Laurence Harvey

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Laurence Harvey (1973)

Laurence Harvey (born October 1, 1928 in Joniškis , Lithuania , as Laruschka Mischa Skikne , † November 25, 1973 in London ) was a Lithuanian- British actor .

Life

When he was five years old, his family moved to South Africa, where he spent most of his youth. He did not come to London until 1946, where he first gained stage experience as an actor at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and started a successful film career in 1948. He chose his stage name based on the Harvey Nichols Group . He became known to an international audience through Renato Castellani's award-winning Shakespeare adaptation Romeo and Juliet (1954) alongside Susan Shentall . His breakthrough came in 1959 with the male lead in The Way Up alongside Simone Signoret . Harvey was the first Lithuanian actor in film history to be nominated for an Oscar for this role , and Signoret received the coveted trophy for her role.

The following year he played the lead male role in Telephone Butterfield 8, alongside Elizabeth Taylor , which won an Oscar for Best Actress . In the same year he played the second leading role as Colonel William Travis in John Wayne's epic epic Alamo . He starred alongside Frank Sinatra in Ambassador of Fear (The Manchurian Candidate) , with Peter Sellers in Magic Christian , and the murderous chess player Emmet Clayton alongside Peter Falk as Inspector Columbo in the crime series of the same name. He played historical roles in The Wonder World of the Brothers Grimm as Wilhelm Grimm and the Roman prefect Cethegus in the Felix Dahn film Battle for Rome (1968) and the sequel, Battle for Rome II - The Treason . In addition, he sometimes directed, including his last film Welcome to Arrow Beach .

Laurence Harvey was married three times - first marriage to actress Margaret Leighton (1957–1961) and second marriage to actress Joan Perry (1968–1972). On December 31, 1972, Laurence Harvey and the model Paulene Stone, the mother of his daughter Domino Harvey (1969-2005) married. Before his first marriage, he was in a relationship with the more than twenty years older actress Hermione Baddeley (1906-1986).

Harvey died of stomach cancer on November 25, 1973 at the age of 45 in London.

Filmography (selection)

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  1. ↑ Biographies of "Hermione Baddeley" on german.imdb.com and screenonline.org.uk November 23, 2006.

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personal data
SURNAME Harvey, Laurence
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Skikne, Laruschka Mischa
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British-Lithuanian actor
DATE OF BIRTH October 1, 1928
PLACE OF BIRTH Joniškis , Lithuania
DATE OF DEATH November 25, 1973
Place of death London