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Michael Goodliffe

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61 Years Old

​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.

Born

Bebington, Cheshire, England on 1st October 1914

Died

20th March 1976

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Thirty-Minute Theatre Image
Thirty-Minute Theatre
The Minister
The Avengers Image
The Avengers
BBC Play of the Month Image
BBC Play of the Month
Duncan
The Saint Image
The Saint
Dr. Quintus
The Wednesday Play Image
The Wednesday Play
Mr. Douglas
Callan Image
Callan
The Protectors Image
The Protectors
De Santos
Dixon of Dock Green Image
Dixon of Dock Green
Garfield Fenton
Sunday Night Theatre Image
Sunday Night Theatre
Udolphus McCluskey
Interpol Calling Image
Interpol Calling
Wolf Barstrom
Maigret Image
Maigret
Edgar Wallace Mysteries Image
Edgar Wallace Mysteries
Det. Supt. Hallett
Edgar Wallace Mysteries Image
Edgar Wallace Mysteries
Sir Harold Trevitt
Zero One Image
Zero One
Man in a Suitcase Image
Man in a Suitcase
Sam Image
Sam
Jack Barraclough
Hine Image
Hine
Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) Image
Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)
Arthur de Crecy
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory Image
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
Mr. Teevee (uncredited)
A Night to Remember Image
A Night to Remember
Thomas Andrews
Cities At War Image
Cities At War
Self - Narrator
Peeping Tom Image
Peeping Tom
Don Jarvis
Hitler: The Last Ten Days Image
Hitler: The Last Ten Days
General Weidling
The Night of the Generals Image
The Night of the Generals
Hauser
The Battle of the River Plate Image
The Battle of the River Plate
Captain McCall, R.N., British Naval Attache, Buenos Aires
Carve Her Name with Pride Image
Carve Her Name with Pride
Coding Expert
To the Devil a Daughter Image
To the Devil a Daughter
George de Grass
Von Ryan's Express Image
Von Ryan's Express
Captain Stein
Cromwell Image
Cromwell
Solicitor General
Woman of Straw Image
Woman of Straw
Solicitor
Testament of Orpheus Image
Testament of Orpheus
English Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
The Day the Earth Caught Fire Image
The Day the Earth Caught Fire
Jacko Jackson the Night Editor
Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N. Image
Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N.
Col. Caillard - POW Escort
Inheritance Image
Inheritance
Mr. Oldroyd
Sink the Bismarck! Image
Sink the Bismarck!
Captain Banister
633 Squadron Image
633 Squadron
Squadron Leader Frank Adams
The Gorgon Image
The Gorgon
Professor Jules Heitz
The 39 Steps Image
The 39 Steps
Brown
Sea Devils Image
Sea Devils
Ragan
The Small Back Room Image
The Small Back Room
Till
Quentin Durward Image
Quentin Durward
Count De Dunois
The One That Got Away Image
The One That Got Away
R.A.F. Interrogator
Henry VIII and His Six Wives Image
Henry VIII and His Six Wives
Thomas More
The End of the Affair Image
The End of the Affair
Smythe
The 7th Dawn Image
The 7th Dawn
Trumphey
Cry, the Beloved Country Image
Cry, the Beloved Country
Martens
Jigsaw Image
Jigsaw
Clyde Burchard
The Trials of Oscar Wilde Image
The Trials of Oscar Wilde
Charles Gill
The Jokers Image
The Jokers
Lt. Col. Paling
The Battle of the Sexes Image
The Battle of the Sexes
Detective
No Love for Johnnie Image
No Love for Johnnie
Dr. West
Fortune Is a Woman Image
Fortune Is a Woman
Detective Insp. Barnes
The Fixer Image
The Fixer
Ostrovsky
Rob Roy, The Highland Rogue Image
Rob Roy, The Highland Rogue
Robert Walpole
Conspiracy of Hearts Image
Conspiracy of Hearts
Father Desmaines
Man in the Middle Image
Man in the Middle
Colonel Shaw
The Camp on Blood Island Image
The Camp on Blood Island
Father Paul Anjou
The Wooden Horse Image
The Wooden Horse
Robbie
Up the Creek Image
Up the Creek
Nelson
Wicked as They Come Image
Wicked as They Come
Larry Buckham
The 5th Day of Peace Image
The 5th Day of Peace
Snow
In Sickness and in Health Image
In Sickness and in Health
Dr David Muray
Stop Press Girl Image
Stop Press Girl
McPherson
Further Up the Creek Image
Further Up the Creek
Lt. Commander Blakeney
The Hour of 13 Image
The Hour of 13
Anderson
No Image
Macbeth
Duncan
Dial 999 Image
Dial 999
John Moffat
80,000 Suspects Image
80,000 Suspects
Clifford Preston
Three Crooked Men Image
Three Crooked Men
Shop Customer
The Connoisseur Image
The Connoisseur
Rev. Adrian Tenterden
Number Six Image
Number Six
No Image
Front Page Story
Kennedy
No Image
The Company Man
Mr. Lansing
The White Trap Image
The White Trap
Inspector Walters
Family Portrait Image
Family Portrait
Narrator (voice)
Ocean Terminal Image
Ocean Terminal
Narrator (voice)
The Man with Two Faces Image
The Man with Two Faces
Jeff Driscoll
Plan for Coal Image
Plan for Coal
Don't Be Like Brenda Image
Don't Be Like Brenda
Narrator (uncredited)
No Image
The End Begins
Col. Ridgewell
No Image
Still Life
David
The £20,000 Kiss Image
The £20,000 Kiss
Sir Harold Trevitt
No Image
Chaucer's England
The Theif
Link Span Image
Link Span
Narrator (voice)
No Image
The Making of 'A Night to Remember'
Self (archive footage)