Laurence Harvey

Actor · 1928–1973 · Jonischkis, Lithuania

Highest rated as cast or director

The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm

1962

Biography

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.

Acted in 60

2000s

2007
The Deep
Hughie Warriner

1970s

1979
Mission Mind Control
Raymond Shaw (archive footage)
1974
Welcome To Arrow Beach
Jason Henry
1973
Night Watch
John Wheeler
57
1972
Escape to the Sun
Major Kirsanov
1971
Columbo
Emmet Clayton · 1 episode
82
1970
Night Gallery
Steven Macy · 1 episode
79
WUSA
Farley
54

1960s

1969
The Magic Christian
Hamlet
He and She
He
The Fight for Rome II - The Betrayal
Cethegus
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
Major Sergius Saranoff · 1 episode
1968
The Fight for Rome
Cethegus
Appointment in Beirut
Jeff Miller
The Winter's Tale
King Leontes
The Charge of the Light Brigade
Russian Prince (Uncredited)
65
A Dandy in Aspic
Eberlin
1967
Dial M for Murder
Tony Wendice
1966
The Spy with a Cold Nose
Dr. Francis Trevelyan
1965
Life at the Top
Joe Lampton
Darling
Miles Brand
69
1964
The Outrage
Husband
Of Human Bondage
Philip Carey
MGM 40th Anniversary
Movie
1963
The Ceremony
Sean McKenna
The Running Man
Rex Black
1962
A Girl Named Tamiko
Ivan Kalin
The Manchurian Candidate
Raymond Shaw
85
The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm
Wilhelm Grimm / Cobbler (segment "The Cobbler and the Elves")
63
Walk on the Wild Side
Dove Linkhorn
1961
Summer and Smoke
John Buchanan Jr.
Two Loves
Paul Lathrope
The Long and the Short and the Tall
Pvt. 'Bammo' Bamforth
1960
BUtterfield 8
Weston Liggett
The Alamo
Col. William Travis
65