Acting · Bebington, Cheshire, England · Born October 1, 1914
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.
MovieThe Making of 'A Night to Remember'
1993
as Self (archive footage)
MovieJames Bond: The First 21 Years
1983
as Bill Tanner (archive footage)
MovieTo the Devil a Daughter
1976
as George de Grass
MovieIn Sickness and in Health
1975
as Dr David Muray
MovieThe Man with the Golden Gun
1974
as Chief of Staff Bill Tanner (uncredited)
TVArmchair Cinema
1974
as Dr. David Murray
TVSam
1973
as Jack Barraclough
MovieDon't Be Like Brenda
1973
as Narrator (uncredited)
MovieHitler: The Last Ten Days
1973
as General Weidling
TVThe Protectors
1972
as De Santos
MovieHenry VIII and His Six Wives
1972
as Thomas More
Late Night Theatre
1972
as Maxwell
MovieWilly Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
1971
as Mr. Teevee (uncredited)
Pere Goriot
1971
as Pere Goriot
TVHine
1971
Still Life
1970
as David
The Company Man
1970
as Mr. Lansing
Macbeth
1970
as Duncan
MovieCromwell
1970
as Solicitor General
MovieThe Fifth Day of Peace
1970
as Snow
TVRandall and Hopkirk (Deceased)
1969
as Arthur de Crecy
W. Somerset Maugham
1969
as Lord Mountdrago
MovieThe Fixer
1968
as Ostrovsky
TVCities At War
1968
as Self - Narrator
Inheritance
1967
as Mr. Oldroyd
TVMan in a Suitcase
1967
MovieThe Jokers
1967
as Lt. Col. Paling
TVCallan
1967
MovieThe Night of the Generals
1967
as Hauser
MovieThe Connoisseur
1966
as Rev. Adrian Tenterden
The Idiot
1966
as General Epanchin
TVThe Power Game
1965
as Geoffrey Packard
TVBBC Play of the Month
1965
as Duncan
TVThirty-Minute Theatre
1965
as The Minister
MovieVon Ryan's Express
1965
as Captain Stein
MovieThe Man with Two Faces
1964
as Jeff Driscoll
MovieThe Gorgon
1964
as Professor Jules Heitz
TVThe Wednesday Play
1964
as Mr. Douglas
MovieThe 7th Dawn
1964
as Trumphey
TVTheatre 625
1964
as Dr Bergman
MovieWoman of Straw
1964
as Solicitor
Movie633 Squadron
1964
as Squadron Leader Frank Adams
MovieMan in the Middle
1964
as Colonel Shaw
MovieA Stitch in Time
1963
as Doctor on Children's Ward (uncredited)
Movie80,000 Suspects
1963
as Clifford Preston
MovieThe £20,000 Kiss
1962
as Sir Harold Trevitt
TVThe Saint
1962
as Dr. Quintus
TVZero One
1962
TVMan of the World
1962
as Galworth
MovieJigsaw
1962
as Clyde Burchard
MovieNumber Six
1962
as Det. Supt. Hallett
MovieThe Day the Earth Caught Fire
1961
as Jacko Jackson the Night Editor
MovieNo Love for Johnnie
1961
as Dr. West
TVThe Avengers
1961
TVMaigret
1960
MovieThe Trials of Oscar Wilde
1960
as Charles Gill
MoviePeeping Tom
1960
as Don Jarvis
MovieConspiracy of Hearts
1960
as Father Desmaines
MovieThe Battle of the Sexes
1960
as Detective
MovieTestament of Orpheus
1960
as Narrateur anglais (voix) (non crédité)
MovieSink the Bismarck!
1960
as Captain Banister
Somerset Maugham Hour
1960
as Lansbury
Ticket to Happiness
1959
TVInterpol Calling
1959
as Wolf Barstrom
MovieThe White Trap
1959
as Inspector Walters
MovieThe 39 Steps
1959
as Brown
TVEdgar Wallace Mysteries
1959
as Sir Harold Trevitt
MovieFurther Up the Creek
1958
as Lt. Commander Blakeney
MovieThree Crooked Men
1958
as Shop Customer
MovieA Night to Remember
1958
as Thomas Andrews
MovieUp the Creek
1958
as Nelson
MovieThe Camp on Blood Island
1958
as Father Paul Anjou
MovieCarve Her Name with Pride
1958
as Coding Expert
MovieSteel Town
1958
as Self - Commentator
Chaucer's England
1958
as The Theif
MovieThe One That Got Away
1957
as R.A.F. Interrogator
The End Begins
1957
as Col. Ridgewell
MovieFortune Is a Woman
1957
as Detective Insp. Barnes
MovieThe Battle of the River Plate
1956
as Captain McCall, R.N., British Naval Attache, Buenos Aires
TVArmchair Theatre
1956
MovieWicked as They Come
1956
as Larry Buckham
MovieLink Span
1956
as Narrator (voice)
MovieDial 999
1955
as John Moffat
MovieQuentin Durward
1955
as Count De Dunois
TVDixon of Dock Green
1955
as Garfield Fenton
MovieThe End of the Affair
1955
as Smythe
MovieThe Crowded Day
1954
as Eve's Husband
MovieFront Page Story
1954
as Kennedy
MovieRob Roy, The Highland Rogue
1953
as Robert Walpole
MovieSea Devils
1953
as Ragan
MovieThe Hour of 13
1952
as Anderson
MoviePlan for Coal
1952
MovieOcean Terminal
1952
as Narrator (voice)
MovieCry, the Beloved Country
1951
as Martens
MovieCaptain Horatio Hornblower R.N.
1951
as Col. Caillard - POW Escort
MovieFamily Portrait
1950
as Narrator (voice)
MovieThe Wooden Horse
1950
as Robbie
TVSunday Night Theatre
1950
as Udolphus McCluskey
MovieStop Press Girl
1949
as McPherson
MovieThe Small Back Room
1949
as Till
