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