André Morell

André Morell

1909-08-20 – 1978-11-28 (age 69) Saint Pancras, London, England, UK
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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."

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Ben-Hur
Ben-Hur

1959

as Sextus

Barry Lyndon
Barry Lyndon

1975

as Lord Wendover

The Bridge on the River Kwai
The Lord of the Rings
The Lord of the Rings

1978

as Elrond (voice)

The Message
The Message

1976

as Abu-Talib

The First Great Train Robbery
The Hound of the Baskervilles
The Hound of the Baskervilles

1959

as Doctor Watson

Woman of Straw
Woman of Straw

1964

as Judge

Stage Fright
Stage Fright

1950

as Inspector Byard

Julius Caesar
Julius Caesar

1970

as Cicero

She
She

1965

as Haumeid

The Plague of the Zombies
The Plague of the Zombies

1966

as Sir James Forbes

Summertime
Summertime

1955

as Englishman in Train Compartment (uncredited)

The Man Who Never Was
The Man Who Never Was

1956

as Sir Bernard Spilsbury

The Wrong Box
The Wrong Box

1966

as Club Butler

The Slipper and the Rose
The Slipper and the Rose

1976

as Bride's Father

Interpol
Interpol

1957

as Commissioner Breckner

The Black Knight
The Black Knight

1954

as Sir Ontzlake

10 Rillington Place
10 Rillington Place

1971

as Judge Lewis

Nineteen Eighty-Four
Nineteen Eighty-Four

1954

as O'Brien