Known For
Acting
Born
Aug 20, 1909
Died
Nov 28, 1978
Place of Birth
Saint Pancras, London, England, UK
Credits
99 titles
André Morell
Biography
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
Filmography
André Morell: Best of British
Self
The World of Hammer
Self (archive footage)
The First Great Train Robbery
Judge
The Lord of the Rings
Elrond (voice)
Life of Shakespeare
Edward Alleyn
Will Shakespeare
Edward Alleyn
The Last Romantic
Gantry
The Professionals
Brigadier Stadden
The Velvet Glove
Ben Greet
The Slipper and the Rose
Bride's Father
The Message
Abu-Talib
Barry Lyndon
Lord Wendover
Edward the Seventh
Lord Palmerston
Armchair Cinema
André Fage
The Prison
André Fage
The Adventurer
Le Père Antonius
Pope Joan
Emperor Louis
The Man and the Snake
Dr. Druring
10 Rillington Place
Judge Lewis
Hell's Angel
Sir Geoffrey Wolf
Play for Today
Sir Geoffrey Wolf
Big Brother
Lord Bryant
Julius Caesar
Cicero
W. Somerset Maugham
Howard Joyce
The Caesars
Tiberius
The Expert
Major Williams
The Vengeance of She
Kassim
Dark of the Sun
Bussier
ITV Playhouse
Piers Collingham
The Mummy's Shroud
Sir Basil Walden
The Wrong Box
Club Butler
Doctor Who: The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve
Marshal Tavannes
Judith
Haim
The Plague of the Zombies
Sir James Forbes
The Siege of Manchester
Richard Heyrick
BBC Play of the Month
Cyril Horsham
She
Haumeid
Public Eye
Robert Stuart
The Moon-Spinners
Yacht Captain
Theatre 625
Richard Heyrick
Woman of Straw
Judge
Festival
Senator Clarke
The Human Jungle
Sir Desmond Shaw
The Saint
Bernhard Raxel
Cash on Demand
Colonel Gore Hepburn
The Shadow of the Cat
Walter Venable
The Avengers
Lord Teale
Danger Man
Theatre '70
Colonel Gore-Hepburn
The Trial of Oscar Wilde
Sir Edward Clarke QC