André Morell
Known for department: Acting
Birthday: 1909-08-20 – 1978-11-28
Place of birth: Saint Pancras, London, England, UK
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
The Lord of the Rings
1978Elrond (voice)
Ben-Hur
1959Sextus
The Bridge on the River Kwai
1957Col. Green
Barry Lyndon
1975Lord Wendover
Stage Fright
1950Inspector Byard
The Hound of the Baskervilles
1959Doctor Watson
Dark of the Sun
1968Bussier
Paris Holiday
1958American Ambassador
The Shadow of the Cat
1961Walter Venable
The Black Knight
1954Sir Ontzlake
The Plague of the Zombies
1966Sir James Forbes
The Giant Behemoth
1959Prof. James Bickford
Cash on Demand
1961Colonel Gore Hepburn
The Man Who Never Was
1956Sir Bernard Spilsbury
Julius Caesar
1970Cicero
The Clouded Yellow
1950Secret Service Chief Chubb (as Andre Morell)
Interpol
1957Commissioner Breckner
Three Cases of Murder
1955Dr. Audlin ("Lord Mountdrago" segment)
The Vengeance of She
1968Kassim