Roger Livesey

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

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Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger

2024 ⭐ 7.7

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Oedipus the King

1968 ⭐ 6.0

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Of Human Bondage

1964 ⭐ 6.1

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No, My Darling Daughter

1961 ⭐ 7.3

Career timeline

2024

Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger Notable

(archive footage) · 2024

⭐ 7.7

1970

Futtocks End

The Artist · 1970

⭐ 5.9

1969

Hamlet

First Player / Gravedigger · 1969

⭐ 5.8

1968

Oedipus the King

Shepherd · 1968

⭐ 6.0

1964

Of Human Bondage

Thorpe Athelny · 1964

⭐ 6.1

1961

No, My Darling Daughter Notable

General Henry Barclay · 1961

⭐ 7.3

1960

The Entertainer

Billy Rice · 1960

⭐ 6.2

The League of Gentlemen Notable

Mycroft · 1960

⭐ 7.0

1958

The Stowaway

Major Owens · 1958

⭐ 4.0

1956

The Intimate Stranger

Ben Case · 1956

⭐ 6.2

1955

Quay South

Captain Daniel Thwaite · 1955

1953

The Master of Ballantrae

Col. Francis Burke · 1953

⭐ 5.8

1951

Green Grow the Rushes

Capt. Cedric Biddle · 1951

⭐ 6.0

1949

That Dangerous Age Notable

Sir Brian Brooke · 1949

⭐ 7.3

1948

Vice Versa Notable

Paul Bultitude · 1948

⭐ 7.2

1946

A Matter of Life and Death Notable

Doctor Reeves · 1946

⭐ 7.8

1945

I Know Where I'm Going! Notable

Torquil MacNeil · 1945

⭐ 7.1

1943

The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp Notable

Major General Clive Wynne-Cand · 1943

⭐ 7.5

1940

Girl in the News

Bill Maher · 1940

⭐ 6.5

1939

Spies of the Air

Charles Houghton · 1939

⭐ 6.7

1938

The Drum

Capt. Carruthers · 1938

⭐ 6.1

The Rebel Son Notable

Peter Bulba · 1938

⭐ 8.0

Keep Smiling Notable

Bert Wattle · 1938

⭐ 7.0

Frequently appears with

Martin Scorsese

Self

Michael Powell

Self (archive footage)

Emeric Pressburger

Self (archive footage)

Deborah Kerr

(archive footage)

Christopher Plummer

Oedipus

Lilli Palmer

Jocasta

Richard Johnson

Creon

Orson Welles

Tiresias

Cyril Cusack

Messenger

Full filmography

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Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger

2024 ⭐ 7.7

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Futtocks End

1970 ⭐ 5.9

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Hamlet

1969 ⭐ 5.8

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Oedipus the King

1968 ⭐ 6.0

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Of Human Bondage

1964 ⭐ 6.1

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No, My Darling Daughter

1961 ⭐ 7.3

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The Entertainer

1960 ⭐ 6.2

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The League of Gentlemen

1960 ⭐ 7.0

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The Stowaway

1958 ⭐ 4.0

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The Intimate Stranger

1956 ⭐ 6.2

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Quay South

1955

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The Master of Ballantrae

1953 ⭐ 5.8

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Green Grow the Rushes

1951 ⭐ 6.0

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That Dangerous Age

1949 ⭐ 7.3

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Vice Versa

1948 ⭐ 7.2

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A Matter of Life and Death

1946 ⭐ 7.8

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I Know Where I'm Going!

1945 ⭐ 7.1

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The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp

1943 ⭐ 7.5

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Girl in the News

1940 ⭐ 6.5

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Spies of the Air

1939 ⭐ 6.7