Laurence
Naismith
Passed away
this day in 1992
Sir Donald
Munger in Diamonds Are Forever
Lawrence
Johnson was born in Thames Ditton of Surrey, England back in 1908. His acting
debut occurred on the London stage in 1927 as part of the chorus of “Oh, Boy” a
musical. He later joined the Bristol Repertory in 1930 and at some point, he
changed the spelling of his first name and changed his last name altogether:
Laurence Naismith.
When World
War II broke out in England, Naismith served in the Royal Artillery for nine
years and his seafaring experience lent to his performances when he portrayed
sea officers in a number of films. However, his first screen appearance was in
the BBC television movie Crock of Gold
(1948) in which Naismith played Mr. Thomson.
Naismith had
over 100 acting credits by the time he retired in the early 1980s, and he opened
a pub in Berkshire called Rowbarge, according to IMDB. He later moved to Australia
to live with his son before passing away. He is the grandfather up an
up-and-coming- actor Woody Naismith.
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