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." Description above from the Wikipedia article André Morell, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Also Known As
Movie Appearances
The Lord of the Rings
as Elrond (voice)
1978
Ben-Hur
as Sextus
1959
The Bridge on the River Kwai
as Col. Green
1957
Barry Lyndon
as Lord Wendover
1975
Stage Fright
as Inspector Byard
1950
The Hound of the Baskervilles
as Doctor Watson
1959
Dark of the Sun
as Bussier
1968
Paris Holiday
as American Ambassador
1958
The Shadow of the Cat
as Walter Venable
1961
The Black Knight
as Sir Ontzlake
1954
The Plague of the Zombies
as Sir James Forbes
1966
The Giant Behemoth
as Prof. James Bickford
1959
Cash on Demand
as Colonel Gore Hepburn
1961
The Man Who Never Was
as Sir Bernard Spilsbury
1956
Julius Caesar
as Cicero
1970
The Clouded Yellow
as Secret Service Chief Chubb (as Andre Morell)
1950
Interpol
as Commissioner Breckner
1957
Three Cases of Murder
as Dr. Audlin ("Lord Mountdrago" segment)
1955
The Vengeance of She
as Kassim
1968
Stolen Face
as David
1952
TV Appearances
Danger Man
1960
The Avengers
1961
The Saint
as Bernhard Raxel
1962
Quatermass and the Pit
as Professor Bernard Quatermass
1958
The Adventurer
as Le Père Antonius
1972
The Buccaneers
as Governor
1956
One Step Beyond
as Gen. Guenther Hautmann
1959
Play for Today
as Sir Geoffrey Wolf
1970
The Expert
as Major Williams
1968
International Detective
as Howard Conway
1959
Life of Shakespeare
as Edward Alleyn
1978
The Caesars
as Tiberius
1968