Roger Livesey

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Born

1906-06-25

Place of Birth

Barry, Wales, UK

Roger Livesey

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Roger Livesey (25 June 1906 – 4 February 1976) was a British stage and film actor. He is most often remembered for the three Powell & Pressburger films in which he starred: The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp, I Know Where I'm Going! and A Matter of Life and Death. Tall and broad with a mop of chestnut hair, Livesey used his highly distinctive husky voice, gentle manner and athletic physique to create many notable roles in his theatre and film work. Description above from the Wikipedia article Roger Livesey, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Acting History

2024
Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger as (archive footage)
1974
The Pallisers as Duke of St Bungay
1971
Justice as George Mallow
1970
Futtocks End as The Artist
1969
Hamlet as First Player / Gravedigger
1968
The Man in the Iron Mask as Porthos
1968
Oedipus the King as Shepherd
1964
Of Human Bondage as Thorpe Athelny
1964
Theatre 625 as PM Collard
1964
Theatre 625 as 'Einstein'
1963
The Human Jungle as Sir William Bridley
1961
No, My Darling Daughter as General Henry Barclay
1960
The Entertainer as Billy Rice
1960
Toff and Fingers as Toff Mulligan Hayes
1960
Armchair Mystery Theatre as Toff Mulligan Hayes
1960
The League of Gentlemen as Mycroft
1958
The Stowaway as Major Owens
1956
The Intimate Stranger as Ben Case
1955
Quay South as Captain Daniel Thwaite
1953
The Master of Ballantrae as Col. Francis Burke
1951
Green Grow the Rushes as Capt. Cedric Biddle
1949
That Dangerous Age as Sir Brian Brooke
1948
Vice Versa as Paul Bultitude
1946
A Matter of Life and Death as Doctor Reeves
1945
I Know Where I'm Going! as Torquil MacNeil
1943
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp as Major General Clive Wynne-Candy
1940
Girl in the News as Bill Maher
1939
Spies of the Air as Charles Houghton
1938
The Drum as Capt. Carruthers
1938
The Rebel Son as Peter Bulba
1938
Keep Smiling as Bert Wattle
1936
Rembrandt as Beggar Saul
1935
Midshipman Easy as Captain Wilson
1935
The Price of Wisdom as Peter North
1935
Blind Justice as Gilbert Jackson
1934
Lorna Doone as Tom Faggus
1933
A Cuckoo in the Nest as Alfred
1933
The Veteran of Waterloo as Sergeant MacDonald
1931
East Lynne on the Western Front as Sandy
1923
Married Love as Henry
1921
The Four Feathers as Harry as a child