Michael Goodliffe

Michael 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. 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.

Place of Birth: Not available

Birthday: October 01, 1914

Deathday: March 20, 1976

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Known For

Hitler: The Last Ten Days
Hitler: The Last Ten Days

1973-04-19

A Night to Remember
A Night to Remember

1958-07-03

Peeping Tom
Peeping Tom

1960-05-16

Von Ryan's Express
Von Ryan's Express

1965-06-23

Cromwell
Cromwell

1970-07-16

To the Devil a Daughter
To the Devil a Daughter

1976-03-04

The Gorgon
The Gorgon

1964-10-18

The Day the Earth Caught Fire
The Day the Earth Caught Fire

1961-11-01

The Night of the Generals
The Night of the Generals

1967-01-29

Testament of Orpheus
Testament of Orpheus

1960-02-18

The Battle of the Sexes
The Battle of the Sexes

1960-02-25

Dial 999
Dial 999

1955-12-01

Wicked as They Come
Wicked as They Come

1956-05-22

633 Squadron
633 Squadron

1964-04-06

In Sickness and in Health
In Sickness and in Health

1975-05-21

The Connoisseur
The Connoisseur

1966-05-24

The Small Back Room
The Small Back Room

1949-02-21

The One That Got Away
The One That Got Away

1957-11-22

The Battle of the River Plate
The Battle of the River Plate

1956-10-30

Three Crooked Men
Three Crooked Men

1958-10-01

Sink the Bismarck!
Sink the Bismarck!

1960-02-11

The 5th Day of Peace
The 5th Day of Peace

1970-04-17

Jigsaw
Jigsaw

1962-08-21

Quentin Durward
Quentin Durward

1955-09-09

The 7th Dawn
The 7th Dawn

1964-09-02

The End of the Affair
The End of the Affair

1955-02-24

The Fixer
The Fixer

1968-12-08

The Jokers
The Jokers

1967-05-15

The Camp on Blood Island
The Camp on Blood Island

1958-04-15

Up the Creek
Up the Creek

1958-05-13

Sea Devils
Sea Devils

1953-04-12

Fortune Is a Woman
Fortune Is a Woman

1957-03-13

Troubled Waters
Troubled Waters

1964-12-01

Rob Roy, The Highland Rogue
Rob Roy, The Highland Rogue

1953-10-26

Stop Press Girl
Stop Press Girl

1949-06-02

Conspiracy of Hearts
Conspiracy of Hearts

1960-04-07

80,000 Suspects
80,000 Suspects

1963-08-15

The Wooden Horse
The Wooden Horse

1950-10-16

The Hour of 13
The Hour of 13

1952-11-21

Family Portrait
Family Portrait

1950-12-01

The White Trap
The White Trap

1959-08-01

Don't Be Like Brenda
Don't Be Like Brenda

1973-05-27

Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N.
Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N.

1951-04-10

Woman of Straw
Woman of Straw

1964-04-28

Number Six
Number Six

1962-04-01

The £20,000 Kiss
The £20,000 Kiss

1962-12-31

Macbeth
Macbeth

1970-09-20

The Trials of Oscar Wilde
The Trials of Oscar Wilde

1960-05-28

Plan for Coal
Plan for Coal

1952-01-02

The Company Man
The Company Man

1970-11-06

Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory

1971-06-29

Chaucer's England
Chaucer's England

1958-01-01

Henry VIII and His Six Wives
Henry VIII and His Six Wives

1972-07-13

Further Up the Creek
Further Up the Creek

1958-10-28

Cry, the Beloved Country
Cry, the Beloved Country

1951-11-16

Front Page Story
Front Page Story

1954-03-15

No Love for Johnnie
No Love for Johnnie

1961-02-14

Still Life
Still Life

1970-11-17

Man in the Middle
Man in the Middle

1964-01-27

Ocean Terminal
Ocean Terminal

1952-01-02

Link Span
Link Span

1956-01-02

Carve Her Name with Pride
Carve Her Name with Pride

1958-02-18

The 39 Steps
The 39 Steps

1959-03-13