Michael Goodliffe
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Oct 1, 1914
- Died
- Mar 20, 1976 (aged 61)
- Place of birth
- Bebington, Cheshire, England
- Credits
- 102
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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 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.
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Known for
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
1971Movie
Mr. Teevee (uncredited)
The Man with the Golden Gun
1974Movie
Chief of Staff Bill Tanner (uncredited)
Peeping Tom
1960Movie
Don Jarvis
A Night to Remember
1958Movie
Thomas Andrews
Von Ryan's Express
1965Movie
Capt. Stein
The Night of the Generals
1967Movie
Hauser
Filmography
The Making of 'A Night to Remember'
1993Movie
Self (archive footage)
James Bond: The First 21 Years
1983Movie
Bill Tanner (archive footage)
To the Devil a Daughter
1976Movie
George de Grass
In Sickness and in Health
1975Movie
Dr David Muray
The Man with the Golden Gun
1974Movie
Chief of Staff Bill Tanner (uncredited)
Armchair Cinema
1974TV
Dr. David Murray
Sam
1973TV
Jack Barraclough
Don't Be Like Brenda
1973Movie
Narrator (uncredited)
Hitler: The Last Ten Days
1973Movie
General Weidling
The Protectors
1972TV
De Santos
Henry VIII and His Six Wives
1972Movie
Thomas More
Late Night Theatre
1972TV
Maxwell
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
1971Movie
Mr. Teevee (uncredited)
Pere Goriot
1971TV
Pere Goriot
Hine
1971TV
Still Life
1970Movie
David
The Company Man
1970Movie
Mr. Lansing
Macbeth
1970Movie
Duncan
Cromwell
1970Movie
Solicitor General
The Fifth Day of Peace
1970Movie
Snow
Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)
1969TV
Arthur de Crecy
W. Somerset Maugham
1969TV
Lord Mountdrago
Judge Dee
1969TV
Judge Dee
The Fixer
1968Movie
Ostrovsky
Cities At War
1968TV
Self - Narrator
Inheritance
1967TV
Mr. Oldroyd
Man in a Suitcase
1967TV
The Jokers
1967Movie
Lt. Col. Paling
Callan
1967TV
The Night of the Generals
1967Movie
Hauser
The Connoisseur
1966Movie
Rev. Adrian Tenterden
The Idiot
1966TV
General Epanchin
The Power Game
1965TV
Geoffrey Packard
BBC Play of the Month
1965TV
Duncan
Thirty-Minute Theatre
1965TV
The Minister, Sir Michael Decuman
Knock on Any Door
1965TV
Husband
Von Ryan's Express
1965Movie
Capt. Stein
The Man with Two Faces
1964Movie
Jeff Driscoll
The Gorgon
1964Movie
Professor Jules Heitz
The Wednesday Play
1964TV
Mr. Douglas, Rev. Adrian Tenterden
The 7th Dawn
1964Movie
Trumphey
Theatre 625
1964TV
Dr Bergman, Götz von Berlichingen, Petrovykh
Woman of Straw
1964Movie
Solicitor
633 Squadron
1964Movie
Squadron Leader Frank Adams
Man in the Middle
1964Movie
Colonel Shaw
A Stitch in Time
1963Movie
Doctor on Children's Ward (uncredited)
80,000 Suspects
1963Movie
Clifford Preston
The £20,000 Kiss
1962Movie
Sir Harold Trevitt
The Saint
1962TV
Dr. Quintus
Zero One
1962TV
Man of the World
1962TV
Galworth
Jigsaw
1962Movie
Clyde Burchard
Number Six
1962Movie
Det. Supt. Hallett
The Day the Earth Caught Fire
1961Movie
Jacko Jackson the Night Editor
No Love for Johnnie
1961Movie
Dr. West
The Avengers
1961TV
Maigret
1960TV
The Trials of Oscar Wilde
1960Movie
Charles Gill
Peeping Tom
1960Movie
Don Jarvis
Conspiracy of Hearts
1960Movie
Father Desmaines
The Battle of the Sexes
1960Movie
Detective
Testament of Orpheus
1960Movie
Narrateur anglais (voix) (non crédité)
Sink the Bismarck!
1960Movie
Captain Banister
Somerset Maugham Hour
1960TV
Lansbury
Ticket to Happiness
1959Movie
Interpol Calling
1959TV
Wolf Barstrom
The White Trap
1959Movie
Inspector Walters
The 39 Steps
1959Movie
Brown
Edgar Wallace Mysteries
1959TV
Sir Harold Trevitt, Det. Supt. Hallett
Further Up the Creek
1958Movie
Lt. Commander Blakeney
Three Crooked Men
1958Movie
Shop Customer
A Night to Remember
1958Movie
Thomas Andrews
Up the Creek
1958Movie
Nelson
The Camp on Blood Island
1958Movie
Father Paul Anjou
Carve Her Name with Pride
1958Movie
Coding Expert
Steel Town
1958Movie
Self - Commentator
Chaucer's England
1958Movie
The Theif
The One That Got Away
1957Movie
R.A.F. Interrogator
The End Begins
1957Movie
Col. Ridgewell
Fortune Is a Woman
1957Movie
Detective Insp. Barnes
The Battle of the River Plate
1956Movie
Captain McCall, R.N., British Naval Attache, Buenos Aires
Armchair Theatre
1956TV
Flemming, Mr Lansing, David
Wicked as They Come
1956Movie
Larry Buckham
Link Span
1956Movie
Narrator (voice)
Dial 999
1955Movie
John Moffat
Quentin Durward
1955Movie
Count De Dunois
Dixon of Dock Green
1955TV
Garfield Fenton
The End of the Affair
1955Movie
Smythe
The Crowded Day
1954Movie
Eve's Husband
Front Page Story
1954Movie
Kennedy
Rob Roy, The Highland Rogue
1953Movie
Robert Walpole
Sea Devils
1953Movie
Ragan
The Hour of 13
1952Movie
Anderson
Plan for Coal
1952Movie
Ocean Terminal
1952Movie
Narrator (voice)
Cry, the Beloved Country
1951Movie
Martens
Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N.
1951Movie
Col. Caillard - POW Escort
Family Portrait
1950Movie
Narrator (voice)
The Wooden Horse
1950Movie
Robbie
Sunday Night Theatre
1950TV
Udolphus McCluskey
Stop Press Girl
1949Movie
McPherson
The Small Back Room
1949Movie
Till