André Morell
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia André Morell (20 August 1909 – 28 November 1978; sometimes credited as Andre Morell) was a British actor. He appeared frequently in theatre, film and on television from the 1930s to the 1970s. His best known screen roles were as Professor Bernard Quatermass in the BBC Television serial Quatermass and the Pit (1958–59), and as Doctor Watson in the Hammer Film Productions version of The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959). He also appeared in the Academy Award-winning films The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) and Ben-Hur (1959), in several of Hammer's well-known horror films throughout the 1960s and in the acclaimed ITV historical drama The Caesars (1968). His obituary in The Times newspaper described him as possessing a "commanding presence with a rich, responsive voice... whether in the classical or modern theatre he was authoritative and dependable." Description above from the Wikipedia article André Morell, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Credits
- 2015 · André Morell: Best of British as Self
- 1978 · The First Great Train Robbery as Judge
- 1978 · The Lord of the Rings as Elrond (voice)
- 1978 · Life of Shakespeare as Edward Alleyn
- 1977 · The Professionals as Brigadier Stadden
- 1976 · The Slipper and the Rose as Bride's Father
- 1976 · The Message as Abu-Talib
- 1975 · Barry Lyndon as Lord Wendover
- 1972 · The Adventurer as Le Père Antonius
- 1972 · Pope Joan as Emperor Louis
- 1972 · The Man and the Snake as Dr. Druring
- 1971 · 10 Rillington Place as Judge Lewis
- 1971 · Hell's Angel as Sir Geoffrey Wolf
- 1970 · Play for Today as Sir Geoffrey Wolf
- 1970 · Julius Caesar as Cicero
- 1969 · Special Branch as
- 1968 · The Caesars as Tiberius
- 1968 · The Expert as Major Williams
- 1968 · The Vengeance of She as Kassim
- 1968 · Dark of the Sun as Bussier
- 1967 · The Mummy's Shroud as Sir Basil Walden
- 1966 · The Wrong Box as Club Butler
- 1966 · Doctor Who: The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve as Marshal Tavannes
- 1966 · Judith as Haim
- 1966 · The Plague of the Zombies as Sir James Forbes
- 1965 · The Siege of Manchester as Richard Heyrick
- 1965 · She as Haumeid
- 1965 · Public Eye as Robert Stuart
- 1964 · The Moon-Spinners as Yacht Captain
- 1964 · Woman of Straw as Judge
- 1963 · The Human Jungle as Sir Desmond Shaw
- 1962 · The Saint as Bernhard Raxel
- 1961 · Cash on Demand as Colonel Gore Hepburn
- 1961 · The Shadow of the Cat as Walter Venable
- 1961 · The Avengers as
- 1960 · Danger Man as
- 1960 · The Trial of Oscar Wilde as Sir Edward Clarke QC
- 1960 · Cone of Silence as Capt. Edward Manningham
- 1959 · International Detective as Howard Conway
- 1959 · Ben-Hur as Sextus
- 1959 · The Hound of the Baskervilles as Doctor Watson
- 1959 · The Giant Behemoth as Prof. James Bickford
- 1959 · One Step Beyond as Gen. Guenther Hautmann
- 1958 · Quatermass and the Pit as Professor Bernard Quatermass
- 1958 · The Camp on Blood Island as Col. Lambert
- 1958 · Paris Holiday as American Ambassador
- 1958 · Diamond Safari as Williamson
- 1957 · The Bridge on the River Kwai as Col. Green
- 1957 · Interpol as Commissioner Breckner
- 1956 · Zarak as Maj. Atherton
- 1956 · The Buccaneers as Governor
- 1956 · The Baby and the Battleship as Marshal
- 1956 · The Black Tent as Sheik Salem ben Yussef
- 1956 · The Man Who Never Was as Sir Bernard Spilsbury
- 1955 · They Can't Hang Me as Robert Isaac Pitt
- 1955 · Summertime as Englishman in Train Compartment (uncredited)
- 1955 · The Secret as Chief Inspector Blake
- 1955 · Three Cases of Murder as Dr. Audlin ("Lord Mountdrago" segment)
- 1954 · Nineteen Eighty-Four as O'Brien
- 1954 · The Black Knight as Sir Ontzlake
- 1954 · His Majesty O'Keefe as Alfred Tetins
- 1952 · Stolen Face as David
- 1952 · Tall Headlines as George Rackham
- 1951 · High Treason as Supt. Folland
- 1951 · Flesh and Blood as Dr. "Willie" Marshall
- 1950 · The Clouded Yellow as Secret Service Chief Chubb (as Andre Morell)
- 1950 · Seven Days to Noon as Superintendent G.W. Folland
- 1950 · Trio as Dr. Lennox
- 1950 · So Long at the Fair as Doctor Hart
- 1950 · Stage Fright as Inspector Byard
- 1950 · Madeleine as Defense Attorney
- 1950 · No Place for Jennifer as Counsel
- 1950 · Sunday Night Theatre as O'Brien
- 1948 · Wuthering Heights as Hindley Earnshaw
- 1948 · Health in Our Time as
- 1942 · Unpublished Story as Marchand
- 1940 · Three Silent Men as Charles Klein
- 1940 · Ten Days in Paris as Victor
- 1938 · Cyrano de Bergerac as Le Bret
- 1938 · Pride and Prejudice as Mr. Wickham