André Morell
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.
Known For
Elrond (voice)
The Lord of the Rings
Sextus
Ben-Hur
Col. Green
The Bridge on the River Kwai
Lord Wendover
Barry Lyndon
Inspector Byard
Stage Fright
Doctor Watson
The Hound of the Baskervilles
Bussier
Dark of the Sun
American Ambassador
Paris Holiday
Walter Venable
The Shadow of the Cat
Sir Ontzlake
The Black Knight
Sir James Forbes
The Plague of the Zombies
Prof. James Bickford
Behemoth, the Sea Monster
Colonel Gore Hepburn (as Andre Morell)
Cash on Demand
Sir Bernard Spilsbury
The Man Who Never Was
Cicero
Julius Caesar
Secret Service Chief Chubb (as Andre Morell)
The Clouded Yellow
Commissioner Breckner
Interpol
Dr. Audlin ("Lord Mountdrago" segment)
Three Cases of Murder
Kassim
The Vengeance of She
David
Stolen Face
Sir Basil Walden
The Mummy's Shroud
Haumeid
She
Superintendent G.W. Folland
Seven Days to Noon
Williamson
Diamond Safari
Sheik Salem ben Yussef
The Black Tent
Le Bret
Cyrano de Bergerac
Marshal
The Baby and the Battleship
Supt. Folland
High Treason
Col. Lambert
The Camp on Blood Island
Robert Isaac Pitt
They Can't Hang Me
Alfred Tetins
His Majesty O'Keefe
Capt. Edward Manningham
Cone of Silence
Doctor Hart
So Long at the Fair
Hindley Earnshaw
Wuthering Heights
Chief Inspector Blake
The Secret
Judge
Woman of Straw
Charles Klein
Three Silent Men
Dr. Druring
The Man and the Snake
Richard Heyrick
The Siege of Manchester
George Rackham
Tall Headlines
Health in Our Time
Victor
Ten Days in Paris
Counsel
No Place for Jennifer
Yacht Captain
The Moon-Spinners
Haim
Judith
Marchand
Unpublished Story
Club Butler
The Wrong Box
Maj. Atherton
Zarak
Judge Lewis
10 Rillington Place
Judge
The First Great Train Robbery
Bride's Father
The Slipper and the Rose
Dr. "Willie" Marshall
Flesh and Blood
Abu-Talib
The Message
Dr. Lennox
Trio
O'Brien
Nineteen Eighty-Four
Englishman in Train Compartment (uncredited)
Summertime
Sir Geoffrey Wolf
Hell's Angel
Defense Attorney
Madeleine
Marshal Tavannes
Doctor Who: The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve
Emperor Louis
Pope Joan
Mr. Wickham
Pride and Prejudice
Self
André Morell: Best of British
Sir Edward Clarke QC
The Trial of Oscar Wilde
Dr. Fellman
The Queen's Husband
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
64
Gender
Male
Birthday
1909-08-20
Place of Birth
Saint Pancras, London, England, UK
Also Known As
Cecil André Mesritz