Roger Livesey
British actor (1906-1976) · United Kingdom · On the map · Actors · Died at 69
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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The PallisersSeries, Duke of St Bungay1972
New Scotland YardSeries, Sir Giles Wentworth1971
JusticeSeries, George Mallow1969
ITV Saturday Night TheatreSeries, Gen. Sir Benedict Sankey
HamletFilm, 1969First Player / Gravedigger1968
The Man in the Iron MaskSeries, Porthos1964
Theatre 625Series, PM Collard
Of Human BondageFilm, 1964Thorpe Athelny1963
EspionageSeries, Dr Samuel Johnson
The Human JungleSeries, 1963Sir William Bridley1960Armchair Mystery TheatreSeries, Toff Mulligan Hayes
On TrialSeries, 1960Joseph Wall
The EntertainerFilm, 1960Billy Rice1956
The Intimate StrangerFilm, Ben Case1953
The Master of BallantraeFilm, Col. Francis Burke1949
That Dangerous AgeFilm, Sir Brian Brooke1946
A Matter of Life and DeathFilm, Doctor Reeves1943
The Life and Death of Colonel BlimpFilm, Major General Clive Wynne-Candy1939
Spies of the AirFilm, Charles Houghton1936
RembrandtFilm, Beggar Saul1934
Lorna DooneFilm, Tom Faggus1931
East Lynne on the Western FrontFilm, Sandy1921The Four FeathersFilm, Harry as a child1906Born25 June 1906Known for
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A Matter of Life and Death 1946
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp 1943
The League of Gentlemen 1960
I Know Where I'm Going! 1945
The Entertainer 1960
People around Roger
Michael Powell Produced A Matter of Life and Death (1946)- Emeric Pressburger Directed A Matter of Life and Death (1946)
Italia Conti Taught Roger
Carol Reed Directed Midshipman Easy and Girl in the News
Tony Richardson Directed The Entertainer and Hamlet
Alexander Korda Produced The Drum (1938)
Margaret Lockwood Also in Lorna Doone and Midshipman Easy
Bryan Forbes Directed Of Human Bondage (1964)
Ralph Thomas Directed No My Darling Daughter (1961)
Basil Dean Produced Midshipman Easy (1935)
Felix Aylmer Also in The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1945)
Mervyn Johns Also in Girl in the News (1940)- Allan Gray Wrote A Matter of Life and Death (1946)
- Peter Barkworth Also in No My Darling Daughter and Quay South
Peter Ustinov Produced Vice Versa (1948)
Richard Attenborough Also in A Matter of Life and Death (1946)
Kim Novak Also in The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders (1965)
John Laurie Also in The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1945)
Zoltan Korda Directed The Drum (1938)
Marius Goring Also in Rembrandt and A Matter of Life and Death
Ralph Habib Directed The Stowaway (1958)
Desmond Tester Also in Midshipman Easy and The Drum- John Turnbull Also in Rembrandt and Spies of the Air
Norman Shelley Also in East Lynne on the Western Front (1931)
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Filmography 34
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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.
