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Roger Livesey

Roger Livesey

Birthday: 1906-06-25

Place of Birth: Barry, Wales, UK

Biography: 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 notable roles in his theatre and film work. Description above from the Wikipedia article Roger Livesey, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Futtocks End
Futtocks End

Entirely silent, with a musical score, sound effects and incoherent mutterings, the story revolves a...

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

General Candy, who's overseeing an English squad in 1943, is a veteran leader who doesn't have the r...

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

A British wartime aviator who cheats death must argue for his life before a celestial court, hoping ...

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Hamlet
Hamlet

Tony Richardson's Hamlet is based on his own stage production. Filmed entirely within the Roundhouse...

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The Master of Ballantrae
The Master of Ballantrae

Scottish highlander Jamie Durie falls into a life of piracy after joining the failed rebellion of Bo...

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The Drum
The Drum

Set in the India of the British Raj, the evil and untrustworthy Prince Guhl (Raymond Massey) plans t...

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The League of Gentlemen
The League of Gentlemen

Involuntarily-retired Colonel Hyde recruits seven other dissatisfied ex-servicemen for a special pro...

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The Entertainer
The Entertainer

Archie Rice, an old-time British vaudeville performer sinking into final defeat, schemes to stay in ...

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Rembrandt
Rembrandt

A character study depicting the life of Rembrandt Van Rijn at the height of his fame in the mid 1600...

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I Know Where I'm Going!
I Know Where I'm Going!

Plucky Englishwoman Joan Webster travels to the remote islands of the Scottish Hebrides in order to ...

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The Intimate Stranger
The Intimate Stranger

Film producer Reggie Wilson is worried he may have a dual personality. Fleeing Hollywood, he finds h...

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Married Love
Married Love

aka Maisie's Marriage, based on Marie Stopes book, a fireman falls in love with a daughter from a la...

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Of Human Bondage
Of Human Bondage

Medical student Philip falls in love with Mildred, a waitress. Although she is a flirt, they have a ...

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Girl in the News
Girl in the News

An elderly lady manages to sneak some pills away from her nurse and dies of an overdose. The nurse i...

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Green Grow the Rushes
Green Grow the Rushes

Efforts to move Britain into the modern age don't sit well with the people of the small village of A...

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Midshipman Easy
Midshipman Easy

Set during the Peninsular Campaign of the Napoleonic War, Mr Midshipman Easy has just joined the Roy...

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Lorna Doone
Lorna Doone

High drama, set in the English moorland of the 1600s. John Ridd wants revenge on the criminal Doone ...

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No, My Darling Daughter
No, My Darling Daughter

A British business tycoon is surprised to discover his teenage daughter is being courted by a myster...

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The Rebel Son
The Rebel Son

During the 16th century the Cossacks and their Ukraine homeland is ruled by Poland. This is the stor...

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A Cuckoo in the Nest
A Cuckoo in the Nest

A crowded inn means that a man and a woman must share the same room for a night. One problem is that...

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Keep Smiling
Keep Smiling

Entertainer quits a crooked London theater and sets up her troupe on her uncle's farm. A famous musi...

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The Stowaway
The Stowaway

A group of adventurers compete with one another to find the missing heir Rene Marechal, thought to b...

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Vice Versa
Vice Versa

Businessman Paul Bultitude is sending his son Dick to a boarding school. While holding a magic stone...

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Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger
Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger

Martin Scorsese presents this very personal and insightful new feature-length documentary about Brit...

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Toff and Fingers
Toff and Fingers

Toff and Fingers head to a small Scottish village to lay low after stealing some antique silverware....

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That Dangerous Age
That Dangerous Age

The lonely wife of a workaholic husband on the magical Isle of Capri meets a charming and attractive...

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Spies of the Air
Spies of the Air

Set just before the outbreak of WWII, this is the story of a test pilot who works for the (unnamed) ...

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The Four Feathers
The Four Feathers

When a British army officer, Harry Faversham, resigns his commission on the eve of his regiment's de...

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East Lynne on the Western Front
East Lynne on the Western Front

During the First World War a group of British soldiers serving on the Western Front stage a comic pe...

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The Price of Wisdom
The Price of Wisdom

A young woman designer goes to London to further her career, but things are complicated when her inv...

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Oedipus the King
Oedipus the King

This classic Greek tale tells how a noble youth accidentally marries his own mother, kills his own f...

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Blind Justice
Blind Justice

When Peggy wants to break off her engagement to Dick in order to marry Gilbert, Dick threatens to re...

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Quay South
Quay South

Facing pressure from authorities to relinquish control of his ship the Ebb Tide, Capt. Daniel Thwait...

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The Veteran of Waterloo
The Veteran of Waterloo

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