Portrait of Roger Livesey

Roger Livesey

Acting

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.

Born: June 25, 1906

Place of Birth: Barry, Wales, UK

Filmography

1971
Justice

as George Mallow

1970
Futtocks End

as The Artist

1969
Hamlet

as First Player / Gravedigger

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

1958
The Stowaway

as Major Owens

1956
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
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
Keep Smiling

as Bert Wattle

1936
Rembrandt

as Beggar Saul

1935
Midshipman Easy

as Captain Wilson

1935
The Price of Wisdom

as Peter North

1934
Lorna Doone

as Tom Faggus

1923
Married Love

as Henry