Michael Goodliffe
Known for Acting · 100 credits
- Born
- 1914-10-01
- Died
- 1976-03-20
- Place of birth
- Bebington, Cheshire, England
- Also known as
- Lawrence Michael Andrew Goodliffe
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.
Known For
TV Shows (29)
The Avengers
1961
The Wednesday Play
1964
as Mr. Douglas / Rev. Adrian Tenterden
The Saint
1962
as Dr. Quintus
BBC Play of the Month
1965
as Duncan
Thirty-Minute Theatre
1965
as The Minister / Sir Michael Decuman
Dixon of Dock Green
1955
as Garfield Fenton
Theatre 625
1964
as Dr Bergman / Götz von Berlichingen / Petrovykh
Maigret
1960
Sunday Night Theatre
1950
as Udolphus McCluskey
Interpol Calling
1959
as Wolf Barstrom
Man in a Suitcase
1967
The Protectors
1972
as De Santos
Sam
1973
as Jack Barraclough
Man of the World
1962
as Galworth
Callan
1967
Edgar Wallace Mysteries
1959
as Sir Harold Trevitt / Det. Supt. Hallett
Somerset Maugham Hour
1960
as Lansbury
The Power Game
1965
as Geoffrey Packard
Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)
1969
as Arthur de Crecy
Zero One
1962
Armchair Theatre
1956
as Flemming / Mr Lansing / David
Late Night Theatre
1972
as Maxwell
Armchair Cinema
1974
as Dr. David Murray
Hine
1971
W. Somerset Maugham
1969
as Lord Mountdrago
The Idiot
1966
as General Epanchin
Inheritance
1967
as Mr. Oldroyd
Cities At War
1968
as Self - Narrator
Pere Goriot
1971
as Pere Goriot
Movies (71)
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
1971
as Mr. Teevee (uncredited)
The Man with the Golden Gun
1974
as Chief of Staff Bill Tanner (uncredited)
Peeping Tom
1960
as Don Jarvis
A Night to Remember
1958
as Thomas Andrews
Von Ryan's Express
1965
as Captain Stein
The Night of the Generals
1967
as Hauser
Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N.
1951
as Col. Caillard - POW Escort
The Battle of the River Plate
1956
as Captain McCall, R.N., British Naval Attache, Buenos Aires
Link Span
1956
as Narrator (voice)
To the Devil a Daughter
1976
as George de Grass
Testament of Orpheus
1960
as Narrateur anglais (voix) (non crédité)
Sink the Bismarck!
1960
as Captain Banister
633 Squadron
1964
as Squadron Leader Frank Adams
The Battle of the Sexes
1960
as Detective
Cromwell
1970
as Solicitor General
The One That Got Away
1957
as R.A.F. Interrogator
The End of the Affair
1955
as Smythe
The 7th Dawn
1964
as Trumphey
Henry VIII and His Six Wives
1972
as Thomas More
The Gorgon
1964
as Professor Jules Heitz
Hitler: The Last Ten Days
1973
as General Weidling
The Trials of Oscar Wilde
1960
as Charles Gill
The Day the Earth Caught Fire
1961
as Jacko Jackson the Night Editor
Woman of Straw
1964
as Solicitor
Carve Her Name with Pride
1958
as Coding Expert
The Fixer
1968
as Ostrovsky
The Small Back Room
1949
as Till
Sea Devils
1953
as Ragan
Man in the Middle
1964
as Colonel Shaw
No Love for Johnnie
1961
as Dr. West
Family Portrait
1950
as Narrator (voice)
The Jokers
1967
as Lt. Col. Paling
The Wooden Horse
1950
as Robbie
The White Trap
1959
as Inspector Walters
James Bond: The First 21 Years
1983
as Bill Tanner (archive footage)
The Crowded Day
1954
as Eve's Husband
Steel Town
1958
as Self - Commentator
The Fifth Day of Peace
1970
as Snow
The 39 Steps
1959
as Brown
The Camp on Blood Island
1958
as Father Paul Anjou
Rob Roy, The Highland Rogue
1953
as Robert Walpole
Fortune Is a Woman
1957
as Detective Insp. Barnes
Conspiracy of Hearts
1960
as Father Desmaines
Quentin Durward
1955
as Count De Dunois
Cry, the Beloved Country
1951
as Martens
Three Crooked Men
1958
as Shop Customer
Ticket to Happiness
1959
Further Up the Creek
1958
as Lt. Commander Blakeney
Stop Press Girl
1949
as McPherson
Don't Be Like Brenda
1973
as Narrator (uncredited)
A Stitch in Time
1963
as Doctor on Children's Ward (uncredited)
Jigsaw
1962
as Clyde Burchard
Up the Creek
1958
as Nelson
The Hour of 13
1952
as Anderson
Macbeth
1970
as Duncan
The Making of 'A Night to Remember'
1993
as Self (archive footage)
Wicked as They Come
1956
as Larry Buckham
The Man with Two Faces
1964
as Jeff Driscoll
80,000 Suspects
1963
as Clifford Preston
The Company Man
1970
as Mr. Lansing
Dial 999
1955
as John Moffat
Number Six
1962
as Det. Supt. Hallett
The End Begins
1957
as Col. Ridgewell
The £20,000 Kiss
1962
as Sir Harold Trevitt
Chaucer's England
1958
as The Theif
In Sickness and in Health
1975
as Dr David Muray
The Connoisseur
1966
as Rev. Adrian Tenterden
Front Page Story
1954
as Kennedy
Ocean Terminal
1952
as Narrator (voice)
Still Life
1970
as David
Plan for Coal
1952
About Michael Goodliffe
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 joi… With 100 credits spanning from 1949 to 1993, Michael Goodliffe has appeared in 71 films and 29 TV shows.
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Most Popular Michael Goodliffe Movies
- Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971) — as Mr. Teevee (uncredited)
- The Man with the Golden Gun (1974) — as Chief of Staff Bill Tanner (uncredited)
- Peeping Tom (1960) — as Don Jarvis
- A Night to Remember (1958) — as Thomas Andrews
- Von Ryan's Express (1965) — as Captain Stein
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