Michael Goodliffe
Oct 1, 1914 — Mar 20, 1976 (61 years)
Bebington, Cheshire, England
53 Movies
16 Series
Michael Goodliffe is an actor active since the 1940s. Their credits include Peeping Tom as Don Jarvis. They have also starred in A Night to Remember and Von Ryan's Express. Over more than 77 years they have gathered close to 53 films and 16 TV productions, working mainly across genres like horror, thriller.
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53Movies
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Michael Goodliffe
53 Movies
16 Series
Michael Goodliffe is an actor active since the 1940s. Their credits include Peeping Tom as Don Jarvis. They have also starred in A Night to Remember and Von Ryan's Express. Over more than 77 years they have gathered close to 53 films and 16 TV productions, working mainly across genres like horror, thriller.
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16
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Movies
The Man with the Golden Gun
1974
A Night to Remember
1958
Peeping Tom
1960
Von Ryan's Express
1965
Testament of Orpheus
1960
The Night of the Generals
1967
Sea Devils
1953
Sink the Bismarck!
1960
Cromwell
1970
The Battle of the River Plate
1956
To the Devil a Daughter
1976
633 Squadron
1964
The 39 Steps
1959
The Gorgon
1964
Three Crooked Men
1958
Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N.
1951
The Small Back Room
1949
Hitler: The Last Ten Days
1973
Man in the Middle
1964
The One That Got Away
1957
The Day the Earth Caught Fire
1961
The Trials of Oscar Wilde
1960
The Battle of the Sexes
1960
The 7th Dawn
1964
Conspiracy of Hearts
1960
The Fixer
1968
The Crowded Day
1954
The End of the Affair
1955
Henry VIII and His Six Wives
1972
The White Trap
1959
The Jokers
1967
The Fifth Day of Peace
1970
No Love for Johnnie
1961
Wicked as They Come
1956
A Stitch in Time
1963
Jigsaw
1962
The Hour of 13
1952
Quentin Durward
1955
Cry, the Beloved Country
1951
Fortune Is a Woman
1957
Carve Her Name with Pride
1958
Rob Roy, The Highland Rogue
1953
Stop Press Girl
1949
The Wooden Horse
1950
Further Up the Creek
1958
The Camp on Blood Island
1958
Up the Creek
1958
80,000 Suspects
1963
Dial 999
1955
TV Shows
Sam
1973
The Protectors
1972
The Saint
1962
Dixon of Dock Green
1955
Interpol Calling
1959
Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)
1969
Thirty-Minute Theatre
1965
The Wednesday Play
1964
BBC Play of the Month
1965
Edgar Wallace Mysteries
1959
Sunday Night Theatre
1950
Man of the World
1962
The Power Game
1965
Theatre 625
1964
Armchair Theatre
1956
Armchair Cinema
1974
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George de Grass
1976
Film
The Man with the Golden Gun
Chief of Staff Bill Tanner (uncredited)
1974
Film
Armchair Cinema
Dr. David Murray
1975
TV
Sam
Jack Barraclough
1973–
TV
Hitler: The Last Ten Days
General Weidling
1973
Film
The Protectors
De Santos
1973–1974
TV
Henry VIII and His Six Wives
Thomas More
1972
Film
Cromwell
Solicitor General
1970
Film
The Fifth Day of Peace
Snow
1970
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Frequently Asked Questions
Is Michael Goodliffe still alive?
Michael Goodliffe passed away on March 20, 1976 at age 61.
What are the most famous roles of Michael Goodliffe?
Michael Goodliffe is best known for roles in Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, The Man with the Golden Gun, Peeping Tom.
How many movies has Michael Goodliffe been in?
Over a 27-year career (since 1949), Michael Goodliffe has appeared in 69 movies and 29 TV shows.
What was Michael Goodliffe's first movie?
The career of Michael Goodliffe began with The Small Back Room (1949).
What is Michael Goodliffe's most recent movie or series?
Michael Goodliffe's most recent release is To the Devil a Daughter, which premiered on March 4, 1976.
What TV shows has Michael Goodliffe appeared in?
On television, Michael Goodliffe has appeared in The Avengers, The Saint, Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased), Maigret.
Michael Goodliffe
1914-10-01 · Bebington, Cheshire, England
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. Michael Goodliffe, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.