Roger Livesey

Personal Info

Birthday

June 25, 1906

Day of Death

1976-02-04

(69 years old)

Place of Birth

Barry, Wales, UK

Roger Livesey

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Roger Livesey (25 June 1906 – 4 February 1976) was a British stage and film actor. He is most often remembered for the three Powell & Pressburger films in which he starred: The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp, I Know Where I'm Going! and A Matter of Life and Death. Tall and broad with a mop of chestnut hair, Livesey used his highly distinctive husky voice, gentle manner and athletic physique to create many notable roles in his theatre and film work. Description above from the Wikipedia article Roger Livesey, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Justice

The Human Jungle

A Matter of Life and Death

Oedipus the King

The League of Gentlemen

The Man in the Iron Mask

Rembrandt

The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp

Filmography

2024
Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger
as (archive footage)
1970
Futtocks End
as The Artist
1969
Hamlet
as First Player / Gravedigger
1968
Oedipus the King
as Shepherd
1964
Of Human Bondage
as Thorpe Athelny
1961
No, My Darling Daughter
as General Henry Barclay
1960
The Entertainer
as Billy Rice
Toff and Fingers
as Toff Mulligan Hayes
The League of Gentlemen
as Mycroft
1958
The Stowaway
as Major Owens
1956
The Intimate Stranger
as Ben Case
1955
Quay South
as Captain Daniel Thwaite
1953
The Master of Ballantrae
as Col. Francis Burke
1951
Green Grow the Rushes
as Capt. Cedric Biddle
1949
That Dangerous Age
as Sir Brian Brooke
1948
Vice Versa
as Paul Bultitude
1946
A Matter of Life and Death
as Doctor Reeves
1945
I Know Where I'm Going!
as Torquil MacNeil
1943
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
as Major General Clive Wynne-Candy
1940
Girl in the News
as Bill Maher
1939
Spies of the Air
as Charles Houghton
1938
The Drum
as Capt. Carruthers
The Rebel Son
as Peter Bulba
Keep Smiling
as Bert Wattle
1936
Rembrandt
as Beggar Saul
1935
Midshipman Easy
as Captain Wilson
The Price of Wisdom
as Peter North
Blind Justice
as Gilbert Jackson
1934
Lorna Doone
as Tom Faggus
1933
A Cuckoo in the Nest
as Alfred
The Veteran of Waterloo
as Sergeant MacDonald
1931
East Lynne on the Western Front
as Sandy
1923
Married Love
as Henry
1921
The Four Feathers
as Harry as a child