Roger Livesey

Roger Livesey

1906-06-25 – 1976-02-04 (age 69) Barry, Wales, UK
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Biography

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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

A Matter of Life and Death
A Matter of Life and Death

1946

as Doctor Reeves

The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp

1943

as Major General Clive Wynne-Candy

Oedipus the King
Oedipus the King

1968

as Shepherd

Lorna Doone
Lorna Doone

1934

as Tom Faggus

Vice Versa
Vice Versa

1948

as Paul Bultitude

The League of Gentlemen
I Know Where I'm Going!
I Know Where I'm Going!

1945

as Torquil MacNeil

Rembrandt
Rembrandt

1936

as Beggar Saul

The Entertainer
The Entertainer

1960

as Billy Rice

The Master of Ballantrae
The Master of Ballantrae

1953

as Col. Francis Burke

The Drum
The Drum

1938

as Capt. Carruthers

Hamlet
Hamlet

1969

as First Player / Gravedigger

That Dangerous Age
That Dangerous Age

1949

as Sir Brian Brooke

Girl in the News
Girl in the News

1940

as Bill Maher

Of Human Bondage
Of Human Bondage

1964

as Thorpe Athelny

The Intimate Stranger
The Intimate Stranger

1956

as Ben Case

The Stowaway
The Stowaway

1958

as Major Owens

No, My Darling Daughter
No, My Darling Daughter

1961

as General Henry Barclay

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The Veteran of Waterloo

1933

as Sergeant MacDonald