Acting
Michael Goodliffe
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
The Making of 'A Night to Remember'
Film · 1993
James Bond: The First 21 Years
Film · 1983
To the Devil a Daughter
Film · 1976
In Sickness and in Health
Film · 1975
The Man with the Golden Gun
Film · 1974
Armchair Cinema
Series · 1974
Hitler: The Last Ten Days
Film · 1973
Don't Be Like Brenda
Film · 1973
Sam
Series · 1973
Henry VIII and His Six Wives
Film · 1972
The Protectors
Series · 1972
Late Night Theatre
Series · 1972
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
Film · 1971
Hine
Series · 1971
Pere Goriot
Series · 1971
Cromwell
Film · 1970
The Fifth Day of Peace
Film · 1970
Macbeth
Film · 1970
The Company Man
Film · 1970
Still Life
Film · 1970
Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)
Series · 1969
W. Somerset Maugham
Series · 1969
Judge Dee
Series · 1969
The Fixer
Film · 1968
Cities At War
Series · 1968
The Night of the Generals
Film · 1967
The Jokers
Film · 1967
Callan
Series · 1967
Man in a Suitcase
Series · 1967
Inheritance
Series · 1967
The Connoisseur
Film · 1966
The Idiot
Series · 1966
Von Ryan's Express
Film · 1965
Thirty-Minute Theatre
Series · 1965
BBC Play of the Month
Series · 1965
The Power Game
Series · 1965
Thirty-Minute Theatre
Series · 1965
Knock on Any Door
Series · 1965
The Gorgon
Film · 1964
633 Squadron
Film · 1964
The 7th Dawn
Film · 1964
The Man with Two Faces
Film · 1964
Woman of Straw
Film · 1964
Man in the Middle
Film · 1964
The Wednesday Play
Series · 1964
Theatre 625
Series · 1964
Theatre 625
Series · 1964
Theatre 625
Series · 1964
The Wednesday Play
Series · 1964
80,000 Suspects
Film · 1963
A Stitch in Time
Film · 1963
Jigsaw
Film · 1962
Number Six
Film · 1962
The £20,000 Kiss
Film · 1962
The Saint
Series · 1962
Zero One
Series · 1962
Man of the World
Series · 1962
The Day the Earth Caught Fire
Film · 1961
No Love for Johnnie
Film · 1961
The Avengers
Series · 1961
Peeping Tom
Film · 1960
Testament of Orpheus
Film · 1960
The Battle of the Sexes
Film · 1960
Sink the Bismarck!
Film · 1960
Conspiracy of Hearts
Film · 1960
The Trials of Oscar Wilde
Film · 1960
Maigret
Series · 1960
Somerset Maugham Hour
Series · 1960
The White Trap
Film · 1959
The 39 Steps
Film · 1959
Ticket to Happiness
Film · 1959
Interpol Calling
Series · 1959
Edgar Wallace Mysteries
Series · 1959
Edgar Wallace Mysteries
Series · 1959
A Night to Remember
Film · 1958
Three Crooked Men
Film · 1958
The Camp on Blood Island
Film · 1958
Up the Creek
Film · 1958
Chaucer's England
Film · 1958
Further Up the Creek
Film · 1958
Carve Her Name with Pride
Film · 1958
Steel Town
Film · 1958
The One That Got Away
Film · 1957
Fortune Is a Woman
Film · 1957
The End Begins
Film · 1957
Wicked as They Come
Film · 1956
The Battle of the River Plate
Film · 1956
Link Span
Film · 1956
Armchair Theatre
Series · 1956
Armchair Theatre
Series · 1956
Armchair Theatre
Series · 1956
Armchair Theatre
Series · 1956
Dial 999
Film · 1955
Quentin Durward
Film · 1955
The End of the Affair
Film · 1955
Dixon of Dock Green
Series · 1955
Front Page Story
Film · 1954
The Crowded Day
Film · 1954
Sea Devils
Film · 1953
Rob Roy, The Highland Rogue
Film · 1953
The Hour of 13
Film · 1952
Plan for Coal
Film · 1952
Ocean Terminal
Film · 1952
Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N.
Film · 1951
Cry, the Beloved Country
Film · 1951
The Wooden Horse
Film · 1950
Family Portrait
Film · 1950
Sunday Night Theatre
Series · 1950
The Small Back Room
Film · 1949
Stop Press Girl
Film · 1949