page_title: Roger Livesey
section_title: Death
hierarchical_section_title: Roger Livesey / Death
caption_attribution_description: English: Memorial plaque to the actors Roger Livesey and Ursula Jeans in St Paul's church in Covent Garden.
context_page_description: Roger Livesey was a Welsh 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 dark blond hair, Livesey used his highly distinctive husky voice, gentle manner and athletic physique to create many notable roles in his theatre and film work.
context_section_description: Livesey died in Watford from colorectal cancer at the age of 69 on 4 February 1976. He shares a memorial plaque with his wife Ursula Jeans in the actors' church St Paul's in Covent Garden.
caption: Memorial plaque in St Paul's in Covent Garden to Livesey and his wife Ursula Jeans
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