Profile via TMDB · Courtesy of TMDB
Laurence Harvey
Sign in to saveAlso known as Zvi Mosheh Skikne
Lithuanian-born British actor (1928-1973)
Film & TV
Jonischkis, Lithuania
Laurence Harvey (1 October 1928 – 25 November 1973) was a Lithuanian-born actor who achieved fame in British and American films.
Known for
- The Deep — Hughie Warriner2007
- Orson Welles: The One-Man Band — Self (segment "The deep") (archive footage)1995
- John Wayne's 'The Alamo' — Col. William Travis1992
- Mission Mind Control — Raymond Shaw (archive footage)1979
- Welcome to Arrow Beach — Jason Henry1974
- Night Watch — John Wheeler1973
- F for Fake — Self1973
- Escape to the Sun — Major Kirsanov1972
- Columbo — Emmet Clayton1971
- WUSA — Farley1970
via TMDB
Key facts
- Born
- Zvi Mosheh Skikne , ( 1928-10-01 ) 1 October 1928, Joniškis , Lithuania
- Died
- 25 November 1973 (1973-11-25) (aged 45), Hampstead , London, England
- Resting place
- Santa Barbara Cemetery , Santa Barbara, California, U.S.
- Other names
- Larushka Mischa Skikne Zvi Mosheh Skikne Hirsh Skikne Larry Skikne
- Occupations
- Actor film director
- Years active
- 1948–1973
- Spouses
- Margaret Leighton ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1957 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1961 ) Joan Perry ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1968 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1972 ) Paulene Stone ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1972 )
- Children
- Domino Harvey
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Joniškis
- Place of death
- London
- Child
- Domino Harvey
- Occupation
- stage actor
- Educated at
- Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Award
- Theatre World Award
- Genre
- Western
- Image
- Laurence Harvey.png
- Height
- 185
- Number of children
- 2
Show 10 more facts
- cause of death
- cancer
- date of birth
- 1928-10-01
- date of death
- 1973-11-25
- Commons category
- Laurence Harvey
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Actor
- unmarried partner
- Hermione Baddeley
- manner of death
- natural causes
- start of work period
- 1948-00-00
- name in native language
- Laurence Harvey
- end of work period
- 1973-00-00
Sources (8)
via Wikidata · CC0
~23 min read
Encyclopedic overview
Laurence Harvey (born Zvi Mosheh Skikne; 1 October 1928 – 25 November 1973) was a Lithuanian-born British actor and film director. He was born to Lithuanian Jewish parents and emigrated to South Africa at an early age, before later settling in the United Kingdom after World War II. In a career that spanned a quarter of a century, Harvey appeared in stage, film and television productions primarily in the United Kingdom and the United States.
Harvey was known for his clipped, refined accent and cool, debonair screen persona. His performance in Room at the Top (1959) resulted in an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor. That success was followed by the roles of William Barret Travis in The Alamo and Weston Liggett in BUtterfield 8, both films released in the autumn of 1960. He also appeared as the brainwashed Sergeant Raymond Shaw in The Manchurian Candidate (1962). He made his directorial debut with The Ceremony (1963), and continued acting into the 1970s until his early death in 1973 of cancer.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Laurence Harvey” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.