Michael Goodliffe
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- October 1, 1914
- Died
- March 20, 1976 (aged 61)
- Birthplace
- Bebington, Cheshire, England
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.
Known For
Photos
Filmography
The Making of 'A Night to Remember'
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
James Bond: The First 21 Years
Movie · as Bill Tanner (archive footage)
To the Devil a Daughter
Movie · as George de Grass
The Madness: Scenes from the Spanish Civil War
Movie · as General Queipo de Llano
In Sickness and in Health
Movie · as Dr David Muray
The Man with the Golden Gun
Movie · as Chief of Staff Bill Tanner (uncredited)
Armchair Cinema
TV · as Dr. David Murray · 1 ep
Hitler: The Last Ten Days
Movie · as General Weidling
Don't Be Like Brenda
Movie · as Narrator (uncredited)
Sam
TV · as Jack Barraclough · 39 eps
Henry VIII and His Six Wives
Movie · as Thomas More
The Protectors
TV · as De Santos · 1 ep
Late Night Theatre
TV · as Maxwell · 1 ep
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
Movie · as Mr. Teevee (uncredited)
Hine
TV · 13 eps
Pere Goriot
TV · as Pere Goriot · 4 eps
Cromwell
Movie · as Solicitor General
The Fifth Day of Peace
Movie · as Snow
Macbeth
Movie · as Duncan
The Company Man
Movie · as Mr. Lansing
Still Life
Movie · as David
The Woodlanders
TV · as George Melbury · 4 eps
Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)
TV · as Arthur de Crecy · 1 ep
W. Somerset Maugham
TV · as Lord Mountdrago · 1 ep
Judge Dee
TV · as Judge Dee · 6 eps
The Fixer
Movie · as Ostrovsky
Cities At War
TV · as Self - Narrator · 4 eps
The Night of the Generals
Movie · as Hauser
The Jokers
Movie · as Lt. Col. Paling
Callan
TV · 5 eps
Man in a Suitcase
TV · 1 ep
Inheritance
TV · as Mr. Oldroyd · 10 eps
The Connoisseur
Movie · as Rev. Adrian Tenterden
The Idiot
TV · as General Epanchin · 1 ep
Von Ryan's Express
Movie · as Capt. Stein
Thirty-Minute Theatre
TV · as The Minister, Sir Michael Decuman · 1 ep
BBC Play of the Month
TV · as Duncan · 1 ep
The Power Game
TV · as Geoffrey Packard · 1 ep
Knock on Any Door
TV · as Husband · 1 ep
The Troubleshooters
TV · as Ivor Brangwyn · 1 ep
The Gorgon
Movie · as Professor Jules Heitz
633 Squadron
Movie · as Squadron Leader Frank Adams
The 7th Dawn
Movie · as Trumphey
The Man with Two Faces
Movie · as Jeff Driscoll
Woman of Straw
Movie · as Solicitor
Man in the Middle
Movie · as Colonel Shaw
The Wednesday Play
TV · as Mr. Douglas, Rev. Adrian Tenterden · 1 ep
Theatre 625
TV · as Dr Bergman, Götz von Berlichingen, Petrovykh · 1 ep
80,000 Suspects
Movie · as Clifford Preston
A Stitch in Time
Movie · as Doctor on Children's Ward (uncredited)
Jigsaw
Movie · as Clyde Burchard
Number Six
Movie · as Det. Supt. Hallett
The £20,000 Kiss
Movie · as Sir Harold Trevitt
The Saint
TV · as Dr. Quintus · 1 ep
Zero One
TV · 1 ep
Man of the World
TV · as Galworth · 1 ep
The Day the Earth Caught Fire
Movie · as Jacko Jackson the Night Editor
No Love for Johnnie
Movie · as Dr. West
The Avengers
TV · 1 ep
Peeping Tom
Movie · as Don Jarvis
Testament of Orpheus
Movie · as Narrateur anglais (voix) (non crédité)
The Battle of the Sexes
Movie · as Detective
Sink the Bismarck!
Movie · as Captain Banister
Conspiracy of Hearts
Movie · as Father Desmaines
The Trials of Oscar Wilde
Movie · as Charles Gill
Maigret
TV · 1 ep
Somerset Maugham Hour
TV · as Lansbury · 1 ep
The White Trap
Movie · as Inspector Walters
The 39 Steps
Movie · as Brown
Ticket to Happiness
Movie
Interpol Calling
TV · as Wolf Barstrom · 1 ep
Edgar Wallace Mysteries
TV · as Sir Harold Trevitt, Det. Supt. Hallett · 1 ep
A Night to Remember
Movie · as Thomas Andrews
Three Crooked Men
Movie · as Shop Customer
The Camp on Blood Island
Movie · as Father Paul Anjou
Up the Creek
Movie · as Nelson
Chaucer's England
Movie · as The Theif
Further Up the Creek
Movie · as Lt. Commander Blakeney
Carve Her Name with Pride
Movie · as Coding Expert
Steel Town
Movie · as Self - Commentator
The One That Got Away
Movie · as R.A.F. Interrogator
Fortune Is a Woman
Movie · as Detective Insp. Barnes
The End Begins
Movie · as Col. Ridgewell
Wicked as They Come
Movie · as Larry Buckham
The Battle of the River Plate
Movie · as Captain McCall, R.N., British Naval Attache, Buenos Aires
Link Span
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Armchair Theatre
TV · as Flemming, Mr Lansing, David · 1 ep
Dial 999
Movie · as John Moffat
Quentin Durward
Movie · as Count De Dunois
The End of the Affair
Movie · as Smythe
Dixon of Dock Green
TV · as Garfield Fenton · 1 ep
Front Page Story
Movie · as Kennedy
The Crowded Day
Movie · as Eve's Husband
Sea Devils
Movie · as Ragan
Rob Roy, The Highland Rogue
Movie · as Robert Walpole
The Hour of 13
Movie · as Anderson
Plan for Coal
Movie
Ocean Terminal
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N.
Movie · as Col. Caillard - POW Escort
Cry, the Beloved Country
Movie · as Martens
The Wooden Horse
Movie · as Robbie
Family Portrait
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Sunday Night Theatre
TV · as Udolphus McCluskey · 1 ep
The Small Back Room
Movie · as Till
Stop Press Girl
Movie · as McPherson