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Laurence Harvey (1928-1973) was an Oscar®-nominated Lithuanian-born British actor and director. 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. His IMDb page shows 68 acting credits between 1948 and 1974. This page will rank Laurence Harvey movies from Best to Worst in six different sortable columns of information. Television shows, shorts, cameos, uncredited roles, and movies that were not released in North American were not included in the rankings.
Laurence Harvey Movies Ranked In Chronological Order With Ultimate Movie Rankings Score (1 to 5 UMR Tickets) *Best combo of box office, reviews and awards.
Laurence Harvey Movies Can Be Ranked 6 Ways In This Table
The really cool thing about this table is that it is “user-sortable”. Rank the movies any way you want.
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Possibly Interesting Facts About Laurence Harvey
1. Laruschka Mischa Skikne was born in Joniškis, Lithuania in 1928.
2. Accounts vary as to how he acquired his stage name of Laurence Harvey. One version has it that it was the idea of talent agent Gordon Harbord who decided Laurence would be an appropriate first name. In choosing a British-sounding last name, Harbord thought of two British retail institutions, Harvey Nichols and Harrods. Another is that Skikne was traveling on a London bus with Sid James who exclaimed during their journey: “It’s either Laurence Nichols or Laurence Harvey.” Harvey’s own account differed over time.
3. In the period of 1959-1965, Laurence Harvey appeared opposite three winners of the Best Actress Academy Award®: Simone Signoret in Room at the Top (1959), Elizabeth Taylor in BUtterfield 8 (1960), and Julie Christie in Darling (1965). In that period, he also starred with Best Actress Oscar nominee Geraldine Page in Summer and Smoke (1961).
4. During the launching of the James Bond franchise in 1961, Laurence Harvey was strongly considered for the part of Bond.
5. Laurence Harvey attended Michael Caine’s wedding to wife Shakira in early 1973.
Check out Laurence Harvey’s career compared to current and classic actors. Most 100 Million Dollar Movies of All-Time.
The 10 That Got Away – Could Not Find Any Box Office On The Following Laurence Harvey Movies
- Man On The Run (1949) 70.50%
- I Believe In You (1952) 70.00%
- A Killer Walks (1952) 67.50%
- Wall of Death/There Is Another Sun (1952) 67.00%
- Cairo Road (1950) 66.00%
- House of Darkness (1948) 64.50%
- Landfall (1949) 59.00%
- Twilight Women (1952) 57.00%
- Temptations/The Man From Yesterday (1949) 52.50%
- Scarlet Thread (1951) 52.50%
Another interesting British actor that brings you closer to finishing off Joel’s list! A suave and handsome leading man, Laurence Harvey had a successful run in Hollywood after his international success with Room at the Top. But this success was relatively short-lived as by the end of the 1960s, his career was waning, and (like Jeffrey Hunter who I commented on yesterday) he died too early (of stomach cancer at 45) to make any kind of comeback. I thought Harvey was particularly effective and memorable in The Manchurian Candidate, a classic and my favourite film on the list. He also made a great trio with Wayne and Widmark in The Alamo. Apart from these, I saw The Long and The Short and The Tall, The Running Man, and Life at the Top (a sequel to Room at the Top) which were all pretty good, so 5 in total. I’m sure Bob Roy will also remember Harvey as the neurotic chess player in a Columbo episode, where he already looked a bit sickly.
Hey PhilHoF17….thanks for sharing your thoughts on Laurence Harvey. As almost always, we are thinking the same things about an actor. I would say between 1959 and 1965 he was one of the most successful actors working. After getting Christie her Oscar his career went into a downfall.
Beating Bob to the Columbo punch. He will be disappointed….lol. I think Life At The Top might be the quitest sequel ever. Good stuff as always.
HI PHIL
Right you are. All great minds think alike. Please see (1) of my 4.43am post today. I had that written before I caught the exchanges between you and The Work Horse.
The satisfaction of a cat-and-mouse psychilogical thriller like the ones in the Columbo series is probably lost on Bruce and Steve Lensman who dine out on slasher and over-the-top action/super-hero movies . I know guys like Steve and Bruce: I’ve been observing them for years.
Hey Bob. Glad you saw that Phil beat you to the punch when it comes to the Colombo trivia. Maybe I should start watching that show. Good stuff.
I have seen 11 Lawrence Harvey movies including the top 5. None of the movie I have seen were in the list of films with no box office.
The HIGHEST rated movie I have seen is The Alamo.
The highest rated movie I have NOT seen is The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm.
The LOWEST rated movie I have seen is Two Loves.
Favourite Lawrence Harvey movies:
The Manchurian Candidate
Darling
Room at the Top
Walk on the Wild Side
Other Lawrence Harvey Movies I Have Seen:
Butterfield 8
Of Human Bondage
The Outrage – Ida Lupino directed this American version of Rashomon
F For Fake
The Running Man
Two loves
Hey Flora…as always…thanks for the feedback. Tally count: Flora at the top with 11, Cogerson at 9, PhilHoF17 5 and bob cox 4. I have seen 3 of your favorites…I have not seen Walk On The Wild Side. Of your other movies….I have seen 2 of them…Butterfield 8 and F For Fake. Good stuff as always.
I have seen 4 including 3 of top 4. 9s not favorites: the Alamo, the Manchurian candidate . no tens, no 8s. no hidden gems though liz taylor fans might enjoy butterfield 8.
Hey bob cox…..thanks for the feedback on our latest page. Tally count. bob cox 4, Cogerson 9, Flora 11 and 5 for PhilHoF17. Good ratings on some of his most famous movies. Taylor won her first Oscar for Butterfield 8. Good stuff.
Another excellent UMR page.
Hey Mike….thanks for the kind words.
“Although Elizabeth Taylor respected Laurence Harvey’s abilities, Jane Fonda claimed that “acting with Harvey is like acting by yourself–only worse.” While it is true that his acting was sometimes still and cold, Harvey had the charisma to be a leading man and the ability to extract subtleties from a part” – Rating The Movie Stars (1983)
Laurence Harvey Rating The Movie Stars 4 Star Performances
Room at the Top (1959)
Expresso Bongo (1959)
Butterfield 8 (1960)
The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
Darling (1965)
Speaking of Joel’s book. As I have said…one of our goals is to do a page on every subject in his book. There are 410 subjects in his book. One of the things I have done over the years is see how many actors I had done in the book in alphabetical order. Originally the most I done was 3 or 4 actors….however…with Laurence Harvey now having a page….that now connects 60 actors done in ABC order…or covering about 54 pages of the book…that is now completely done. That 60 will only continue to grow…as now Eva Gabor and Louis Jourdan are now high on my list of people to do…when those two are done….I will have 84 actors in a row done.
So in a nutshell…..I am seeing the light at the end of the tunnel of this project.