Laurence Harvey Bio, Age, Height, Parents, Daughter, Death, Wife, Married, Net Worth, Movies & TV Shows

Laurence Harvey Biography

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.

He was born as Laruschka Mischa Skikne in Joniškis, Lithuania, as the youngest of three sons of Jewish parents Ella and Ber Skikne. The family traveled to South Africa when he was a young boy. He loved acting from a young age. As a teenager, he served with the entertainment unit of the South African Army during World War II and performed across Egypt and Italy.

Following his discharge, he relocated to London as he had earned a scholarship to the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA). However, he did not stay there for long and left after just three months to pursue an acting career.

Good looking and talented, he landed his first film role in the British film ‘House of Darkness’ (1948). While embarking on an acting career he adopted the screen name, Laurence Harvey. He appeared in a string of low budget films in the early 1950s including ‘Cairo Road’ (1950), ‘Women of Twilight’ (1952), ‘Knights of the Round Table’ (1953), and ‘King Richard and the Crusaders’ (1954).

By the mid-1950s, he had managed to establish himself as an emerging star and was cast as the writer Christopher Isherwood in ‘I Am A Camera’ (1955), with Julie Harris. The same year he made his Broadway debut in the play ‘Island of Goats.’ He was cast as Joe Lampton in the film ‘Room at the Top’ which paved the way for his international fame. His performance received critical praise and was nominated for an Academy Award and a BAFTA Award.

He starred in the American historical-western epic film ‘The Alamo’ in 1960. He played the role of Col. William Barrett Travis, who shares command of the Alamo garrison with Col. Bowie. The same year, he also acted with Elizabeth Taylor in ‘Butterfield 8.’ The year 1962 was a great one for the actor. He portrayed Raymond Shaw in the Cold War thriller ‘The Manchurian Candidate’, and was cast along with Barbara Stanwyck, Jane Fonda, and Capucine in ‘Walk on the Wild Side.’

In 1965, Laurence once again played Joe Lampton in the film ‘Life at the Top’, which was a sequel to the film ‘Room at the Top’ released in 1959. The same year, he appeared in a short role in the drama film ‘Darling’ which was nominated for five Academy Awards.

His successful career began spiraling downward in the late 1960s. While he continued appearing in films, none of them could match the success of his previous movies. Over the course of his acting career, he also made several television appearances, notably in ‘The Eamonn Andrews Show’ in the mid-1960s and in ‘The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson’ in 1971.

Laurence Harvey Age

He was born on October 1, 1928. He died at 45 years of age on November 25, 1973. His birth sign is Libra.

Laurence Harvey Height

He stood at a height of 6 feet and 1 inch.

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Laurence Harvey Parents

  • Ber Skikne
  • Ella Skikne

Laurence Harvey Daughter

His daughter Domino, who later became a bounty hunter, was only four years old at the time he died. She entered drug rehabilitation clinics four times; each stay was funded by her mother. Scott claims that Harvey and the bounty hunters with whom she worked would often keep drugs they found when arresting criminals.

Martinez has said that they used marijuana, cocaine, and heroin. In 1997, Harvey traveled to a drug rehabilitation clinic in Hawaii. She lived in Hawaii for two years. In 2001, having returned to California, she attempted to become a bounty hunter again but was unable to find work with her previous employer.

In 2003, Harvey was arrested on charges of possession of crystal methamphetamine after sheriff’s deputies found the drug at her home while investigating a burglar alarm call-out. She pleaded guilty and attended a treatment program; the arrest was consequently removed from her criminal record.

In May 2005, Harvey was arrested on federal charges of trafficking methamphetamine; she maintained that she was innocent. She spent three weeks in the Metropolitan Detention Center, Los Angeles. She posted $1 million bails and was placed under house arrest, staying at her home in West Hollywood. While under house arrest, Harvey wore an electronic monitoring ankle bracelet.

Harvey continually denied that she was a drug trafficker, claiming to have been set up. While under house arrest, she lived with a person whom she had hired as a “sober guardian” to help her refrain from drug use. On the night of 27 June 2005, her aide discovered her unconscious in her bath. She was taken to a hospital but could not be resuscitated.

The Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner-Coroner determined that she had overdosed on the painkiller drug fentanyl. They are buried together in Santa Barbara Cemetery in Santa Barbara, California.

Laurence Harvey Wife|Married

Harvey was married three times before he passed away. In the early 1950s, he began an affair with the married actress Margaret Leighton. Following her divorce, Harvey married her in 1957. This marriage did not last long and ended in 1961. His second marriage was to Joan Perry, a woman 17 years his senior. This marriage too ended in divorce in 1972. He tied the knot for the third time with British fashion model Paulene Stone, who was the mother of his daughter, Domino.

It was rumored that Harvey was gay and that his marriages were cover-ups to hide his true sexuality. British actor John Fraser claimed that Harvey had a long-term relationship with his manager James Woolf.

Laurence Harvey Net worth

Laurence had a whooping net worth of 67 million dollars before he was deceased.

Laurence Harvey Death

A heavy smoker and drinker, Harvey died at the age of 45 from stomach cancer in Hampstead, London, on Sunday, 25 November 1973.

Laurence Harvey Filmography

  • Tender Flesh (Movie)
  • F For Fake (Movie)
  • Columbo (TV Show)
  • Night Watch (Movie)
  • Escape To The Sun (Movie)
  • Wusa (Movie)
  • The Magic Christian (Movie)
  • Fight For Rome (Movie)
  • She And He (Movie)
  • A Dandy In Aspic (Movie)
  • The Winter’s Tale (Movie)
  • The Spy With A Cold Nose (Movie)
  • Life At The Top (Movie)
  • Darling (Movie)
  • Of Human Bondage (Movie)
  • The Outrage (Movie)
  • The Ceremony (Movie)
  • The Running Man (Movie)
  • The Manchurian Candidate (Movie)
  • Walk On The Wild Side (Movie)
  • The Wonderful World Of The Brothers Grimm (Movie)
  • A Girl Named Tamiko (Movie)
  • Two Loves (Movie)
  • Summer And Smoke (Movie)
  • The Long And The Short And The Tall (Movie)
  • Butterfield 8 (Movie)
  • The Alamo (Movie)
  • Alfred Hitchcock Presents (TV Show)
  • Expresso Bongo (Movie)
  • Room At The Top (Movie)
  • The Silent Enemy (Movie)
  • The Truth About Women (Movie)
  • After The Ball (Movie)
  • Three Men In A Boat (Movie)
  • I Am A Camera (Movie)
  • Storm Over The Nile (Movie)
  • King Richard And The Crusaders (Movie)
  • Romeo And Juliet (Movie)The Good Die Young (Movie
  • Innocents In Paris (Movie)
  • I Believe In You (Movie)
  • A Killer Walks (Movie)
  • Twilight Women (Movie)
  • Wall Of Death (Movie)
  • The Black Rose (Movie)
  • Scarlet Thread (Movie)
  • Cairo Road (Movie)
  • Landfall (Movie)
  • The Man From Yesterday (Movie)
  • Man On The Run (Movie)
  • House Of Darkness (Movie)
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