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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Lawrence Michael Andrew Goodliffe (1 October 1914 – 20 March 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. Goodliffe was born in Bebington, Cheshire (now Merseyside), the son of a vicar, and educated at St Edmund's School, Canterbury, and Keble College, Oxford. 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, and received a commission as a Second Lieutenant in the Royal Warwickshire Regiment in February 1940. He was wounded in the leg and captured at the Battle of Dunkirk. Goodliffe was incorrectly listed as killed in action, and even had his obituary published in a newspaper. He was to spend...
Known for
The AvengersSeries • 1961
The SaintSeries • 1962
The Wednesday PlaySeries • 1964
BBC Play of the MonthSeries • 1965
Theatre 625Series • 1964
Thirty-Minute TheatreSeries • 1965
Sunday Night TheatreSeries • 1950
The ProtectorsSeries • 1972
MaigretSeries • 1960
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate FactoryMovie • 1971
Dixon of Dock GreenSeries • 1955
Interpol CallingSeries • 1959
The Man with the Golden GunMovie • 1974
CallanSeries • 1967
Man in a SuitcaseSeries • 1967
Peeping TomMovie • 1960
Von Ryan's ExpressMovie • 1965
A Night to RememberMovie • 1958
The Battle of the River PlateMovie • 1956
Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N.Movie • 1951
The Night of the GeneralsMovie • 1967
633 SquadronMovie • 1964
To the Devil a DaughterMovie • 1976
Sink the Bismarck!Movie • 1960