Acting
André Morell
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Born
20 August 1909
Died
28 November 1978 (aged 69)
Birthplace
Saint Pancras, London, England, UK
Also known as Cecil André Mesritz · Andre Morell · Андре Морелл
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
The Lord of the Rings
as Elrond (voice)
The Slipper and the Rose
as Bride's Father
The Message
as Abu-Talib
Barry Lyndon
as Lord Wendover
The Prison
as André Fage
Pope Joan
as Emperor Louis
10 Rillington Place
as Judge Lewis
Hell's Angel
as Sir Geoffrey Wolf
Julius Caesar
as Cicero
Dark of the Sun
as Bussier
The Vengeance of She
as Kassim
The Mummy's Shroud
as Sir Basil Walden
The Plague of the Zombies
as Sir James Forbes
Judith
as Haim
The Wrong Box
as Club Butler
Doctor Who: The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve
as Marshal Tavannes
She
as Haumeid
The Siege of Manchester
as Richard Heyrick
Woman of Straw
as Judge
The Moon-Spinners
as Yacht Captain
The Shadow of the Cat
as Walter Venable
Cash on Demand
as Colonel Gore Hepburn
Cone of Silence
as Capt. Edward Manningham
The Trial of Oscar Wilde
as Sir Edward Clarke QC
Ben-Hur
as Sextus
The Hound of the Baskervilles
as Doctor Watson
The Giant Behemoth
as Prof. James Bickford
Paris Holiday
as American Ambassador
Diamond Safari
as Williamson
The Camp on Blood Island
as Col. Lambert
The Bridge on the River Kwai
as Col. Green
Interpol
as Commissioner Breckner
The Man Who Never Was
as Sir Bernard Spilsbury
The Black Tent
as Sheik Salem ben Yussef
The Baby and the Battleship
as Marshal
Zarak
as Maj. Atherton
Three Cases of Murder
as Dr. Audlin ("Lord Mountdrago" segment)
They Can't Hang Me
as Robert Isaac Pitt
The Secret
as Chief Inspector Blake
Summertime
as Englishman in Train Compartment (uncredited)
The Black Knight
as Sir Ontzlake
His Majesty O'Keefe
as Alfred Tetins
Nineteen Eighty-Four
as O'Brien
The Golden Link
1954
The Golden Link
as Supt. Blake
It Is Midnight, Dr. Schweitzer
1953
It Is Midnight, Dr. Schweitzer
as Albert Schweitzer
Stolen Face
as David
Tall Headlines
as George Rackham
High Treason
as Supt. Folland
Flesh and Blood
as Dr. "Willie" Marshall
Stage Fright
as Inspector Byard
The Clouded Yellow
as Secret Service Chief Chubb (as Andre Morell)
Seven Days to Noon
as Superintendent G.W. Folland
So Long at the Fair
as Doctor Hart
No Place for Jennifer
as Counsel
Trio
as Dr. Lennox
Madeleine
as Defense Attorney
Wuthering Heights
as Hindley Earnshaw
Unpublished Story
as Marchand
Three Silent Men
as Charles Klein
Ten Days in Paris
as Victor
Pride and Prejudice
as Mr. Wickham