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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.
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- Richard D. Winters. Played Damian Lewis. Damian Lewis leads the Band of Brothers cast as Richard Winters. Richard Winters is first introduced in Band of Brothers as the second lieutenant of Easy Company's 2nd Battalion during their training in Camp Toccoa.
- Lewis Nixon III. Played By Ron Livingston. Ron Livingston plays Lewis Nixon III in the Band of Brothers cast, another central character in the show. Richard Winters' close friend and fellow second lieutenant of Easy Company's 2nd Battalion, Nixon shares many of Winters' campaigns during the war but does not have the same trajectory up through the ranks.
- Lynn "Buck" Compton. Played By Neal McDonough. Played by Neal McDonough in the Band of Brothers cast, Buck Compton is assigned as Easy Company's 2nd Battalion assistant platoon leader during their training in Aldbourne, England.
- C. Carwood Lipton. Played By Donnie Wahlberg. Donnie Wahlberg had a career-defining performance when he stepped up to play Lipton in the Band of Brothers cast.
His first appearance on the stage was at the St. James’s Theatre on Nov. 21, 1917, when he was 11. The role was that of the Office Boy in “Loyalty.” One play followed another in the West End for almost 10 years, and then he toured the West Indies and South Africa for several years.
General Candy (Roger Livesey), who’s overseeing an English squad in 1943, is a veteran leader who doesn’t have the respect of the men he’s training and is considered out-of-touch with what’s needed to win the war. But it wasn’t always this way.
Roger Livesey. Actor: The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp. The son of Joseph Livesey and Mary Catherine (nee Edwards), Roger was educated at Westminster City School, London. His first stage appearance was the office boy in Loyalties at St. James' theatre in 1917.
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Oct 5, 2015 · This peerless actor was the centrepiece of many of the finest films in British history. Born in Barry, South Wales in 1906, Livesey is rarely invited into the superclub of immortal Welsh greats like Richard Burton , Anthony Hopkins , Rachel Roberts and Hugh Griffiths .
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Actor. Best known of the Livesey acting brothers, a character star more than a character player, Roger Livesey is most fondly remembered for his screen roles in the films of Michael Powell: The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943, as the hero who ages through three wars), I Know Where I'm Going!
