André Morell
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1909-08-20
Day of Death
1978-11-28 (69 years old)
Place of Birth
Saint Pancras, London, England, UK
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."
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Known For
Acting
(2015)
(1978)
The Lord of the Rings
as Elrond (voice)
(1978)
The First Great Train Robbery
as Judge
(1976)
The Message
as Abu-Talib
(1976)
The Slipper and the Rose
as Bride's Father
(1975)
Barry Lyndon
as Lord Wendover
(1972)
Pope Joan
as Emperor Louis
(1972)
The Man and the Snake
as Dr. Druring
(1971)
10 Rillington Place
as Judge Lewis
(1971)
Hell's Angel
as Sir Geoffrey Wolf
(1970)
Julius Caesar
as Cicero
(1968)
Dark of the Sun
as Bussier
(1968)
The Vengeance of She
as Kassim
(1967)
The Mummy's Shroud
as Sir Basil Walden
(1966)
The Wrong Box
as Club Butler
(1966)
The Plague of the Zombies
as Sir James Forbes
(1966)
Judith
as Haim
(1966)
Doctor Who: The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve
as Marshal Tavannes
(1965)
She
as Haumeid
(1965)
The Siege of Manchester
as Richard Heyrick
(1964)
Woman of Straw
as Judge
(1964)
The Moon-Spinners
as Yacht Captain
(1961)
Cash on Demand
as Colonel Gore Hepburn (as Andre Morell)
(1961)
The Shadow of the Cat
as Walter Venable
(1960)
Cone of Silence
as Capt. Edward Manningham
(1960)
The Trial of Oscar Wilde
as Sir Edward Clarke QC
(1959)
Ben-Hur
as Sextus
(1959)
The Hound of the Baskervilles
as Doctor Watson
(1959)
The Giant Behemoth
as Prof. James Bickford
(1958)
The Camp on Blood Island
as Col. Lambert
(1958)
Paris Holiday
as American Ambassador
(1958)
Diamond Safari
as Williamson
(1957)
The Bridge on the River Kwai
as Col. Green
(1957)
Interpol
as Commissioner Breckner
(1956)
The Man Who Never Was
as Sir Bernard Spilsbury
(1956)
Zarak
as Maj. Atherton
(1956)
The Baby and the Battleship
as Marshal
(1956)
The Black Tent
as Sheik Salem ben Yussef
(1955)
Summertime
as Englishman in Train Compartment (uncredited)
(1955)
They Can't Hang Me
as Robert Isaac Pitt
(1955)
Three Cases of Murder
as Dr. Audlin ("Lord Mountdrago" segment)
(1955)
The Secret
as Chief Inspector Blake
(1954)
The Black Knight
as Sir Ontzlake
(1954)
Nineteen Eighty-Four
as O'Brien
(1954)
His Majesty O'Keefe
as Alfred Tetins
(1952)
Stolen Face
as David
(1952)
Tall Headlines
as George Rackham
(1951)
High Treason
as Supt. Folland
(1951)
Flesh and Blood
as Dr. "Willie" Marshall
(1950)
Stage Fright
as Inspector Byard
(1950)
Seven Days to Noon
as Superintendent G.W. Folland
(1950)
Trio
as Dr. Lennox
(1950)
Madeleine
as Defense Attorney
(1950)
No Place for Jennifer
as Counsel
(1950)
The Clouded Yellow
as Secret Service Chief Chubb (as Andre Morell)
(1950)
So Long at the Fair
as Doctor Hart
(1948)
Wuthering Heights
as Hindley Earnshaw
(1948)
(1946)
The Queen's Husband
as Dr. Fellman
(1942)
Unpublished Story
as Marchand
(1940)
Three Silent Men
as Charles Klein
(1940)
Ten Days in Paris
as Victor
(1938)
Cyrano de Bergerac
as Le Bret
(1938)
Pride and Prejudice
as Mr. Wickham