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Michael Goodliffe‌

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Michael Goodliffe

Bebington, Cheshire, England

Michael Goodliffe

Bebington, Cheshire, England

Gender

Male

Birthday

calendar1914-10-01

Popularity

star3.3

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.

Movie Credits

Hitler: The Last Ten Days

Hitler: The Last Ten Days‌
star6.1
calendar 1973

A Night to Remember

A Night to Remember‌
star7.6
calendar 1958

Peeping Tom

Peeping Tom‌
star7.4
calendar 1960

Von Ryan's Express

Von Ryan's Express‌
star7.1
calendar 1965

Cromwell

Cromwell‌
star6.6
calendar 1970

To the Devil a Daughter

To the Devil a Daughter‌
star5.5
calendar 1976

The Gorgon

The Gorgon‌
star6.3
calendar 1964

The Day the Earth Caught Fire

The Day the Earth Caught Fire‌
star6.8
calendar 1961

The Night of the Generals

The Night of the Generals‌
star6.8
calendar 1967

Testament of Orpheus

Testament of Orpheus‌
star7.7
calendar 1960

The Battle of the Sexes

The Battle of the Sexes‌
star6.6
calendar 1960

Dial 999

Dial 999‌
star4.6
calendar 1955

Wicked as They Come

Wicked as They Come‌
star5.5
calendar 1956

633 Squadron

633 Squadron‌
star6.1
calendar 1964

In Sickness and in Health

In Sickness and in Health‌
star0.0
calendar 1975

The Connoisseur

The Connoisseur‌
star0.0
calendar 1966

The Small Back Room

The Small Back Room‌
star6.6
calendar 1949

The One That Got Away

The One That Got Away‌
star7.0
calendar 1957

The Battle of the River Plate

The Battle of the River Plate‌
star6.2
calendar 1956

Three Crooked Men

Three Crooked Men‌
star5.0
calendar 1958

Sink the Bismarck!

Sink the Bismarck!‌
star6.8
calendar 1960

The 5th Day of Peace

The 5th Day of Peace‌
star5.3
calendar 1970

Jigsaw

Jigsaw‌
star7.3
calendar 1962

Quentin Durward

Quentin Durward‌
star6.0
calendar 1955

The 7th Dawn

The 7th Dawn‌
star6.4
calendar 1964

The End of the Affair

The End of the Affair‌
star5.7
calendar 1955

The Fixer

The Fixer‌
star5.8
calendar 1968

The Jokers

The Jokers‌
star6.0
calendar 1967

The Camp on Blood Island

The Camp on Blood Island‌
star6.6
calendar 1958

Up the Creek

Up the Creek‌
star5.8
calendar 1958

Sea Devils

Sea Devils‌
star5.8
calendar 1953

Fortune Is a Woman

Fortune Is a Woman‌
star6.7
calendar 1957

Troubled Waters

Troubled Waters‌
star0.0
calendar 1964

Rob Roy, The Highland Rogue

Rob Roy, The Highland Rogue‌
star5.1
calendar 1953

Stop Press Girl

Stop Press Girl‌
star5.6
calendar 1949

Conspiracy of Hearts

Conspiracy of Hearts‌
star6.6
calendar 1960

80,000 Suspects

80,000 Suspects‌
star6.5
calendar 1963

The Wooden Horse

The Wooden Horse‌
star6.7
calendar 1950

The Hour of 13

The Hour of 13‌
star5.7
calendar 1952

Family Portrait

Family Portrait‌
star5.8
calendar 1950

The White Trap

The White Trap‌
star5.8
calendar 1959

Don't Be Like Brenda

Don't Be Like Brenda‌
star3.2
calendar 1973

Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N.

Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N.‌
star6.9
calendar 1951

Woman of Straw

Woman of Straw‌
star6.1
calendar 1964

Number Six

Number Six‌
star0.0
calendar 1962

The £20,000 Kiss

The £20,000 Kiss‌
star0.0
calendar 1962

Macbeth

Macbeth‌
star0.0
calendar 1970

The Trials of Oscar Wilde

The Trials of Oscar Wilde‌
star6.4
calendar 1960

Plan for Coal

Plan for Coal‌
star0.0
calendar 1952

The Company Man

The Company Man‌
star0.0
calendar 1970

Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory

Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory‌
star7.5
calendar 1971

Chaucer's England

Chaucer's England‌
star0.0
calendar 1958

Henry VIII and His Six Wives

Henry VIII and His Six Wives‌
star5.8
calendar 1972

Further Up the Creek

Further Up the Creek‌
star6.0
calendar 1958

Cry, the Beloved Country

Cry, the Beloved Country‌
star5.9
calendar 1951

Front Page Story

Front Page Story‌
star0.0
calendar 1954

No Love for Johnnie

No Love for Johnnie‌
star5.5
calendar 1961

Still Life

Still Life‌
star0.0
calendar 1970

Man in the Middle

Man in the Middle‌
star6.4
calendar 1964

Ocean Terminal

Ocean Terminal‌
star6.0
calendar 1952

Link Span

Link Span‌
star8.5
calendar 1956

Carve Her Name with Pride

Carve Her Name with Pride‌
star5.7
calendar 1958

The 39 Steps

The 39 Steps‌
star6.2
calendar 1959

Tv Credits

The Avengers

The Avengers‌
star7.7
calendar 1961

The Protectors

The Protectors‌
star5.6
calendar 1972

The Saint

The Saint‌
star7.3
calendar 1962

Callan

Callan‌
star7.0
calendar 1967

Dixon of Dock Green

Dixon of Dock Green‌
star5.3
calendar 1955

Interpol Calling

Interpol Calling‌
star6.7
calendar 1959

Man in a Suitcase

Man in a Suitcase‌
star7.0
calendar 1967

Zero One

Zero One‌
star6.0
calendar 1962

Maigret

Maigret‌
star6.9
calendar 1960

Hine

Hine‌
star0.0
calendar 1971

Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)

Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)‌
star7.0
calendar 1969

Sam

Sam‌
star5.0
calendar 1973

Thirty-Minute Theatre

Thirty-Minute Theatre‌
star3.8
calendar 1965

Inheritance

Inheritance‌
star5.0
calendar 1967