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Laurence Harvey
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Laurence Harvey (born Zvi Mosheh Skikne; 1 October 1928 β 25 November 1973) was a Lithuanian-born British actor and film director. Born in JoniΕ‘kis 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 Armyβs 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 Danβ¦
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Laurence Harvey (born Zvi Mosheh Skikne; 1 October 1928 β 25 November 1973) was a Lithuanian-born British actor and film director. Born in JoniΕ‘kis 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 Armyβs 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.
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Laurence Harvey's Filmography
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The Deep
as Hughie Warriner
Orson Welles: The One-Man Band
as Self (segment "The deep") (archive footage)
No Poster
John Wayne's 'The Alamo'
as Col. William Travis
Mission Mind Control
as Raymond Shaw (archive footage)
Welcome To Arrow Beach
as Jason Henry
Night Watch
as John Wheeler
F for Fake
as Self
Escape to the Sun
as Major Kirsanov
WUSA
as Farley
Will the Real Mr Sellers.....?
as Self
The Magic Christian
as Hamlet
He and She
as He
The Fight for Rome II - The Betrayal
as Cethegus
The Fight for Rome
as Cethegus
Appointment in Beirut
as Jeff Miller
The Winter's Tale
as King Leontes
The Charge of the Light Brigade
as Russian Prince (Uncredited)
A Dandy in Aspic
as Eberlin
Dial M for Murder
as Tony Wendice
The Spy with a Cold Nose
as Dr. Francis Trevelyan
Life at the Top
as Joe Lampton
Darling
as Miles Brand
The Outrage
as Husband
Of Human Bondage
as Philip Carey
MGM 40th Anniversary
The Ceremony
as Sean McKenna
The Running Man
as Rex Black
A Girl Named Tamiko
as Ivan Kalin
The Manchurian Candidate
as Raymond Shaw
The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm
as Wilhelm Grimm / Cobbler (segment "The Cobbler and the Elves")
Noah and the Flood
as Narrator
Walk on the Wild Side
as Dove Linkhorn
Summer and Smoke
as John Buchanan Jr.
Two Loves
as Paul Lathrope
The Long and the Short and the Tall
as Pvt. 'Bammo' Bamforth
BUtterfield 8
as Weston Liggett
The Alamo
as Col. William Travis
Expresso Bongo
as Johnny Jackson
Power Among Men
as Narrator
Room at the Top
as Joe Lampton
The Silent Enemy
as Lieutenant "Buster" Crabb, R.N.V.R.
The Truth About Women
as Sir Humphrey Tavistock
After the Ball
as Walter de Frece
Three Men in a Boat
as George
Storm Over the Nile
as John Durrance
I Am a Camera
as Christopher Isherwood
Romeo and Juliet
as Romeo
King Richard and the Crusaders
as Sir Kenneth of the Leopard
The Good Die Young
as Miles 'Rave' Ravenscourt
Innocents in Paris
as Francois
Women of Twilight
as Jerry Nolan
A Killer Walks
as Ned Harsten
I Believe in You
as Jordie Bennett
There Is Another Sun
as Mag Maguire
Scarlet Thread
as Freddie
The Black Rose
as Edmond
The Dancing Years
as Minor Role (uncredited)
Cairo Road
as Lt. Mourad
Landfall
as PO Hooper
Man on the Run
as Detective Sergeant Lawson
No Poster
The Man from Yesterday
as John Matthews
House of Darkness
as Francis Merryman