Michael Goodliffe
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- October 1, 1914
- Died
- March 20, 1976
- Birthplace
- Bebington, Cheshire, England
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
The Making of 'A Night to Remember' 1993
as Self (archive footage)
James Bond: The First 21 Years 1983
as Bill Tanner (archive footage)
- The Madness: Scenes from the Spanish Civil War
The Madness: Scenes from the Spanish Civil War 1976
as General Queipo de Llano
To the Devil a Daughter 1976
as George de Grass
In Sickness and in Health 1975
as Dr David Muray
The Man with the Golden Gun 1974
as Chief of Staff Bill Tanner (uncredited)
Don't Be Like Brenda 1973
as Narrator (uncredited)
Hitler: The Last Ten Days 1973
as General Weidling
Henry VIII and His Six Wives 1972
as Thomas More
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory 1971
as Mr. Teevee (uncredited)
- Still Life
Still Life 1970
as David
- The Company Man
The Company Man 1970
as Mr. Lansing
- Macbeth
Macbeth 1970
as Duncan
Cromwell 1970
as Solicitor General
The Fifth Day of Peace 1970
as Snow
The Fixer 1968
as Ostrovsky
The Jokers 1967
as Lt. Col. Paling
The Night of the Generals 1967
as Hauser
The Connoisseur 1966
as Rev. Adrian Tenterden
Von Ryan's Express 1965
as Capt. Stein
The Man with Two Faces 1964
as Jeff Driscoll
The Gorgon 1964
as Professor Jules Heitz
The 7th Dawn 1964
as Trumphey
Woman of Straw 1964
as Solicitor
633 Squadron 1964
as Squadron Leader Frank Adams
Man in the Middle 1964
as Colonel Shaw
A Stitch in Time 1963
as Doctor on Children's Ward (uncredited)
80,000 Suspects 1963
as Clifford Preston
The £20,000 Kiss 1962
as Sir Harold Trevitt
Jigsaw 1962
as Clyde Burchard
Number Six 1962
as Det. Supt. Hallett
The Day the Earth Caught Fire 1961
as Jacko Jackson the Night Editor
No Love for Johnnie 1961
as Dr. West
The Trials of Oscar Wilde 1960
as Charles Gill
Conspiracy of Hearts 1960
as Father Desmaines
Peeping Tom 1960
as Don Jarvis
The Battle of the Sexes 1960
as Detective
Testament of Orpheus 1960
as Narrateur anglais (voix) (non crédité)
Sink the Bismarck! 1960
as Captain Banister
Ticket to Happiness 1959
Actor
The White Trap 1959
as Inspector Walters
The 39 Steps 1959
as Brown
Further Up the Creek 1958
as Lt. Commander Blakeney
Three Crooked Men 1958
as Shop Customer
A Night to Remember 1958
as Thomas Andrews
Up the Creek 1958
as Nelson
The Camp on Blood Island 1958
as Father Paul Anjou
Carve Her Name with Pride 1958
as Coding Expert
Steel Town 1958
as Self - Commentator
- Chaucer's England
Chaucer's England 1958
as The Theif
The One That Got Away 1957
as R.A.F. Interrogator
- The End Begins
The End Begins 1957
as Col. Ridgewell
Fortune Is a Woman 1957
as Detective Insp. Barnes
The Battle of the River Plate 1956
as Captain McCall, R.N., British Naval Attache, Buenos Aires
Wicked as They Come 1956
as Larry Buckham
Link Span 1956
as Narrator (voice)
Dial 999 1955
as John Moffat
Quentin Durward 1955
as Count De Dunois
The End of the Affair 1955
as Smythe
The Crowded Day 1954
as Eve's Husband
Front Page Story 1954
as Kennedy
Rob Roy, The Highland Rogue 1953
as Robert Walpole
Sea Devils 1953
as Ragan
The Hour of 13 1952
as Anderson
Ocean Terminal 1952
as Narrator (voice)
Plan for Coal 1952
Actor
Cry, the Beloved Country 1951
as Martens
Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N. 1951
as Col. Caillard - POW Escort
Family Portrait 1950
as Narrator (voice)
The Wooden Horse 1950
as Robbie
Stop Press Girl 1949
as McPherson
The Small Back Room 1949
as Till
Credits from TMDB.