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After the war he resumed his professional acting career. As well as appearing in the theatre he worked in film and television. He appeared in ''[[The Wooden Horse]]'' in 1950 and in other POW films. His best known film was ''[[A Night to Remember (film)|A Night to Remember]]'' (1958) in which he played [[Thomas Andrews]], builder of the [[RMS Titanic]]. His best known television series was ''Sam'' (1973-75) in which he played an unemployed Yorkshire miner. He also appeared in [[Inheritance]] in the 1960s with [[John Thaw]] and [[James Bolam]]. |
After the war he resumed his professional acting career. As well as appearing in the theatre he worked in film and television. He appeared in ''[[The Wooden Horse]]'' in 1950 and in other POW films. His best known film was ''[[A Night to Remember (film)|A Night to Remember]]'' (1958) in which he played [[Thomas Andrews]], builder of the [[RMS Titanic]]. His best known television series was ''Sam'' (1973-75) in which he played an unemployed Yorkshire miner. He also appeared in [[Inheritance]] in the 1960s with [[John Thaw]] and [[James Bolam]]. |
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Suffering from depression, Goodliffe had a breakdown in 1976 |
Suffering from depression, Goodliffe had a breakdown in 1976 during the period that he was rehearsing for a revival of ''[[Equus (play)|Equus]]''. He committed suicide a few days later by leaping from a height while in hospital. |
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Revision as of 23:26, 17 December 2007
Michael Goodliffe (October 1, 1914-March 20, 1976) was an English actor best known for playing suave roles such as doctors, lawyers and army officers. He was also sometimes cast in working class parts.
Born in Bebington, Cheshire (now Merseyside), the son of a vicar, he started his career in repertory theatre in Liverpool before moving on to the Royal Shakespeare Company in Stratford upon Avon. He joined the British army at the beginning of World War II. He was wounded in the leg and captured at the Battle of Dunkirk in 1940. He spent the rest of the war a prisoner of war in Germany.
Whilst in captivity he produced and acted in (and in some cases wrote) many plays and sketches to entertain fellow prisoners. These included two productions of William Shakespeare's Hamlet, one in Tittmoning and the other in Eichstätt, in which he played the title role. He also produced the first staging of Noel Coward's Post Mortem at Eichstätt. A full photographic record of these productions exists.
After the war he resumed his professional acting career. As well as appearing in the theatre he worked in film and television. He appeared in The Wooden Horse in 1950 and in other POW films. His best known film was A Night to Remember (1958) in which he played Thomas Andrews, builder of the RMS Titanic. His best known television series was Sam (1973-75) in which he played an unemployed Yorkshire miner. He also appeared in Inheritance in the 1960s with John Thaw and James Bolam.
Suffering from depression, Goodliffe had a breakdown in 1976 during the period that he was rehearsing for a revival of Equus. He committed suicide a few days later by leaping from a height while in hospital.
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