André Morell

André Morell

  • Birthday: 1909-08-20
  • Deathday: 1978-11-28
  • Place of birth: Saint Pancras, London, England, UK
  • Also know as: Cecil André Mesritz

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

The Shadow of the Cat

1961

As Walter Venable

The Plague of the Zombies

1966

As Sir James Forbes

The Mummy's Shroud

1967

As Sir Basil Walden

The Camp on Blood Island

1958

As Col. Lambert

The Hound of the Baskervilles

1959

As Doctor Watson

The Giant Behemoth

1959

As Prof. James Bickford

Cash on Demand

1961

As Colonel Gore Hepburn

Seven Days to Noon

1950

As Superintendent G.W. Folland

High Treason

1951

As Supt. Folland

The Man and the Snake

1972

As Dr. Druring

Flesh and Blood

1951

As Dr. "Willie" Marshall

Hell's Angel

1971

As Sir Geoffrey Wolf

The Black Knight

1954

As Sir Ontzlake

Stolen Face

1952

As David

His Majesty O'Keefe

1954

As Alfred Tetins

The Secret

1955

As Chief Inspector Blake

Diamond Safari

1958

As Williamson

The Black Tent

1956

As Sheik Salem ben Yussef

They Can't Hang Me

1955

As Robert Isaac Pitt

Tall Headlines

1952

As George Rackham

The Siege of Manchester

1965

As Richard Heyrick

Wuthering Heights

1948

As Hindley Earnshaw

Dark of the Sun

1968

As Bussier

Paris Holiday

1958

As American Ambassador

Interpol

1957

As Commissioner Breckner

Three Cases of Murder

1955

As Dr. Audlin ("Lord Mountdrago" segment)

Trouble in the Sky

1960

As Capt. Edward Manningham

Nineteen Eighty-Four

1954

As O'Brien

Madeleine

1950

As Defense Attorney

The Bridge on the River Kwai

1957

As Col. Green

The Clouded Yellow

1950

As Secret Service Chief Chubb (as Andre Morell)

The Vengeance of She

1968

As Kassim

She

1965

As Haumeid

Judith

1966

As Haim

10 Rillington Place

1971

As Judge Lewis

Three Silent Men

1940

As Charles Klein

So Long at the Fair

1950

As Doctor Hart

Unpublished Story

1942

As Marchand

The Message

1976

As Abu-Talib

Cyrano de Bergerac

1938

As Le Bret

The Man Who Never Was

1956

As Sir Bernard Spilsbury

Woman of Straw

1964

As Judge

Ten Days in Paris

1940

As Victor

The Moon-Spinners

1964

As Yacht Captain

Zarak

1956

As Maj. Atherton

Stage Fright

1950

As Inspector Byard

Summertime

1955

As Englishman in Train Compartment (uncredited)

Ben-Hur

1959

As Sextus

No Place for Jennifer

1950

As Counsel

Pride and Prejudice

1938

As Mr. Wickham

The Lord of the Rings

1978

As Elrond (voice)

Barry Lyndon

1975

As Lord Gustavos Adolphus Wendover

Pope Joan

1972

As Emperor Louis

Julius Caesar

1970

As Cicero

Trio

1950

As Dr. Lennox

The Slipper and the Rose

1976

As Bride's Father

The Wrong Box

1966

As Club Butler

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