Michael Goodliffe

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 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.
    Known for
    Acting
    Place of birth
    Bebington, Cheshire, England
    Birthday
    10/1/1914
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Hitler: The Last Ten Days
6.1
A Night to Remember
A Night to Remember
7.6
Peeping Tom
Peeping Tom
7.4
Von Ryan's Express
Von Ryan's Express
7.1
Cromwell
Cromwell
6.6
To the Devil a Daughter
To the Devil a Daughter
5.5
The Gorgon
The Gorgon
6.3
The Day the Earth Caught Fire
The Day the Earth Caught Fire
6.8
The Night of the Generals
The Night of the Generals
6.8
Testament of Orpheus
Testament of Orpheus
7.7
The Battle of the Sexes
The Battle of the Sexes
6.8
Dial 999
Dial 999
4.6
Wicked as They Come
Wicked as They Come
5.5
633 Squadron
633 Squadron
6.1
In Sickness and in Health
In Sickness and in Health
0
The Connoisseur
The Connoisseur
0
The Small Back Room
The Small Back Room
6.6
The One That Got Away
The One That Got Away
7
The Battle of the River Plate
The Battle of the River Plate
6.2
Three Crooked Men
5
Sink the Bismarck!
Sink the Bismarck!
6.8
The 5th Day of Peace
The 5th Day of Peace
5.4
Jigsaw
Jigsaw
7.2
Quentin Durward
Quentin Durward
6
The 7th Dawn
The 7th Dawn
6.4
The End of the Affair
The End of the Affair
5.7
The Fixer
The Fixer
5.8
The Jokers
The Jokers
6
The Camp on Blood Island
The Camp on Blood Island
6.6
Up the Creek
Up the Creek
5.8
Sea Devils
Sea Devils
5.8
Fortune Is a Woman
Fortune Is a Woman
6.7
Troubled Waters
0
Rob Roy, The Highland Rogue
Rob Roy, The Highland Rogue
5.1
Stop Press Girl
Stop Press Girl
5.7
Conspiracy of Hearts
Conspiracy of Hearts
6.9
80,000 Suspects
80,000 Suspects
6.5
The Wooden Horse
The Wooden Horse
6.7
The Hour of 13
The Hour of 13
5.7
Family Portrait
Family Portrait
5.8
The White Trap
The White Trap
5.8
Don't Be Like Brenda
Don't Be Like Brenda
3.2
Captain Horatio Hornblower
Captain Horatio Hornblower
6.8
Woman of Straw
Woman of Straw
6.1
Number Six
Number Six
0
The £20,000 Kiss
The £20,000 Kiss
0
Macbeth
0
The Trials of Oscar Wilde
The Trials of Oscar Wilde
6.4
Plan for Coal
Plan for Coal
0
The Company Man
0
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
7.5
Chaucer's England
0
Henry VIII and His Six Wives
Henry VIII and His Six Wives
5.8
Further Up the Creek
Further Up the Creek
6
Cry, the Beloved Country
Cry, the Beloved Country
5.9
Front Page Story
0
No Love for Johnnie
No Love for Johnnie
5.5
Still Life
0
Man in the Middle
Man in the Middle
6.4
Ocean Terminal
Ocean Terminal
6
Link Span
Link Span
8.5
Carve Her Name with Pride
Carve Her Name with Pride
5.7
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