
Roger Livesey
Acting
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Acting Credits
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Roger Livesey (25 June 1906 β 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. De...
Known For
Filmography

Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger
2024
as (archive footage)

The Pallisers
1974
as Duke of St Bungay

New Scotland Yard
1972
as Sir Giles Wentworth

Justice
1971
as George Mallow

Futtocks End
1970
as The Artist

Hamlet
1969
as First Player / Gravedigger

ITV Saturday Night Theatre
1969
as Gen. Sir Benedict Sankey

Oedipus the King
1968
as Shepherd

The Man in the Iron Mask
1968
as Porthos

Of Human Bondage
1964
as Thorpe Athelny

Theatre 625
1964
as PM Collard

Theatre 625
1964
as 'Einstein'

The Human Jungle
1963
as Sir William Bridley

Espionage
1963
as Dr Samuel Johnson

No, My Darling Daughter
1961
as General Henry Barclay

The League of Gentlemen
1960
as Mycroft

The Entertainer
1960
as Billy Rice
Toff and Fingers
1960
as Toff Mulligan Hayes
Armchair Mystery Theatre
1960
as Toff Mulligan Hayes

On Trial
1960
as Joseph Wall

The Stowaway
1958
as Major Owens

The Intimate Stranger
1956
as Ben Case

Quay South
1955
as Captain Daniel Thwaite

The Master of Ballantrae
1953
as Col. Francis Burke

Green Grow the Rushes
1951
as Capt. Cedric Biddle

That Dangerous Age
1949
as Sir Brian Brooke

Vice Versa
1948
as Paul Bultitude

A Matter of Life and Death
1946
as Doctor Reeves

I Know Where I'm Going!
1945
as Torquil MacNeil

The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
1943
as Major General Clive Wynne-Candy

Girl in the News
1940
as Bill Maher

Spies of the Air
1939
as Charles Houghton

The Drum
1938
as Capt. Carruthers

The Rebel Son
1938
as Peter Bulba

Keep Smiling
1938
as Bert Wattle

Rembrandt
1936
as Beggar Saul

Midshipman Easy
1935
as Captain Wilson

The Price of Wisdom
1935
as Peter North
Blind Justice
1935
as Gilbert Jackson

Lorna Doone
1934
as Tom Faggus

A Cuckoo in the Nest
1933
as Alfred
The Veteran of Waterloo
1933
as Sergeant MacDonald

East Lynne on the Western Front
1931
as Sandy

Married Love
1923
as Henry
The Four Feathers
1921
as Harry as a child