Laurence Harvey: Laurence Harvey. Actor: The Manchurian Candidate. Laurence Harvey was a British movie star who helped usher in the 1960s with his indelible portrait of a ruthless social climber, and became one of the decade's cultural icons for his appearances in socially themed motion pictures. Harvey was born Zvi Mosheh Skikne on October 1, 1928 in Joniskis, Lithuania, to Ella (Zotnickaita) and Ber Skikne. His family was Jewish. The youngest of three...
Known For: The Manchurian Candidate (Raymond Shaw), Room at the Top (Joe Lampton), Walk on the Wild Side (Dove Linkhorn), The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm (Wilhelm GrimmThe Cobbler (segment "The Cobbler and the Elves"))