Showing posts with label Roger Livesey. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Roger Livesey. Show all posts

Thursday, June 25, 2026

Born on this day – Roger Livesey:

 

Roger Livesey


Actor

June 25, 1906 – February 4, 1976

Credits:
A Cuckoo in the Nest (1933); A Cup of Happiness (1939); A Matter of Life and Death (1946); Arena (1981); Armchair Mystery Theatre (1960); BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1952–1955); Best of British (1987); Black Magic (1938); Blind Justice (1934); Boyd Q.C. (1961); By Invitation Only (1961); East Lynne on the Western Front (1931); Espionage (1964); Finger of Guilt (1956); Futtocks End (1970); Green Grow the Rushes (1951); H.M. Tennent Globe Theatre (1956); Hamlet (1969); I Know Where I'm Going! (1945); If This Be Sin (1949); It Happened in Broad Daylight (1958); ITV Play of the Week (1959–1960); ITV Saturday Night Theatre (1971); ITV Television Playhouse (1955–1958); I've Got a Secret (1956); Justice (1971); Kate (1972); Look at Life: The Cinema Steps Out (1962); Lorna Doone (1934); Love Story (1963); Married Love (1923); Men of Darkness (1948); Midshipman Easy (1935); New Scotland Yard (1972); No, My Darling Daughter (1961); Oedipus the King (1968); Of Human Bondage (1964); On Trial (1960); Parkin's Patch (1970); Rembrandt (1936); Seven Women (1953); Smiling Along (1938); Spies of the Air (1939); Spring Meeting (1938); The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders (1965); The Canvas Rainbow (1949); The Colour Merchant (1998); The Drum (1938); The Entertainer (1960); The Entertainer (1960); The Flying Doctor (1959); The Four Feathers (1921); The Girl in the News (1940); The Human Jungle (1964); The League of Gentlemen (1960); The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943); The Life and Death of Sir John Falstaff (1959); The Lives of Benjamin Franklin (1974–1975); The Madhouse on Castle Street / BBC Sunday-Night Play (1963); The Man in the Iron Mask (1968); The Master Builder (1950); The Master of Ballantrae (1953); The Pallisers (1974); The Passing Show (1953); The Price of Wisdom (1935); The Rebel's Son (1938); The Stowaway (1958); The Variety Club Awards for 1970 (1971); The Veteran of Waterloo (1933); The Winslow Boy (1949); Theatre 625 (1965); Thirty Minute Theatre (1962); Time to Remember (1959); Upgreen - And at 'Em (1960); Vice Versa (1948); Where the Rainbow Ends (1921).

Tuesday, April 7, 2026

On this day in movie and book history - The League of Gentlemen (1960 and 1958)

The League of Gentlemen

directed by Basil Dearden,

written by Bryan Forbes,

based on the novel by John Boland,

was released in the United Kingdom on April 7, 1960.

Music by Philip Green.

Cast:
Jack Hawkins, Nigel Patrick, Roger Livesey, Richard Attenborough, Bryan Forbes, Kieron Moore, Terence Alexander, Norman Bird, Robert Coote, Melissa Stribling, Nanette Newman, Lydia Sherwood, Doris Hare, David Lodge, Patrick Wymark, Gerald Harper, Brian Murray, Terence Edmond, Nigel Green, Patrick Jordan, Dinsdale Landen, Ronald Leigh-Hunt, Oliver Reed, Norman Rossington, Bruce Seton, Michael Corcoran.

Recommended reading:

The League of Gentlemen

by John Boland.

ASIN: B000WH36FM
Published by Beacon Envoy.
Published 1958.
Mass Market Paperback.

The basis of the movie The League of Gentlemen (1960), directed by Basil Dearden.