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Laurence Harvey (born Zvi Mosheh Skikne; 1 October 1928 – 25 November 1973) was a Lithuanian-born 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 .
Laurence Harvey was a British movie star who helped usher in the 1960s with his indelible portrait of a ruthless social climber, and became one of the decade's cultural icons for his appearances in socially themed motion pictures.
Nov 27, 1973 · LONDON, Nov. 26—Laurence Harvey, the actor, died of cancer here at his home last night. He was 45 years old. Mr. Harvey, had undergone surgery and cobalt ray treatment in Los Angeles last May.
Laurence Harvey. Actor. Born Laruschka Mischa Skikne in Lithuania, he made his cinema debut in the British film House of Darkness in 1948. He was most noted for his roles as Colonel Travis in the film The Alamo (1960) and as Raymond Shaw in The Manchurian Candidate (1962).
Laurence Harvey was a Lithuanian-born South African actor best known for his role in ‘Room at the Top’ which earned him an Academy Award nomination. An accomplished actor of the stage and film, he also made several television appearances in the 1950s and 1960s.
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.
Apr 29, 2021 · Laurence Harvey played roles of disliked men; broken men; loathsome men. To them, he gave the brutal honesty of self-doubt and self-loathing, often coupled with the inability to articulate these feelings—or even to fully understand the feelings for themselves.
Laurence Harvey (1 October 1928 – 25 November 1973) was a Lithuanian-born actor who achieved fame in British and American films.
The acclaimed actor/director was one of the top thespians in the world in the last studio system era for three decades before cancer took him away from the c...
Laurence Harvey (real name Hirsch Skikne, also cited as Larushka Mischa Skikne - he was born in Yomishkis, Lithuania) was in the right place at the right time just once: his performance (Oscar and BAFTA nominated) as Joe Lampton in Room at the Top (d. Jack Clayton, 1958) remains a significant indicator of the winds of change in British cinema.
