André Morell
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- August 20, 1909
- Died
- November 28, 1978
- Birthplace
- Saint Pancras, London, England, UK
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
André Morell: Best of British 2015
as Self
The First Great Train Robbery 1978
as Judge
The Lord of the Rings 1978
as Elrond (voice)
- The Last Romantic
The Last Romantic 1978
as Gantry
The Slipper and the Rose 1976
as Bride's Father
The Message 1976
as Abu-Talib
Barry Lyndon 1975
as Lord Wendover
The Prison 1974
as André Fage
Pope Joan 1972
as Emperor Louis
- The Man and the Snake
The Man and the Snake 1972
as Dr. Druring
10 Rillington Place 1971
as Judge Lewis
Hell's Angel 1971
as Sir Geoffrey Wolf
Julius Caesar 1970
as Cicero
The Vengeance of She 1968
as Kassim
Dark of the Sun 1968
as Bussier
The Mummy's Shroud 1967
as Sir Basil Walden
The Wrong Box 1966
as Club Butler
Doctor Who: The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve 1966
as Marshal Tavannes
Judith 1966
as Haim
The Plague of the Zombies 1966
as Sir James Forbes
The Siege of Manchester 1965
as Richard Heyrick
She 1965
as Haumeid
The Moon-Spinners 1964
as Yacht Captain
Woman of Straw 1964
as Judge
Cash on Demand 1961
as Colonel Gore Hepburn
The Shadow of the Cat 1961
as Walter Venable
The Trial of Oscar Wilde 1960
as Sir Edward Clarke QC
Cone of Silence 1960
as Capt. Edward Manningham
Ben-Hur 1959
as Sextus
The Hound of the Baskervilles 1959
as Doctor Watson
The Giant Behemoth 1959
as Prof. James Bickford
The Camp on Blood Island 1958
as Col. Lambert
Paris Holiday 1958
as American Ambassador
Diamond Safari 1958
as Williamson
The Bridge on the River Kwai 1957
as Col. Green
Interpol 1957
as Commissioner Breckner
Zarak 1956
as Maj. Atherton
The Baby and the Battleship 1956
as Marshal
The Black Tent 1956
as Sheik Salem ben Yussef
The Man Who Never Was 1956
as Sir Bernard Spilsbury
They Can't Hang Me 1955
as Robert Isaac Pitt
Summertime 1955
as Englishman in Train Compartment (uncredited)
The Secret 1955
as Chief Inspector Blake
Three Cases of Murder 1955
as Dr. Audlin ("Lord Mountdrago" segment)
Nineteen Eighty-Four 1954
as O'Brien
- The Golden Link
The Golden Link 1954
as Supt. Blake
The Black Knight 1954
as Sir Ontzlake
His Majesty O'Keefe 1954
as Alfred Tetins
- It Is Midnight, Dr. Schweitzer
It Is Midnight, Dr. Schweitzer 1953
as Albert Schweitzer
Stolen Face 1952
as David
Tall Headlines 1952
as George Rackham
High Treason 1951
as Supt. Folland
Flesh and Blood 1951
as Dr. "Willie" Marshall
The Clouded Yellow 1950
as Secret Service Chief Chubb (as Andre Morell)
Seven Days to Noon 1950
as Superintendent G.W. Folland
Trio 1950
as Dr. Lennox
So Long at the Fair 1950
as Doctor Hart
Stage Fright 1950
as Inspector Byard
Madeleine 1950
as Defense Attorney
No Place for Jennifer 1950
as Counsel
Wuthering Heights 1948
as Hindley Earnshaw
- Health in Our Time
Health in Our Time 1948
Actor
- The Queen's Husband
The Queen's Husband 1946
as Dr. Fellman
Unpublished Story 1942
as Marchand
Three Silent Men 1940
as Charles Klein
Ten Days in Paris 1940
as Victor
- Cyrano de Bergerac
Cyrano de Bergerac 1938
as Le Bret
Pride and Prejudice 1938
as Mr. Wickham
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