Roger Livesey
Known for ActingBorn 1906-06-25 — died 1976-02-04Barry, Wales, UK
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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.
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Known for
Vice Versa
1948 · as Paul Bultitude
A Matter of Life and Death
1946 · as Doctor Reeves
The Entertainer
1960 · as Billy Rice
Oedipus the King
1968 · as Shepherd
I Know Where I'm Going!
1945 · as Torquil MacNeil
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
1943 · as Major General Clive Wynne-Candy
The Intimate Stranger
1956 · as Ben Case
Girl in the News
1940 · as Bill Maher
The League of Gentlemen
1960 · as Mycroft
Of Human Bondage
1964 · as Thorpe Athelny
The Stowaway
1958 · as Major Owens
The Drum
1938 · as Capt. Carruthers
Blind Justice
1935 · as Gilbert Jackson
Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger
2024 · as (archive footage)
Hamlet
1969 · as First Player / Gravedigger
The Master of Ballantrae
1953 · as Col. Francis Burke
Married Love
1923 · as Henry
Green Grow the Rushes
1951 · as Capt. Cedric Biddle