Michael Goodliffe
Biography
Michael Goodliffe was an English actor who started in repertory theater in Liverpool and later worked with the Stratford Memorial Theatre. Born in Bebington, Wirral, he attended St Edmund's School in Canterbury and Keble College, Oxford. He became known for suave roles, among them doctors, lawyers and army officers, though he also took working-class parts. In the Second World War he was captured and spent the rest of the conflict as a prisoner in Germany, where he staged and performed in plays and sketches for fellow captives, including two Hamlet productions in which he played the title role. After the war he acted in theater, film and television. His best-remembered film part was Thomas Andrews, designer of the Titanic, in A Night to Remember (1958). On television he played an unemployed Yorkshire miner in Sam (1973 to 1975) and Sir Thomas More in the 1972 BBC series The Six Wives of Henry VIII.
61years old at death
- Born Bebington
- Died London
- Star sign: LibraThe sign runs September 23 to October 22
- Also credited as Lawrence Michael Andrew Goodliffe
Movie Career
- Films
- 26
- Career span
- 27 years1949 to 1976
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Beyond film
While he was held captive, Goodliffe put on and performed in many plays and sketches for other prisoners. These included two stagings of Hamlet, in Tittmoning and in Eichstätt, where he took the title role.
Michael Goodliffe movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
- The Day the Earth Caught Fire1961 Drama, Romance, Sci-Fias 'Jacko' Jackson - Night Editor
IMDb rating 7.27.1K votes
- The Battle of the River Plate1956as Captain McCall - R.N., British Naval Attache, Buenos Aires
IMDb rating 6.65.5K votes
Most often with
Lewis Gilbert directed three of these films, Roy Ward Baker two and Raoul Walsh two. Jack Gwillim appears in four of them, more than any other actor. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Jack Gwillim's page
Christopher Lee's page
Robert Morley's page
Geoffrey Keen's page
Kenneth More's page
Sydney Tafler's page
All films by Lewis Gilbert
All films by Roy Ward Baker
All films by Raoul Walsh
Also three films together2 more actors
- William MervynThe Jokers (1967), The Battle of the Sexes (1960) and Carve Her Name with Pride (1958)
- Anthony BushellA Night to Remember (1958), The Battle of the River Plate (1956) and The Small Back Room (1949)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Box office
What Michael Goodliffe's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$25.6 million
5 of the 26 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 26 films: 5 worldwide figure; 21 figure not found.
- 5Worldwide figure
- 21Figure not found
Highest grossing
The five biggest films earned 100% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$17M66.9% of the total
- 2$5.3M20.8% of the total
- 3$2.2M8.8% of the total
- 4$750K2.9% of the total
- 5$135K0.5% of the total
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