Acting
John Westbrook
EN cinema · 23 credits
Born
1 November 1922
Died
16 June 1989 (aged 66)
Birthplace
Teignmouth, England, UK
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
Filmography
The Dress
as Matthew
North Sea Hijack
as Dawnay
The Lord of the Rings
as Treebeard (voice)
B.Traven: A Mystery Solved
as Self - Reader
Six Characters in Search of an Author
as Leading Man
The Madness: Scenes from the Spanish Civil War
1976
The Madness: Scenes from the Spanish Civil War
as General Rojo
The Breakthrough
as Voice of Charon One
Let There Be Light
as Inspector
Look at Life: Queue for Gardens
1968
Look at Life: Queue for Gardens
as Self - Commentator
Look at Life: It's Odds on the Fish
1968
Look at Life: It's Odds on the Fish
as Self - Commentator
Look at Life: Mini and Mod
1968
Look at Life: Mini and Mod
as Self - Commentator
Look at Life: Change at the Tower
as Self - Commentator
Look at Life: The Abbey Backstage
1966
Look at Life: The Abbey Backstage
as Self - Commentator
The Masque of the Red Death
as The Man in Red
The Tomb of Ligeia
as Christopher Gough
A Prize of Arms
as Capt. Stafford
Foxhole in Cairo
as Roger
Room at the Top
as Jack Wales
A Midsummer Night's Dream
as Theseus
Rupert of Hentzau
1957
Rupert of Hentzau
as The King / Rudolf Rassendyll
There Is Another Sun
as Detective