Laurence Harvey | |
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 Harvey in 1973, photograph by Allan Warren | |
| Born | Zvi Mosheh Skikne 1 October 1928 Joniškis, Lithuania |
| Died | 25 November 1973 (aged 45) Hampstead, London, England |
| Resting place | Santa Barbara Cemetery, Santa Barbara, California, U.S. |
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| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1948–1973 |
| Spouses | |
| Children | Domino Harvey |
Laurence Harvey (born Zvi Mosheh Skikne;[1] 1 October 1928[2] – 25 November 1973) was a Lithuanian-born actor. 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.[3]
Harvey was known for his clipped, refined accent and cool, debonair screen persona. His performance in Room at the Top (1959)[4] resulted in an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor.[5] 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.
- ^ Anne Sinai (9 February 2007). Reach for the Top: The Turbulent Life of Laurence Harvey. Scarecrow Press. pp. 2–3. ISBN 978-1-4616-7076-6.
- ^ Harvey altered his birth year to 1927 to gain entry to the South African Navy when he was aged only 14, and 1927 now appears in many sources.
- ^ Laurence Harvey, Stage, Film Actor By Jean R. Hailey. The Washington Post and Times-Herald 27 November 1973: C10.
- ^ Obituary Variety, 28 November 1973, p. 62.
- ^ "1959 Best Actor in a Leading Role nomination". Academy Awards. Archived from the original on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 9 January 2012.