André Morell

Born: 1909-08-20 in Saint Pancras, London, England, UK

Died: 1978-11-28

Known For: Acting

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.

Filmography

2015

André Morell: Best of British as Self

1994

The World of Hammer as Self (archive footage)

1978

The Lord of the Rings as Elrond (voice)
The First Great Train Robbery as Judge
Life of Shakespeare as Edward Alleyn
The Last Romantic as Gantry

1977

The Professionals as Brigadier Stadden

1976

The Message as Abu-Talib
The Slipper and the Rose as Bride's Father

1975

Barry Lyndon as Lord Wendover
Edward the Seventh as Lord Palmerston

1974

Armchair Cinema as André Fage
The Prison as André Fage

1972

The Adventurer as Le Père Antonius
Pope Joan as Emperor Louis
The Man and the Snake as Dr. Druring

1971

10 Rillington Place as Judge Lewis
Hell's Angel as Sir Geoffrey Wolf

1970

Play for Today as Sir Geoffrey Wolf
Julius Caesar as Cicero

1968

The Expert as Major Williams
The Caesars as Tiberius
Dark of the Sun as Bussier
The Vengeance of She as Kassim

1967

ITV Playhouse as Piers Collingham
The Mummy's Shroud as Sir Basil Walden

1966

The Wrong Box as Club Butler
The Plague of the Zombies as Sir James Forbes
Judith as Haim
Doctor Who: The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve as Marshal Tavannes

1965

BBC Play of the Month as Cyril Horsham
Public Eye as Robert Stuart
She as Haumeid
The Siege of Manchester as Richard Heyrick

1964

Theatre 625 as Richard Heyrick
Woman of Straw as Judge
The Moon-Spinners as Yacht Captain

1963

Festival as Senator Clarke
The Human Jungle as Sir Desmond Shaw

1962

The Saint as Bernhard Raxel

1961

The Avengers
Cash on Demand as Colonel Gore Hepburn
The Shadow of the Cat as Walter Venable

1960

Danger Man
Cone of Silence as Capt. Edward Manningham
The Trial of Oscar Wilde as Sir Edward Clarke QC

1959

One Step Beyond as Gen. Guenther Hautmann
Ben-Hur as Sextus
International Detective as Howard Conway
The Hound of the Baskervilles as Doctor Watson
The Giant Behemoth as Prof. James Bickford

1958

Quatermass and the Pit as Professor Bernard Quatermass
Paris Holiday as American Ambassador
The Camp on Blood Island as Col. Lambert
Diamond Safari as Williamson

1957

The Bridge on the River Kwai as Col. Green
Overseas Press Club - Exclusive! as Sven
Interpol as Commissioner Breckner

1956

The Buccaneers as Governor
The Man Who Never Was as Sir Bernard Spilsbury
Armchair Theatre as Etienne
The Baby and the Battleship as Marshal
Zarak as Maj. Atherton
The Black Tent as Sheik Salem ben Yussef

1955

Summertime as Englishman in Train Compartment (uncredited)
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

1954

The Black Knight as Sir Ontzlake
Nineteen Eighty-Four as O'Brien
His Majesty O'Keefe as Alfred Tetins
The Golden Link as Supt. Blake

1952

Stolen Face as David
Tall Headlines as George Rackham

1951

High Treason as Supt. Folland
Flesh and Blood as Dr. "Willie" Marshall

1950

Sunday Night Theatre as O'Brien
Stage Fright as Inspector Byard
Madeleine as Defense Attorney
Seven Days to Noon as Superintendent G.W. Folland
Trio as Dr. Lennox
So Long at the Fair as Doctor Hart
The Clouded Yellow as Secret Service Chief Chubb (as Andre Morell)
No Place for Jennifer as Counsel