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Roger Livesey

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British actor (1906-1976)

United KingdomActorsLived 1906 to 1976 · aged 69
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Roger Livesey was a British stage and film actor. He is most often remembered for the three celebrated Powell & Pressburger films in which he successively starred between 1943 and 1946; The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp, I Know Where I'm Going! and A Matter of Life and Death.

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Roger Livesey and his canine co-star in the Theatre Guild production Storm Over Patsy (1937)Roger Livesey and his canine co-star in the Theatre Guild production Storm Over Patsy (1937)Memorial plaque in St Paul's, Covent Garden to Livesey and his wife Ursula JeansMemorial plaque in St Paul's, Covent Garden to Livesey and his wife Ursula Jeans

Filmography 34

A Matter of Life and Death1946 · ★ 7.8
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp1943 · ★ 7.5
I Know Where I'm Going!1945 · ★ 7.1
The League of Gentlemen1960 · ★ 7.0
The Entertainer1960 · ★ 6.2
Rembrandt1936
Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger2024
The Master of Ballantrae1953
The Drum1938
Of Human Bondage1964
Hamlet1969
The Intimate Stranger1956
Futtocks End1970
Oedipus the King1968
Girl in the News1940
Midshipman Easy1935
Green Grow the Rushes1951
Vice Versa1948
A Cuckoo in the Nest1933
No, My Darling Daughter1961
The Price of Wisdom1935
That Dangerous Age1949
Lorna Doone1934
Spies of the Air1939
The Stowaway1958
The Rebel Son1938
Keep Smiling1938
Blind Justice1935
East Lynne on the Western Front1931
Married Love1923
The Four Feathers1921
The Veteran of Waterloo1933
Quay South1955
Toff and Fingers1960

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Television 10

Theatre 6251964
ITV Saturday Night Theatre1969
The Human Jungle1963
Justice1971
The Pallisers1974
New Scotland Yard1972
Espionage1963
Armchair Mystery Theatre1960
The Man in the Iron Mask1968
On Trial1960

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Juliet MillsAlso in No, My Darling Daughter (1961)Lilli PalmerAlso in Oedipus the King (1968)Anthony NewleyAlso in Vice Versa (1948)Margaret LockwoodAlso in Lorna Doone (1934)Nicol WilliamsonAlso in Hamlet (1969)Michael BatesAlso in Quay South (1955)

About this person

Roger Livesey was a British stage and film actor. He is most often remembered for the three celebrated Powell & Pressburger films in which he successively starred between 1943 and 1946; 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.

Country
United Kingdom
Category
Actors
Type
Actor
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1906 to 1976 · aged 69
Written about in
15 languages

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