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.

Known For

Theatre 625

Theatre 625

ITV Saturday Night Theatre

Justice

Espionage

The Human Jungle

The Pallisers

New Scotland Yard

All Movies (34)

• Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger2024 · as (archive footage)
• Futtocks End1970 · as The Artist
• Hamlet1969 · as First Player / Gravedigger
• Oedipus the King1968 · as Shepherd
• Of Human Bondage1964 · as Thorpe Athelny
• No, My Darling Daughter1961 · as General Henry Barclay
• The Entertainer1960 · as Billy Rice
• Toff and Fingers1960 · as Toff Mulligan Hayes
• The League of Gentlemen1960 · as Mycroft
• The Stowaway1958 · as Major Owens
• The Intimate Stranger1956 · as Ben Case
• Quay South1955 · as Captain Daniel Thwaite
• The Master of Ballantrae1953 · as Col. Francis Burke
• Green Grow the Rushes1951 · as Capt. Cedric Biddle
• That Dangerous Age1949 · as Sir Brian Brooke
• Vice Versa1948 · as Paul Bultitude
• A Matter of Life and Death1946 · as Doctor Reeves
• I Know Where I'm Going!1945 · as Torquil MacNeil
• The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp1943 · as Major General Clive Wynne-Candy
• Girl in the News1940 · as Bill Maher
• Spies of the Air1939 · as Charles Houghton
• The Drum1938 · as Capt. Carruthers
• The Rebel Son1938 · as Peter Bulba
• Keep Smiling1938 · as Bert Wattle
• Rembrandt1936 · as Beggar Saul
• Midshipman Easy1935 · as Captain Wilson
• The Price of Wisdom1935 · as Peter North
• Blind Justice1935 · as Gilbert Jackson
• Lorna Doone1934 · as Tom Faggus
• A Cuckoo in the Nest1933 · as Alfred
• The Veteran of Waterloo1933 · as Sergeant MacDonald
• East Lynne on the Western Front1931 · as Sandy
• Married Love1923 · as Henry
• The Four Feathers1921 · as Harry as a child

All TV Shows (11)

• The Pallisers1974 · as Duke of St Bungay
• New Scotland Yard1972 · as Sir Giles Wentworth
• Justice1971 · as George Mallow
• ITV Saturday Night Theatre1969 · as Gen. Sir Benedict Sankey
• The Man in the Iron Mask1968 · as Porthos
• Theatre 6251964 · as PM Collard
• Theatre 6251964 · as 'Einstein'
• Espionage1963 · as Dr Samuel Johnson
• The Human Jungle1963 · as Sir William Bridley
• On Trial1960 · as Joseph Wall
• Armchair Mystery Theatre1960 · as Toff Mulligan Hayes