Laurence Harvey

Actor · Born 1 October 1928 in Jonischkis, Lithuania · Died 25 November 1973 · 14 credits in the Movie Owl catalogue

13 of Laurence Harvey’s films and series stream in Sweden right now — 10 on Netflix and 3 on Prime Video. Highest rated available: Room at the Top (1958) ★ 7.5.

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.

Acting

• The Alamo (1960)
• Room at the Top (1958)
• The Good Die Young (1954)
• The Long and the Short and the Tall (1961)
• Scarlet Thread (1951)
• Innocents in Paris (1953)
• There Is Another Sun (1951)
• The Silent Enemy (1958)
• Women of Twilight (1953)
• Man on the Run (1949)
• Cairo Road (1950)
• Landfall (1949)

As self

• F for Fake (1973)

Not streaming in Sweden right now

• The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
• Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955)
• Darling (1965)
• Night Gallery (1970)
• BUtterfield 8 (1960)
• The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962)
• The Charge of the Light Brigade (1968)
• Walk on the Wild Side (1962)
• The Magic Christian (1969)
• The Running Man (1963)
• Night Watch (1973)
• The Outrage (1964)