John Westbrook

Biography

​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

The Man in Red

The Masque of the Red Death

Christopher Gough

The Tomb of Ligeia

Jack Wales

Room at the Top

Matthew

The Dress

Bradshaw

Dr. Watson and the Darkwater Hall Mystery

Roger

Foxhole in Cairo

Capt. Stafford

A Prize of Arms

Self - Commentator

Look at Life: Change at the Tower

Dawnay

ffolkes

Treebeard (voice)

The Lord of the Rings

Detective

There Is Another Sun

Voice of Charon One

The Breakthrough

Reader

B.Traven: A Mystery Solved

Inspector

Let There Be Light

Self - Commentator

Look at Life: Queue for Gardens

Self - Commentator

Look at Life: It's Odds on the Fish

Leading Man

Six Characters in Search of an Author

The King / Rudolf Rassendyll

Rupert of Hentzau

Self - Commentator

Look at Life: The Abbey Backstage