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Michael Goodliffe
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Michael Goodliffe
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1914-10-01,Bebington, Cheshire, England
Gender
Male
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.

Filmography

Hitler: The Last Ten Days

6.2

Hitler: The Last Ten Days
1973-04-19

A Night to Remember

7.7

A Night to Remember
1958-07-03

7.5

Peeping Tom
1960-04-07

Von Ryan's Express

7.073

Von Ryan's Express
1965-06-23

6.58

Cromwell
1970-07-16

To the Devil a Daughter

5.478

To the Devil a Daughter
1976-03-04

6.375

The Gorgon
1964-10-18

The Day the Earth Caught Fire

6.804

The Day the Earth Caught Fire
1961-11-01

The Night of the Generals

6.807

The Night of the Generals
1967-01-29

Testament of Orpheus

7.626

Testament of Orpheus
1960-02-18

The Battle of the Sexes

6.5

The Battle of the Sexes
1960-02-25

4.9

Dial 999
1955-12-01

Wicked as They Come

5

Wicked as They Come
1956-05-22

6.176

633 Squadron
1964-04-06

In Sickness and in Health

0

In Sickness and in Health
1975-05-21

The Connoisseur

10

The Connoisseur
1966-05-24

The Small Back Room

6.766

The Small Back Room
1949-02-21

The One That Got Away

6.8

The One That Got Away
1957-11-22

The Battle of the River Plate

6.4

The Battle of the River Plate
1956-10-30

Three Crooked Men

6.667

Three Crooked Men
1958-10-01

Sink the Bismarck!

6.9

Sink the Bismarck!
1960-02-11

The Fifth Day of Peace

5.5

The Fifth Day of Peace
1970-04-17

7.3

Jigsaw
1962-08-21

Quentin Durward

5.806

Quentin Durward
1955-09-09

6.579

The 7th Dawn
1964-09-02

The End of the Affair

5.815

The End of the Affair
1955-02-24

6.173

The Fixer
1968-12-08

6.25

The Jokers
1967-05-15

The Camp on Blood Island

6.682

The Camp on Blood Island
1958-04-15

6

Up the Creek
1958-05-13

5.9

Sea Devils
1953-04-12

Fortune Is a Woman

6.781

Fortune Is a Woman
1957-03-13

The Man with Two Faces

9

The Man with Two Faces
1964-12-01

Rob Roy, The Highland Rogue

5.219

Rob Roy, The Highland Rogue
1953-10-26

Stop Press Girl

5.875

Stop Press Girl
1949-06-02

Conspiracy of Hearts

6.8

Conspiracy of Hearts
1960-04-07

80,000 Suspects

7.2

80,000 Suspects
1963-08-15

The Wooden Horse

6.804

The Wooden Horse
1950-10-16

6.083

The Hour of 13
1952-11-21

Family Portrait

6.2

Family Portrait
1950-12-01

7.167

The White Trap
1959-08-01

Don't Be Like Brenda

3.2

Don't Be Like Brenda
1973-05-27

Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N.

6.9

Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N.
1951-04-10

6.198

Woman of Straw
1964-04-28

0

Number Six
1962-04-01

The £20,000 Kiss

9

The £20,000 Kiss
1962-12-31

0

Macbeth
1970-09-20

The Trials of Oscar Wilde

6.333

The Trials of Oscar Wilde
1960-05-28

0

Plan for Coal
1952-01-02

The Company Man

8

The Company Man
1970-11-06

Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory

7.5

Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
1971-06-29

Chaucer's England

0

Chaucer's England
1958-01-01

Henry VIII and His Six Wives

5.8

Henry VIII and His Six Wives
1972-07-13

Further Up the Creek

6.571

Further Up the Creek
1958-10-28

Cry, the Beloved Country

6.333

Cry, the Beloved Country
1951-11-16

Front Page Story

8

Front Page Story
1954-03-15

No Love for Johnnie

6.667

No Love for Johnnie
1961-02-14

7

Still Life
1970-11-17

Man in the Middle

6.5

Man in the Middle
1964-01-27

6.5

Ocean Terminal
1952-01-02

8.5

Link Span
1956-01-02

Carve Her Name with Pride

6.036

Carve Her Name with Pride
1958-02-18

6.347

The 39 Steps
1959-03-13

The Making of 'A Night to Remember'

6

The Making of 'A Night to Remember'
1993-08-06

0

The End Begins
1957-05-17

James Bond: The First 21 Years

6.667

James Bond: The First 21 Years
1983-05-27

The Crowded Day

5.833

The Crowded Day
1954-10-01

A Stitch in Time

7.361

A Stitch in Time
1963-12-01

The Man with the Golden Gun

6.5

The Man with the Golden Gun
1974-12-04

0

Steel Town
1958-01-02

Ticket to Happiness

0

Ticket to Happiness
1959-11-01

7.8

The Avengers
1961-01-07

6.077

The Protectors
1972-09-29

7.366

The Saint
1962-10-04

7

Callan
1967-07-08

Dixon of Dock Green

6

Dixon of Dock Green
1955-07-09

Interpol Calling

7.25

Interpol Calling
1959-09-13

Man in a Suitcase

7.222

Man in a Suitcase
1967-09-27

6

Zero One
1962-10-03

7.133

Maigret
1960-10-31

0

Hine
1971-04-07

Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)

7.028

Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)
1969-09-21

7.5

Sam
1973-06-12

Thirty-Minute Theatre

4.25

Thirty-Minute Theatre
1965-10-07

6

Inheritance
1967-09-29

7

Cities At War
1968-11-12

The Wednesday Play

5.2

The Wednesday Play
1964-09-30

BBC Play of the Month

5.25

BBC Play of the Month
1965-10-19

Edgar Wallace Mysteries

7.5

Edgar Wallace Mysteries
1959-03-01

Sunday Night Theatre

3.5

Sunday Night Theatre
1950-01-01

Edgar Wallace Mysteries

7.5

Edgar Wallace Mysteries
1959-03-01

Man of the World

7.2

Man of the World
1962-09-29

10

The Power Game
1965-12-13

Somerset Maugham Hour

0

Somerset Maugham Hour
1960-02-03

7.2

Theatre 625
1964-05-03

7.2

Theatre 625
1964-05-03

7.2

Theatre 625
1964-05-03

Armchair Theatre

6

Armchair Theatre
1956-07-08

Armchair Theatre

6

Armchair Theatre
1956-07-08

Armchair Theatre

6

Armchair Theatre
1956-07-08

Armchair Theatre

6

Armchair Theatre
1956-07-08

9

The Idiot
1966-01-11

Armchair Cinema

7

Armchair Cinema
1974-05-28

The Wednesday Play

5.2

The Wednesday Play
1964-09-30

W. Somerset Maugham

0

W. Somerset Maugham
1969-06-03