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Roger Livesey
🎭 Acting

Roger Livesey

June 25, 1906 (age 69)
February 4, 1976
Barry, Wales, UK
Male
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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…

Movies

34 credits
A Matter of Life and Death Movie
★ 7.8
Comedy, Drama
1946 Comedy, Drama
Oedipus the King
★ 6.0
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Oedipus the King
1968 as Shepherd
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
★ 7.5
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The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
1943 as Major General Clive Wynne-Candy
I Know Where I'm Going!
★ 7.1
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I Know Where I'm Going!
1945 as Torquil MacNeil
Vice Versa
★ 7.2
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Vice Versa
1948 as Paul Bultitude
The League of Gentlemen
★ 7.0
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The League of Gentlemen
1960 as Mycroft
The Entertainer
★ 6.2
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The Entertainer
1960 as Billy Rice
The Master of Ballantrae
★ 5.8
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The Master of Ballantrae
1953 as Col. Francis Burke
The Drum
★ 6.1
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The Drum
1938 as Capt. Carruthers
Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger
★ 7.7
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Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger
2024 as (archive footage)
Hamlet
★ 5.8
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Hamlet
1969 as First Player / Gravedigger
Of Human Bondage
★ 6.1
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Of Human Bondage
1964 as Thorpe Athelny
Girl in the News
★ 6.5
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Girl in the News
1940 as Bill Maher
The Intimate Stranger
★ 6.2
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The Intimate Stranger
1956 as Ben Case
Quay South
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Quay South
1955 as Captain Daniel Thwaite
Futtocks End
★ 5.9
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Futtocks End
1970 as The Artist
The Stowaway
★ 4.0
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The Stowaway
1958 as Major Owens
Rembrandt
★ 6.8
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Rembrandt
1936 as Beggar Saul
Lorna Doone
★ 6.5
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Lorna Doone
1934 as Tom Faggus
Spies of the Air
★ 6.7
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Spies of the Air
1939 as Charles Houghton
A Cuckoo in the Nest
★ 6.2
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A Cuckoo in the Nest
1933 as Alfred
No, My Darling Daughter
★ 7.3
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No, My Darling Daughter
1961 as General Henry Barclay
Midshipman Easy
★ 6.5
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Midshipman Easy
1935 as Captain Wilson
Keep Smiling
★ 7.0
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Keep Smiling
1938 as Bert Wattle
The Rebel Son
★ 8.0
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The Rebel Son
1938 as Peter Bulba
Green Grow the Rushes
★ 6.0
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Green Grow the Rushes
1951 as Capt. Cedric Biddle
That Dangerous Age
★ 7.3
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That Dangerous Age
1949 as Sir Brian Brooke
Married Love
★ 10.0
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Married Love
1923 as Henry
East Lynne on the Western Front
★ 9.0
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East Lynne on the Western Front
1931 as Sandy
The Four Feathers
★ 10.0
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The Four Feathers
1921 as Harry as a child

TV Shows

11 credits
Theatre 625 TV
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Theatre 625
1964 as PM Collard
Theatre 625 TV
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Theatre 625
1964 as 'Einstein'
Justice TV
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Justice
1971 as George Mallow
ITV Saturday Night Theatre TV
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ITV Saturday Night Theatre
1969 as Gen. Sir Benedict Sankey
The Human Jungle TV
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The Human Jungle
1963 as Sir William Bridley
Espionage TV
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Espionage
1963 as Dr Samuel Johnson
New Scotland Yard TV
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New Scotland Yard
1972 as Sir Giles Wentworth
The Pallisers TV
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The Pallisers
1974 as Duke of St Bungay
Armchair Mystery Theatre TV
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Armchair Mystery Theatre
1960 as Toff Mulligan Hayes
On Trial TV
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On Trial
1960 as Joseph Wall
The Man in the Iron Mask TV
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The Man in the Iron Mask
1968 as Porthos
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