Laurence Harvey

Laurence Harvey
Harvey in 1973, photograph by Allan Warren
Born	Zvi Mosheh Skikne (1928-10-01)1 October 1928 Joniškis, Lithuania
Died	25 November 1973(1973-11-25) (aged 45) Hampstead, London, England, UK
Resting place	Santa Barbara Cemetery, Santa Barbara, California, U.S.
Other names	Zvi Mosheh Skikne Hirsh Skikne Larry Skikne
Occupations	Actor film director
Years active	1948–1973
Spouses	Margaret Leighton ​ ​ (m. 1957; div. 1961)​ Joan Perry ​ ​ (m. 1968; div. 1972)​ Paulene Stone ​ (m. 1972)​
Children	Domino Harvey

Laurence Harvey (born Zvi Mosheh Skikne;^[1] 1 October 1928^[2] – 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. 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.^[3]

Harvey was known for his clipped, refined accent and cool, debonair screen persona. His performance in Room at the Top (1959)^[4] resulted in an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor.^[5] 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.