Roger Livesey

Roger Livesey

Acting • Born 1906-06-25 – Died 1976-02-04

Acting1Barry, Wales, UK

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.

Filmography

41 credits
Futtocks End

Futtocks End

Movie • 1970

The Artist

The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp

The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp

Movie • 1943

Major General Clive Wynne-Candy

A Matter of Life and Death

A Matter of Life and Death

Movie • 1946

Doctor Reeves

Hamlet

Hamlet

Movie • 1969

First Player / Gravedigger

The Master of Ballantrae

The Master of Ballantrae

Movie • 1953

Col. Francis Burke

The Drum

The Drum

Movie • 1938

Capt. Carruthers

The League of Gentlemen

The League of Gentlemen

Movie • 1960

Mycroft

The Entertainer

The Entertainer

Movie • 1960

Billy Rice

Rembrandt

Rembrandt

Movie • 1936

Beggar Saul

I Know Where I'm Going!

I Know Where I'm Going!

Movie • 1945

Torquil MacNeil

The Intimate Stranger

The Intimate Stranger

Movie • 1956

Ben Case

Married Love

Married Love

Movie • 1923

Henry

Of Human Bondage

Of Human Bondage

Movie • 1964

Thorpe Athelny

Girl in the News

Girl in the News

Movie • 1940

Bill Maher

Green Grow the Rushes

Green Grow the Rushes

Movie • 1951

Capt. Cedric Biddle

Midshipman Easy

Midshipman Easy

Movie • 1935

Captain Wilson

Lorna Doone

Lorna Doone

Movie • 1934

Tom Faggus

No, My Darling Daughter

No, My Darling Daughter

Movie • 1961

General Henry Barclay

The Rebel Son

The Rebel Son

Movie • 1938

Peter Bulba

A Cuckoo in the Nest

A Cuckoo in the Nest

Movie • 1933

Alfred

The Stowaway

The Stowaway

Movie • 1958

Major Owens

Keep Smiling

Keep Smiling

Movie • 1938

Bert Wattle

Vice Versa

Vice Versa

Movie • 1948

Paul Bultitude

Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger

Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger

Movie • 2024

(archive footage)

Toff and Fingers

Toff and Fingers

Movie • 1960

Toff Mulligan Hayes

That Dangerous Age

That Dangerous Age

Movie • 1949

Sir Brian Brooke

Spies of the Air

Spies of the Air

Movie • 1939

Charles Houghton

The Four Feathers

The Four Feathers

Movie • 1921

Harry as a child

East Lynne on the Western Front

East Lynne on the Western Front

Movie • 1931

Sandy

The Price of Wisdom

The Price of Wisdom

Movie • 1935

Peter North

Oedipus the King

Oedipus the King

Movie • 1968

Shepherd

Blind Justice

Blind Justice

Movie • 1935

Gilbert Jackson

Quay South

Quay South

Movie • 1955

Captain Daniel Thwaite

The Veteran of Waterloo

The Veteran of Waterloo

Movie • 1933

Sergeant MacDonald

Justice

Justice

TV • 1971

George Mallow

The Human Jungle

The Human Jungle

TV • 1963

Sir William Bridley

Armchair Mystery Theatre

Armchair Mystery Theatre

TV • 1960

Toff Mulligan Hayes

The Man in the Iron Mask

The Man in the Iron Mask

TV • 1968

Porthos

Theatre 625

Theatre 625

TV • 1964

PM Collard

Theatre 625

Theatre 625

TV • 1964

'Einstein'

The Pallisers

The Pallisers

TV • 1974

Duke of St Bungay