Laurence Harvey

Laurence Harvey is one of those classic-era stars I find genuinely magnetic and a little chilly, which suited him perfectly. Room at the Top earned him an Oscar nomination, but it's his hollow-eyed turn in The Manchurian Candidate that I consider unforgettable, an icy, brainwashed blankness few actors could carry. His backstory is remarkable too: born Zvi Mosheh Skikne to Lithuanian Jewish parents, raised in South Africa, then a fixture of British cinema. He died far too young in 1973 at forty-five. The data says American; he was Lithuanian-born British. A coolly compelling actor who deserves rediscovery.

Name (English)

Laurence Harvey

Name (Japanese)

ローレンス・ハーヴェイ

Reading

ろーれんす・はーゔぇい

Born

October 1, 1928 – November 25, 1973

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Libra / Dragon

Origin

Joniškis, Lithuania

Height

185 cm

Occupation

actor / film actor / film director / stage actor

Awards & achievements

• 1956 Theatre World Award

Motto

Private

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AD%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AC%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%83%8F%E3%83%BC%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A7%E3%82%A4

Tags

• actor
• film actor
• film director

Last updated

2026-06-02

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.