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Also known as Zvi Mosheh Skikne

Lithuanian-born British actor (1928-1973)

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Acting · 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

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
United Kingdom
Active from
1928
Active to
1973
composermodern classicalorchestralproduction music

Discography

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Total plays
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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

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Gender
male
Citizenship
United Kingdom
Place of birth
Joniškis
Place of death
London
Occupation
stage actor
Languages spoken
English language
Genre
Western
Image
Laurence Harvey.png
Height
185
Number of children
2
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cause of death
cancer
date of birth
1928-10-01
date of death
1973-11-25
Commons category
Laurence Harvey
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
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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.

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