John Westbrook
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1922-11-01
Day of Death
1989-06-16 (66 years old)
Place of Birth
Teignmouth, England, UK
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.
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Known For
Acting
(1984)
The Dress
as Matthew
(1980)
North Sea Hijack
as Dawnay
(1978)
The Lord of the Rings
as Treebeard (voice)
(1978)
B.Traven: A Mystery Solved
as Reader
(1977)
Six Characters in Search of an Author
as Leading Man
(1975)
The Breakthrough
as Voice of Charon One
(1974)
Dr. Watson and the Darkwater Hall Mystery
as Bradshaw
(1970)
Let There Be Light
as Inspector
(1968)
Look at Life: Queue for Gardens
as Self - Commentator
(1968)
Look at Life: It's Odds on the Fish
as Self - Commentator
(1968)
Look at Life: Mini and Mod
as Self - Commentator
(1967)
Look at Life: Change at the Tower
as Self - Commentator
(1966)
Look at Life: The Abbey Backstage
as Self - Commentator
(1964)
The Tomb of Ligeia
as Christopher Gough
(1964)
The Masque of the Red Death
as The Man in Red
(1962)
A Prize of Arms
as Capt. Stafford
(1960)
Foxhole in Cairo
as Roger
(1958)
Room at the Top
as Jack Wales
(1957)
Rupert of Hentzau
as The King / Rudolf Rassendyll
(1951)
There Is Another Sun
as Detective