Michael Goodliffe

Personal Info

Birthday

October 1, 1914

Day of Death

1976-03-20

(61 years old)

Place of Birth

Bebington, Cheshire, England

Also Known As

Lawrence Michael Andrew 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.

Known For

The Saint

BBC Play of the Month

The Wednesday Play

Thirty-Minute Theatre

The Protectors

Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory

Interpol Calling

Sunday Night Theatre

Filmography

1993
The Making of 'A Night to Remember'
as Self (archive footage)
1983
James Bond: The First 21 Years
as Bill Tanner (archive footage)
1976
To the Devil a Daughter
as George de Grass
1975
In Sickness and in Health
as Dr David Muray
1973
Don't Be Like Brenda
as Narrator (uncredited)
Hitler: The Last Ten Days
as General Weidling
1972
Henry VIII and His Six Wives
as Thomas More
1971
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
as Mr. Teevee (uncredited)
1970
Still Life
as David
The Company Man
as Mr. Lansing
Macbeth
as Duncan
Cromwell
as Solicitor General
The 5th Day of Peace
as Snow
1968
The Fixer
as Ostrovsky
1967
The Jokers
as Lt. Col. Paling
The Night of the Generals
as Hauser
1966
The Connoisseur
as Rev. Adrian Tenterden
1965
Von Ryan's Express
as Captain Stein
1964
The Man with Two Faces
as Jeff Driscoll
The Gorgon
as Professor Jules Heitz
The 7th Dawn
as Trumphey
Woman of Straw
as Solicitor
633 Squadron
as Squadron Leader Frank Adams
Man in the Middle
as Colonel Shaw
1963
80,000 Suspects
as Clifford Preston
1962
The £20,000 Kiss
as Sir Harold Trevitt
Jigsaw
as Clyde Burchard
1961
The Day the Earth Caught Fire
as Jacko Jackson the Night Editor
No Love for Johnnie
as Dr. West
1960
The Trials of Oscar Wilde
as Charles Gill
Peeping Tom
as Don Jarvis
Conspiracy of Hearts
as Father Desmaines
The Battle of the Sexes
as Detective
Testament of Orpheus
as English Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Sink the Bismarck!
as Captain Banister
1959
The White Trap
as Inspector Walters
The 39 Steps
as Brown
1958
Further Up the Creek
as Lt. Commander Blakeney
Three Crooked Men
as Shop Customer
A Night to Remember
as Thomas Andrews
Up the Creek
as Nelson
The Camp on Blood Island
as Father Paul Anjou
Carve Her Name with Pride
as Coding Expert
Chaucer's England
as The Theif
1957
The One That Got Away
as R.A.F. Interrogator
The End Begins
as Col. Ridgewell
Fortune Is a Woman
as Detective Insp. Barnes
1956
The Battle of the River Plate
as Captain McCall, R.N., British Naval Attache, Buenos Aires
Wicked as They Come
as Larry Buckham
Link Span
as Narrator (voice)
1955
Dial 999
as John Moffat
Quentin Durward
as Count De Dunois
The End of the Affair
as Smythe
1954
Front Page Story
as Kennedy
1953
Rob Roy, The Highland Rogue
as Robert Walpole
Sea Devils
as Ragan
1952
The Hour of 13
as Anderson
Ocean Terminal
as Narrator (voice)
1951
Cry, the Beloved Country
as Martens
Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N.
as Col. Caillard - POW Escort
1950
Family Portrait
as Narrator (voice)
The Wooden Horse
as Robbie
1949
Stop Press Girl
as McPherson
The Small Back Room
as Till