Flood as Narrator
- 1962 · Walk on the Wild Side as Dove Linkhorn
- 1961 · Summer and Smoke as John Buchanan Jr.
- 1961 · Two Loves as Paul Lathrope
- 1961 · The Long and the Short and the Tall as Pvt. 'Bammo' Bamforth
- 1960 · BUtterfield 8 as Weston Liggett
- 1960 · The Alamo as Col. William Travis
- 1959 · Expresso Bongo as Johnny Jackson
- 1959 · Power Among Men as Narrator
- 1958 · Room at the Top as Joe Lampton
- 1958 · The Silent Enemy as Lieutenant "Buster" Crabb, R.N.V.R.
- 1957 · The Truth About Women as Sir Humphrey Tavistock
- 1957 · After the Ball as Walter de Frece
- 1957 · Tonight Starring Jack Paar as Self
- 1956 · Three Men in a Boat as George
- 1955 · Storm Over the Nile as John Durrance
- 1955 · Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Arthur Williams
- 1955 · I Am a Camera as Christopher Isherwood
- 1954 · Romeo and Juliet as Romeo
- 1954 · King Richard and the Crusaders as Sir Kenneth of the Leopard
- 1954 · The Good Die Young as Miles 'Rave' Ravenscourt
- 1953 · Innocents in Paris as Francois
- 1953 · Women of Twilight as Jerry Nolan
- 1952 · A Killer Walks as Ned Harsten
- 1952 · I Believe in You as Jordie Bennett
- 1951 · There Is Another Sun as Mag Maguire
- 1951 · Scarlet Thread as Freddie
- 1950 · The Black Rose as Edmond
- 1950 · The Dancing Years as Minor Role (uncredited)
- 1950 · Cairo Road as Lt. Mourad
- 1950 · What's My Line? as Self
- 1950 · Sunday Night Theatre as Cassio
- 1950 · Sunday Night Theatre as Orlando
- 1949 · Landfall as PO Hooper
- 1949 · Man on the Run as Detective Sergeant Lawson
- 1949 · The Man from Yesterday as John Matthews
- 1948 · House of Darkness as Francis Merryman
- 1944 · Golden Globe Awards as Self - Presenter