Portrait of Laurence Harvey

Acting

Laurence Harvey

Career

Active from 1948 to 2007, with a break from 1975 to 2006, busiest in 1962 with 5 main titles.

Leading roles
44
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score59/100
Highest rated
Poster for The Manchurian Candidate
The Manchurian Candidate
GoodWatch score87/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 36 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.4 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.2 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.3 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.6 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.5 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.8 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Laurence Harvey Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    2.7, average 5.4
  • Coming of Age
    1.9, average 3.0
  • Fantasy
    0.7, average 1.7
  • Pop Culture
    1.2, average 2.2

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Character Study 6
  • Social Commentary 5
  • Historical Drama 5
  • Forbidden Love 4
  • Moral Ambiguity 4
  • Film Noir 3
  • British Cinema 3
  • Intrigue 3
  • Character-Driven 3
  • Atmospheric 2
  • Period Piece 2
  • Tragic Romance 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

63
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2000s

1 title ยท average score 67
The Deep
The Deep (2007)
GoodWatch score 67

as Hughie Warriner

1990s

1 title
John Wayne's 'The Alamo'
John Wayne's 'The Alamo' (1992)

as Col. William Travis

1970s

7 titles ยท average score 65
Mission Mind Control
Mission Mind Control (1979)

as Raymond Shaw (archive footage)

Welcome To Arrow Beach
Welcome To Arrow Beach (1974)
GoodWatch score 57

as Jason Henry

Night Watch
Night Watch (1973)
GoodWatch score 52

as John Wheeler

Escape to the Sun
Escape to the Sun (1972)

as Major Kirsanov

Columbo
Columbo (1971)
GoodWatch score 83

TV show ยท as Emmet Clayton

WUSA
WUSA (1970)
GoodWatch score 48

as Farley

Night Gallery
Night Gallery (1970)
GoodWatch score 85

TV show ยท as Steven Macy

1960s

27 titles ยท average score 58
A Dandy in Aspic
A Dandy in Aspic (1968)
GoodWatch score 65

as Eberlin

Darling
Darling (1965)
GoodWatch score 61

as Miles Brand

The Outrage
The Outrage (1964)
GoodWatch score 36

as Husband

Of Human Bondage
Of Human Bondage (1964)
GoodWatch score 55

as Philip Carey

The Running Man
The Running Man (1963)
GoodWatch score 65

as Rex Black

The Manchurian Candidate
The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
GoodWatch score 87

as Raymond Shaw

Walk on the Wild Side
Walk on the Wild Side (1962)
GoodWatch score 62

as Dove Linkhorn

The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm
The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm (1962)
GoodWatch score 61

as Wilhelm Grimm / Cobbler (segment "The Cobbler and the Elves")

Summer and Smoke
Summer and Smoke (1961)
GoodWatch score 63

as John Buchanan Jr.

The Long and the Short and the Tall
The Long and the Short and the Tall (1961)
GoodWatch score 63

as Pvt. 'Bammo' Bamforth

The Alamo
The Alamo (1960)
GoodWatch score 60

as Col. William Travis

BUtterfield 8
BUtterfield 8 (1960)
GoodWatch score 54

as Weston Liggett

1950s

23 titles ยท average score 58
Expresso Bongo
Expresso Bongo (1959)
GoodWatch score 46

as Johnny Jackson

Room at the Top
Room at the Top (1958)
GoodWatch score 84

as Joe Lampton

The Silent Enemy
The Silent Enemy (1958)
GoodWatch score 62

as Lieutenant "Buster" Crabb, R.N.V.R.

The Truth About Women
The Truth About Women (1957)
GoodWatch score 60

as Sir Humphrey Tavistock

Three Men in a Boat
Three Men in a Boat (1956)
GoodWatch score 57

as George

Storm Over the Nile
Storm Over the Nile (1955)
GoodWatch score 49

as John Durrance

I Am a Camera
I Am a Camera (1955)
GoodWatch score 53

as Christopher Isherwood

The Good Die Young
The Good Die Young (1954)
GoodWatch score 61

as Miles 'Rave' Ravenscourt

Romeo and Juliet
Romeo and Juliet (1954)
GoodWatch score 57

as Romeo

A Killer Walks
A Killer Walks (1952)

as Ned Harsten

Scarlet Thread
Scarlet Thread (1951)
GoodWatch score 54

as Freddie

There Is Another Sun
There Is Another Sun (1951)
GoodWatch score 62

as Mag Maguire

1940s

4 titles ยท average score 69
Man on the Run
Man on the Run (1949)
GoodWatch score 67

as Detective Sergeant Lawson

Landfall
Landfall (1949)
GoodWatch score 71

as PO Hooper

The Man from Yesterday
The Man from Yesterday (1949)

as John Matthews

House of Darkness
House of Darkness (1948)

as Francis Merryman