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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.
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Filmography (Movies)
The Making of 'A Night to Remember'
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:06/08/1993
James Bond: The First 21 Years
Character:Bill Tanner (archive footage)
Release Date:27/05/1983
To the Devil a Daughter
Character:George de Grass
Release Date:04/03/1976
In Sickness and in Health
Character:Dr David Muray
Release Date:21/05/1975
The Man with the Golden Gun
Character:Bill Tanner
Release Date:04/12/1974
Don't Be Like Brenda
Character:Narrator (uncredited)
Release Date:27/05/1973
Hitler: The Last Ten Days
Character:General Weidling
Release Date:19/04/1973
Henry VIII and His Six Wives
Character:Thomas More
Release Date:13/07/1972
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
Character:Mr. Teevee (uncredited)
Release Date:29/06/1971
Still Life
Character:David
Release Date:17/11/1970
The Company Man
Character:Mr. Lansing
Release Date:06/11/1970
Macbeth
Character:Duncan
Release Date:20/09/1970
Cromwell
Character:Solicitor General
Release Date:16/07/1970
The Fifth Day of Peace
Character:Snow
Release Date:17/04/1970
The Fixer
Character:Ostrovsky
Release Date:08/12/1968
The Jokers
Character:Lt. Col. Paling
Release Date:15/05/1967
The Night of the Generals
Character:Hauser
Release Date:29/01/1967
The Connoisseur
Character:Rev. Adrian Tenterden
Release Date:24/05/1966
Von Ryan's Express
Character:Captain Stein
Release Date:23/06/1965
The Man with Two Faces
Character:Jeff Driscoll
Release Date:01/12/1964
The Gorgon
Character:Professor Jules Heitz
Release Date:18/10/1964
The 7th Dawn
Character:Trumphey
Release Date:02/09/1964
Woman of Straw
Character:Solicitor
Release Date:28/04/1964
633 Squadron
Character:Squadron Leader Frank Adams
Release Date:06/04/1964
Man in the Middle
Character:Colonel Shaw
Release Date:27/01/1964
A Stitch in Time
Character:Doctor on Children's Ward (uncredited)
Release Date:01/12/1963
80,000 Suspects
Character:Clifford Preston
Release Date:15/08/1963
The £20,000 Kiss
Character:Sir Harold Trevitt
Release Date:31/12/1962
Jigsaw
Character:Clyde Burchard
Release Date:21/08/1962
Number Six
Character:Det. Supt. Hallett
Release Date:01/04/1962
The Day the Earth Caught Fire
Character:Jacko Jackson the Night Editor
Release Date:01/11/1961
No Love for Johnnie
Character:Dr. West
Release Date:14/02/1961
The Trials of Oscar Wilde
Character:Charles Gill
Release Date:28/05/1960
Peeping Tom
Character:Don Jarvis
Release Date:07/04/1960
Conspiracy of Hearts
Character:Father Desmaines
Release Date:07/04/1960
The Battle of the Sexes
Character:Detective
Release Date:25/02/1960
Testament of Orpheus
Character:English Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Release Date:18/02/1960
Sink the Bismarck!
Character:Captain Banister
Release Date:11/02/1960
The White Trap
Character:Inspector Walters
Release Date:01/08/1959
The 39 Steps
Character:Brown
Release Date:13/03/1959
Further Up the Creek
Character:Lt. Commander Blakeney
Release Date:28/10/1958
Three Crooked Men
Character:Shop Customer
Release Date:01/10/1958
A Night to Remember
Character:Thomas Andrews
Release Date:03/07/1958
Up the Creek
Character:Nelson
Release Date:13/05/1958
The Camp on Blood Island
Character:Father Paul Anjou
Release Date:15/04/1958
Carve Her Name with Pride
Character:Coding Expert
Release Date:18/02/1958
Chaucer's England
Character:The Theif
Release Date:01/01/1958
The One That Got Away
Character:R.A.F. Interrogator
Release Date:22/11/1957
The End Begins
Character:Col. Ridgewell
Release Date:17/05/1957
Fortune Is a Woman
Character:Detective Insp. Barnes
Release Date:13/03/1957
The Battle of the River Plate
Character:Captain McCall, R.N., British Naval Attache, Buenos Aires
Release Date:30/10/1956
Wicked as They Come
Character:Larry Buckham
Release Date:22/05/1956
Link Span
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:02/01/1956
Dial 999
Character:John Moffat
Release Date:01/12/1955
Quentin Durward
Character:Count De Dunois
Release Date:09/09/1955
The End of the Affair
Character:Smythe
Release Date:24/02/1955
The Crowded Day
Character:Eve's Husband
Release Date:01/10/1954
Front Page Story
Character:Kennedy
Release Date:15/03/1954
Rob Roy, The Highland Rogue
Character:Robert Walpole
Release Date:26/10/1953
Sea Devils
Character:Ragan
Release Date:12/04/1953
The Hour of 13
Character:Anderson
Release Date:21/11/1952
Plan for Coal
Character:
Release Date:02/01/1952
Ocean Terminal
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:02/01/1952
Cry, the Beloved Country
Character:Martens
Release Date:16/11/1951
Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N.
Character:Col. Caillard - POW Escort
Release Date:10/04/1951
Family Portrait
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:01/12/1950
The Wooden Horse
Character:Robbie
Release Date:16/10/1950
Stop Press Girl
Character:McPherson
Release Date:02/06/1949
The Small Back Room
Character:Till
Release Date:21/02/1949
Television Appearances
Sam
Character:Jack Barraclough
The Protectors
Character:De Santos
Hine
Character:
Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)
Character:Arthur de Crecy
Cities At War
Character:Self - Narrator
Inheritance
Character:Mr. Oldroyd
Man in a Suitcase
Character:
Callan
Character:
The Idiot
Character:General Epanchin
The Power Game
Character:Geoffrey Packard
BBC Play of the Month
Character:Duncan
Thirty-Minute Theatre
Character:The Minister
The Wednesday Play
Character:Mr. Douglas
Theatre 625
Character:Dr Bergman
Theatre 625
Character:Götz von Berlichingen
Theatre 625
Character:Petrovykh
The Saint
Character:Dr. Quintus
Zero One
Character:
Man of the World
Character:Galworth
The Avengers
Character:
Maigret
Character:
Somerset Maugham Hour
Character:Lansbury
Interpol Calling
Character:Wolf Barstrom
Edgar Wallace Mysteries
Character:Sir Harold Trevitt
Edgar Wallace Mysteries
Character:Det. Supt. Hallett
Dixon of Dock Green
Character:Garfield Fenton
Sunday Night Theatre
Character:Udolphus McCluskey
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