Biography: life and films
Roger Livesey was a British actor. He was born in Barry, Wales, UK on 25th June 1906 and died in Watford, Hertfordshire, England, UK on 4th February 1976, aged 69.His best films as an actor include Zoltan Korda's The Drum (1938), Carol Reed's crime-thriller Girl in the News (1940), Michael Powell's The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943), I Know Where I'm Going! (1945) and Basil Dearden's The League of Gentlemen (1960).
Roger Livesey appeared in 34 films.
He has most frequently worked with the following directors: Michael Powell (3 films), Tony Richardson (2) and Carol Reed (2).
His most frequent genres include: drama (18 films), comedy (8), romance (4), Thriller (4), history (3), crime-thriller (3), War (3), comedy-romance (2), comedy-drama (2) and Fantasy (2).
Our average rating for Roger Livesey over all films is: 3.1
Filmography
Key: a = actor
The Four Feathers (1921) [a]
Where the Rainbow Ends (1921) [a]
Married Love (1923) [a]
East Lynne on the Western Front (1931) [a]
A Cuckoo in the Nest (1933) [a]
Blind Justice (1934) [a]
Lorna Doone (1934) [a]
Midshipman Easy (1935) [a]
The Price of Wisdom (1935) [a]
Rembrandt (1936) [a]
Keep Smiling (1938) [a]
The Drum (1938) [a]
The Rebel Son (1938) [a]
Girl in the News (1940) [a]
Spies of the Air (1940) [a]
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943) [a]
I Know Where I'm Going! (1945) [a]
A Matter of Life and Death (1946) [a]
Vice Versa (1948) [a]
That Dangerous Age (1949) [a]
Green Grow the Rushes (1951) [a]
The Master of Ballantrae (1953) [a]
The Intimate Stranger (1956) [a]
Es geschah am hellichten Tag (1958) [a]
The Stowaway (1958) [a]
The Entertainer (1960) [a]
The League of Gentlemen (1960) [a]
No My Darling Daughter (1961) [a]
Of Human Bondage (1964) [a]
The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders (1965) [a]
Oedipus the King (1967) [a]
Hamlet (1969) [a]
Futtocks End (1970) [a]
The very best French thrillers
The best of British film comedies
