Roger Livesey
Acting
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
2024Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger
(archive footage)
1970Futtocks End
The Artist
1969Hamlet
First Player / Gravedigger
1968Oedipus the King
Shepherd
1964Of Human Bondage
Thorpe Athelny
1961No, My Darling Daughter
General Henry Barclay
1960The League of Gentlemen
Mycroft
1960The Entertainer
Billy Rice
1958The Stowaway
Major Owens
1956The Intimate Stranger
Ben Case
1955Quay South
Captain Daniel Thwaite
1953The Master of Ballantrae
Col. Francis Burke
1951Green Grow the Rushes
Capt. Cedric Biddle
1949That Dangerous Age
Sir Brian Brooke
1948Vice Versa
Paul Bultitude
1946A Matter of Life and Death
Doctor Reeves
1945I Know Where I'm Going!
Torquil MacNeil
1943The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
Major General Clive Wynne-Candy
1940Girl in the News
Bill Maher
1939Spies of the Air
Charles Houghton
1938The Drum
Capt. Carruthers
1938The Rebel Son
Peter Bulba
1938Keep Smiling
Bert Wattle
1936Rembrandt
Beggar Saul