Laurence Harvey

Laurence HarveyLaurence Harvey (October 1, 1928 – November 25, 1973) was a Lithuanian-born actor who achieved fame in British and American films.
He made his cinema debut in the British film House of Darkness (1948), but only established himself in British cinema when he appeared with Rex Harrison and George Sanders in King Richard and the Crusaders (1954) and as Romeo in Laurence HarveyRenato Castellani’s adaptation of William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, narrated by John Gielgud, in the same year. This enabled him to gain his first Hollywood experience. He was cast as the writer Christopher Isherwood in I Am A Camera (1955), with Julie Harris as Sally Bowles Laurence Harvey(Cabaret is a musical from the same source texts). He also appeared on American TV and on Broadway, making his Broadway debut in 1955 in the play Island of Goats, a flop which closed after one week, though his performance won Harvey a 1956 Theatre World Award.
Harvey appeared twice more on Broadway, in 1957 with Julie Harris, Pamela Brown, and Colleen Dewhurst in William Wycherley’s The Country Wife, and as Shakespeare’s Henry V in 1959, as part of the Old Vic company, which featured a young Judi Dench as Katherine, the Daughter of the King of France.