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Michael Goodliffe
Also known as: Lawrence Michael Andrew Goodliffe
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Lawrence Michael Andrew Goodliffe (1 October 1914 – 20 March 1976) was an English actor best known for playing suave roles such as doctors, lawyers and army officers. He was also sometimes cast in working class parts. Goodliffe was born in Bebington, Cheshire (now Merseyside), the son of a vicar, and educated at St Edmund's School, Canterbury, and Keble College, Oxford. He started his career in repertory theatre in Liverpool before moving on to the Royal Shakespeare Company in Stratford upon Avon. He joined the British Army at the beginning of World War II, and received a commission as a Second Lieutenant in the Royal Warwickshire Regiment in February 1940. He was wounded in the leg and captured at the Battle of Dunkirk. Goodliffe was incorrectly listed as killed in action, and even had his obituary published in a newspaper. He was to spend the rest of the war a prisoner in Germany. Whilst in captivity he produced and acted in (and in some cases wrote) many plays and sketches to entertain fellow prisoners. These included two productions of William Shakespeare's Hamlet, one in Tittmoning and the other in Eichstätt, in which he played the title role. He also produced the first staging of Noel Coward's Post Mortem at Eichstätt. A full photographic record of these productions exists. After the war he resumed his professional acting career. As well as appearing in the theatre he worked in film and television. He appeared in The Wooden Horse in 1950 and in other POW films. His best known film was A Night to Remember (1958) in which he played Thomas Andrews, builder of the RMS Titanic. His best known television series was Sam (1973–75) in which he played an unemployed Yorkshire miner. He also appeared with John Thaw and James Bolam in the 1967 television series Inheritance. Suffering from depression, Goodliffe had a breakdown in 1976 during the period that he was rehearsing for a revival of Equus. He committed suicide a few days later by leaping from a hospital fire escape, whilst a patient at the Atkinson Morley Hospital in Wimbledon, London. Description above from the Wikipedia article Michael Goodliffe, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
October 1, 1914
Day of Death
March 20, 1976
Age at Death
61 years old
Place of Birth
Bebington, Cheshire, England
Popularity Score
0.8
Filmography
The Making of 'A Night to Remember'
Self (archive footage)
1993Movie
James Bond: The First 21 Years
Bill Tanner (archive footage)
1983Movie
To the Devil a Daughter
George de Grass
1976Movie
In Sickness and in Health
Dr David Muray
1975Movie
The Man with the Golden Gun
Chief of Staff Bill Tanner (uncredited)
1974Movie
Armchair Cinema
Dr. David Murray
1974TV
Hitler: The Last Ten Days
General Weidling
1973Movie
Don't Be Like Brenda
Narrator (uncredited)
1973Movie
Sam
Jack Barraclough
1973TV
Henry VIII and His Six Wives
Thomas More
1972Movie
The Protectors
De Santos
1972TV
Late Night Theatre
Maxwell
1972TV
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
Mr. Teevee (uncredited)
1971Movie
Hine
1971TV
Pere Goriot
Pere Goriot
1971TV
Cromwell
Solicitor General
1970Movie
The Fifth Day of Peace
Snow
1970Movie
Macbeth
Duncan
1970Movie
The Company Man
Mr. Lansing
