André Morell
Acting
Born: 1909-08-20 in 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
Play for Today
Sir Geoffrey Wolf
The Avengers
Lord Teale
One Step Beyond
Gen. Guenther Hautmann
The Saint
Bernhard Raxel
BBC Play of the Month
Cyril Horsham
The Professionals
Brigadier Stadden
ITV Playhouse
Piers Collingham
Theatre 625
Richard Heyrick
Danger Man
Ben-Hur
Sextus
Sunday Night Theatre
O'Brien
Barry Lyndon
Lord Wendover
The Bridge on the River Kwai
Col. Green
The Buccaneers
Governor
The Expert
Major Williams
Public Eye
Robert Stuart
The World of Hammer
Self (archive footage)
The First Great Train Robbery
Judge
The Lord of the Rings
Elrond (voice)
The Human Jungle
Sir Desmond Shaw
The Adventurer
Le Père Antonius
The Message
Abu-Talib
His Majesty O'Keefe
Alfred Tetins
On Trial
Sir Edward Clarke
Edward the Seventh
Lord Palmerston
The Hound of the Baskervilles
Doctor Watson
Quatermass and the Pit
Professor Bernard Quatermass
Will Shakespeare
Edward Alleyn
Julius Caesar
Cicero
Interpol
Commissioner Breckner
Zarak
Maj. Atherton
Summertime
Englishman in Train Compartment (uncredited)
Stage Fright
Inspector Byard