John Westbrook
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. John Westbrook (1 November 1922 - 16 June 1989) was an English actor. Born in Teignmouth, Devon, John Westbrook worked mainly in theatre and in radio. He also made occasional film and television appearances. His most famous role was as Christopher Gough in Roger Corman's The Tomb of Ligeia. Noted for his deep, mellifluous voice, he also recorded radio plays and audio books, and provided the role of Treebeard in the 1978 animated adaptation of The Lord of the Rings. Westbrook also recorded the spoken vocal parts for the orchestral pieces An Oxford Elegy by Ralph Vaughan Williams and Morning Heroes by Arthur Bliss. Description above from the Wikipedia article John Westbrook (actor), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
Known For
Credits
- 1984 · The Dress as Matthew
- 1980 · North Sea Hijack as Dawnay
- 1978 · B.Traven: A Mystery Solved as Reader
- 1978 · The Lord of the Rings as Treebeard (voice)
- 1978 · Blake's 7 as Muller
- 1975 · The Breakthrough as Voice of Charon One
- 1974 · Dr. Watson and the Darkwater Hall Mystery as Bradshaw
- 1974 · Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill as
- 1972 · The Edwardians as
- 1971 · Justice as Jonathan Osmond Q.C.
- 1970 · Let There Be Light as Inspector
- 1969 · The First Churchills as
- 1969 · The First Churchills as James, Duke of York
- 1969 · The Main Chance as Charles Wainwright
- 1968 · Look at Life: Queue for Gardens as Self - Commentator
- 1967 · Look at Life: Change at the Tower as Self - Commentator
- 1964 · The Tomb of Ligeia as Christopher Gough
- 1964 · The Masque of the Red Death as The Man in Red
- 1962 · A Prize of Arms as Capt. Stafford
- 1960 · Foxhole in Cairo as Roger
- 1958 · Room at the Top as Jack Wales
- 1951 · There Is Another Sun as Detective