Michael Goodliffe
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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 th
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.
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Born
Oct 01, 1914
Bebington, Cheshire, England
Died
Mar 20, 1976
Known For
Acting
Movies
72 acting
0 crew
Popularity
0.7
Known For
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
1971
as Mr. Teevee (uncredited)
The Man with the Golden Gun
1974
as Chief of Staff Bill Tanner (uncredited)
A Night to Remember
1958
as Thomas Andrews
Von Ryan's Express
1965
as Capt. Stein
The Night of the Generals
1967
as Hauser
Peeping Tom
1960
as Don Jarvis
Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N.
1951
as Col. Caillard - POW Escort
To the Devil a Daughter
1976
as George de Grass
The Day the Earth Caught Fire
1961
as Jacko Jackson the Night Editor
Sink the Bismarck!
1960
as Captain Banister
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