1970Movie
Still Life
David
1970Movie
Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)
Arthur de Crecy
1969TV
W. Somerset Maugham
Lord Mountdrago
1969TV
The Fixer
Ostrovsky
1968Movie
Cities At War
Self - Narrator
1968TV
The Night of the Generals
Hauser
1967Movie
The Jokers
Lt. Col. Paling
1967Movie
Callan
1967TV
Man in a Suitcase
1967TV
Inheritance
Mr. Oldroyd
1967TV
The Connoisseur
Rev. Adrian Tenterden
1966Movie
The Idiot
General Epanchin
1966TV
Von Ryan's Express
Captain Stein
1965Movie
Thirty-Minute Theatre
The Minister
1965TV
BBC Play of the Month
Duncan
1965TV
The Power Game
Geoffrey Packard
1965TV
Knock on Any Door
Husband
1965TV
The Gorgon
Professor Jules Heitz
1964Movie
633 Squadron
Squadron Leader Frank Adams
1964Movie
The 7th Dawn
Trumphey
1964Movie
The Man with Two Faces
Jeff Driscoll
1964Movie
Woman of Straw
Solicitor
1964Movie
Man in the Middle
Colonel Shaw
1964Movie
The Wednesday Play
Mr. Douglas
1964TV
Theatre 625
Dr Bergman
1964TV
80,000 Suspects
Clifford Preston
1963Movie
A Stitch in Time
Doctor on Children's Ward (uncredited)
1963Movie
Jigsaw
Clyde Burchard
1962Movie
Number Six
Det. Supt. Hallett
1962Movie
The £20,000 Kiss
Sir Harold Trevitt
1962Movie
The Saint
Dr. Quintus
1962TV
Zero One
1962TV
Man of the World
Galworth
1962TV
The Day the Earth Caught Fire
Jacko Jackson the Night Editor
1961Movie
No Love for Johnnie
Dr. West
1961Movie
The Avengers
1961TV
Peeping Tom
Don Jarvis
1960Movie
Testament of Orpheus
Narrateur anglais (voix) (non crédité)
1960Movie
The Battle of the Sexes
Detective
1960Movie
Sink the Bismarck!
Captain Banister
1960Movie
Conspiracy of Hearts
Father Desmaines
1960Movie
The Trials of Oscar Wilde
Charles Gill
1960Movie
Maigret
1960TV
Somerset Maugham Hour
Lansbury
1960TV
The White Trap
Inspector Walters
1959Movie
The 39 Steps
Brown
1959Movie
Ticket to Happiness
1959Movie
Interpol Calling
Wolf Barstrom
1959TV
Edgar Wallace Mysteries
Sir Harold Trevitt
1959TV
A Night to Remember
Thomas Andrews
1958Movie
Three Crooked Men
Shop Customer
1958Movie
The Camp on Blood Island
Father Paul Anjou
1958Movie
Up the Creek
Nelson
1958Movie
Chaucer's England
The Theif
1958Movie
Further Up the Creek
Lt. Commander Blakeney
1958Movie
Carve Her Name with Pride
Coding Expert
1958Movie
Steel Town
Self - Commentator
1958Movie
The One That Got Away
R.A.F. Interrogator
1957Movie
Fortune Is a Woman
Detective Insp. Barnes
1957Movie
The End Begins
Col. Ridgewell
1957Movie
Wicked as They Come
Larry Buckham
1956Movie
The Battle of the River Plate
Captain McCall, R.N., British Naval Attache, Buenos Aires
1956Movie
Link Span
Narrator (voice)
1956Movie
Armchair Theatre
1956TV
Dial 999
John Moffat
1955Movie
Quentin Durward
Count De Dunois
1955Movie
The End of the Affair
Smythe
1955Movie
Dixon of Dock Green
Garfield Fenton
1955TV
Front Page Story
Kennedy
1954Movie
The Crowded Day
Eve's Husband
1954Movie
Sea Devils
Ragan
1953Movie
Rob Roy, The Highland Rogue
Robert Walpole
1953Movie
The Hour of 13
Anderson
1952Movie
Plan for Coal
1952Movie
Ocean Terminal
Narrator (voice)
1952Movie
Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N.
Col. Caillard - POW Escort
1951Movie
Cry, the Beloved Country
Martens
1951Movie
The Wooden Horse
Robbie
1950Movie
Family Portrait
Narrator (voice)
1950Movie
Sunday Night Theatre
Udolphus McCluskey
1950TV
The Small Back Room
Till
1949Movie
Stop Press Girl
McPherson
1949Movie