Michael Goodliffe

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October 1, 1914

​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.

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The Making of 'A Night to Remember'
6.90
movie1993United States
Character: Self (archive footage)Credit: Acting
James Bond: The First 21 Years
6.90
movie1983UK
Character: Bill Tanner (archive footage)Credit: Acting
To the Devil a Daughter
6.30
movie1976GermanyUK
Character: George de GrassCredit: Acting
In Sickness and in Health
0.00
movie1975UK
Character: Dr David MurayCredit: Acting
Don't Be Like Brenda
6.90
movie1973UK
Character: Narrator (uncredited)Credit: Acting
Hitler: The Last Ten Days
6.80
movie1973ItalyUK
Character: General WeidlingCredit: Acting
Henry VIII and His Six Wives
6.90
movie1972UK
Character: Thomas MoreCredit: Acting
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
7.80
movie1971United States
Character: Mr. Teevee (uncredited)Credit: Acting
Still Life
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movie1970United StatesUK
Character: DavidCredit: Acting
The Company Man
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movie1970United States
Character: Mr. LansingCredit: Acting
Macbeth
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movie1970United States
Character: DuncanCredit: Acting
Cromwell
7.00
movie1970UK
Character: Solicitor GeneralCredit: Acting
The 5th Day of Peace
6.80
movie1970Italy
Character: SnowCredit: Acting
The Fixer
6.80
movie1968UK
Character: OstrovskyCredit: Acting
The Jokers
6.80
movie1967UK
Character: Lt. Col. PalingCredit: Acting
The Night of the Generals
7.10
movie1967FranceUK
Character: HauserCredit: Acting
The Connoisseur
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movie1966UK
Character: Rev. Adrian TenterdenCredit: Acting
Von Ryan's Express
7.10
movie1965United States
Character: Captain SteinCredit: Acting
The Man with Two Faces
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movie1964UKUnited States
Character: Jeff DriscollCredit: Acting
The Gorgon
6.60
movie1964UK
Character: Professor Jules HeitzCredit: Acting