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Michael Goodliffe
Actor
Born October 1, 1914Died March 20, 1976 (61 years)
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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.
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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.
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Filmography
| 1983 | James Bond: The First 21 Years · as Bill Tanner |
| 1976 | To the Devil a Daughter · as George De Grass |
| 1974 | The Man with the Golden Gun · as Chief Of Staff Bill Tanner |
| 1973 | Sam (TV Series) · as Jack Barraclough |
| 1973 | Sutherland's Law (TV Series) · as James Kilmichael |
| 1973 | Hitler: The Last Ten Days · as General Weidling |
| 1972 | Henry VIII and His Six Wives · as Thomas More |
| 1972 | The Protectors (TV Series) · as De Santos |
| 1971 | The Johnstown Monster · as Mcneil |
| 1971 | Jason King (TV Series) · as President Pargos |
| 1971 | Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory · as Mr. Teevee (uncredited) |
| 1971 | Hong Kong Style · as Commentator |
| 1970 | The Roads to Freedom (TV Series) · as Chamberlain |
| 1970 | The Fifth Day of Peace · as Snow |
| 1970 | Cromwell · as Solicitor General |
| 1969 | Softly Softly Task Force (TV Series) · as Grenville |
| 1969 | Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) (1969) (TV Series) · as Arthur De Crecy |
| 1969 | Special Branch (TV Series) · as Gillard |
| 1969 | Hadleigh (TV Series) · as Dr. John Salter |
| 1968 | The Fixer · as Ostrovsky |
| 1967 | Man in a Suitcase (TV Series) |
| 1967 | Callan (TV Series) |
| 1967 | The Jokers · as Lt. Col. Paling |
| 1967 | The Night of the Generals · as Hauser |
| 1966 | Softly Softly (TV Series) · as Markham |
| 1965 | The Power Game (TV Series) · as Geoffrey Packard |
| 1965 | Play of the Month (TV Series) · as Duncan |
| 1965 | Thirty-Minute Theatre (TV Series) · as The Minister |
| 1965 | Court Martial (TV Series) · as Colonel Helmut Kirst |
| 1965 | The Troubleshooters (TV Series) · as Ivor Brangwyn |
| 1965 | Von Ryan's Express · as Captain Stein |
| 1964 | The Gorgon · as Professor Jules Heitz |
| 1964 | Redcap (1964) (TV Series) · as Capt. Benning |
| 1964 | The Wednesday Play (TV Series) · as Mr. Douglas |
| 1964 | Woman of Straw · as Solicitor |
| 1964 | The 7th Dawn · as Trumphey |
| 1964 | 633 Squadron · as Squadron Leader Frank Adams |
| 1964 | Theatre 625 (TV Series) · as Dr. Bergman |
| 1964 | The Winston Affair · as Colonel Shaw |
| 1963 | A Stitch in Time · as Doctor On Children's Ward |
| 1963 | 80,000 Suspects · as Clifford Preston |
| 1963 | Love Story (1963) (TV Series) · as Stanley Manning |
| 1962 | Zero One (1962) (TV Series) |
| 1962 | |
| 1962 | Man of the World (TV Series) · as Galworth |
| 1962 | Jigsaw · as Clyde Burchard |
| 1962 | |
| 1962 | Z Cars (TV Series) · as Chief Insp. Parker |
| 1961 | The Day the Earth Caught Fire · as Jacko Jackson The Night Editor |
| 1961 | Ghost Squad (TV Series) · as Ribas |
| 1961 | No Love for Johnnie · as Dr. West |
| 1961 | The Avengers (TV Series) |
| 1960 | Julius Caesar (1960) (TV Series) · as Brutus |
| 1960 | The Trials of Oscar Wilde · as Charles Gill |
| 1960 | Peeping Tom · as Don Jarvis |
| 1960 | The Battle of the Sexes · as Detective |
| 1960 | Conspiracy of Hearts · as Father Desmaines |
| 1960 | Testament of Orpheus · as English Narrator (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1960 | Sink the Bismarck! · as Captain Banister |
| 1960 | BBC Sunday-Night Play (TV Series) · as Alec Nightingale |
| 1959 | Maigret (1960) (TV Series) |
| 1959 | Interpol Calling (TV Series) · as Wolf Barstrom |
| 1959 | The White Trap · as Inspector Walters |
| 1959 | The 39 Steps · as Brown |
| 1959 | The Edgar Wallace Mysteries (TV Series) · as Det. Supt. Hallett |
| 1959 | Three Crooked Men · as Shop Customer |
| 1958 | Further Up the Creek · as Lt. Commander Blakeney |
| 1958 | H.G. Wells' Invisible Man (TV Series) · as Crompton |
| 1958 | Up the Creek · as Nelson |
| 1958 | A Night to Remember · as Thomas Andrews |
| 1958 | Carve Her Name with Pride · as Coding Expert |
| 1958 | The Camp on Blood Island · as Father Paul Anjou |
| 1957 | The One That Got Away · as R.a.f. Interrogator |
| 1957 | She Played with Fire · as Detective Insp. Barnes |
| 1956 | Pursuit of the Graf Spee · as Captain Mccall, R.n., British Naval Attache, Buenos Aires |
| 1956 | Armchair Theatre (TV Series) · as David |
| 1956 | Wicked as They Come · as Larry Buckham |
| 1955 | The Way Out · as John Moffat |
| 1955 | ITV Play of the Week (TV Series) · as Charles Stewart Parnell |
| 1955 | ITV Television Playhouse (TV Series) · as Mr. 'a' |
| 1955 | Quentin Durward · as Count De Dunois |
| 1955 | Dixon of Dock Green (TV Series) · as Garfield Fenton |
| 1955 | The End of the Affair · as Smythe |
| 1954 | Shop Spoiled · as Eve's Husband |
| 1954 | John Wesley · as Cast |
| 1954 | Front Page Story · as Kennedy |
| 1953 | Rob Roy: The Highland Rogue · as Robert Walpole |
| 1953 | Sea Devils · as Ragan |
| 1953 | Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. Presents (TV Series) · as Chief Officer Fraser |
| 1952 | The Hour of 13 · as Anderson |
| 1951 | Cry, the Beloved Country · as Martens |
| 1951 | Captain Horatio Hornblower · as Col. Caillard - Pow Escort |
| 1950 | Family Portrait · as Narrator (voice) |
| 1950 | The Wooden Horse · as Robbie |
| 1950 | Sunday Night Theatre (TV Series) · as Joe Pringle |
| 1949 | Stop Press Girl · as Mcpherson |
| 1949 | The Small Back Room · as Till |