André Morell
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 20 August 1909 · Saint Pancras, London, England, UK
- Died
- 28 November 1978
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
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- 1978The First Great Train Robbery as Judge
- 1978The Lord of the Rings as Elrond (voice)
- 1978The Last Romantic as Gantry
- 1976The Slipper and the Rose as Bride's Father
- 1976The Message as Abu-Talib
- 1975Barry Lyndon as Lord Wendover
- 1974The Prison as André Fage
- 1972Pope Joan as Emperor Louis
- 1972The Man and the Snake as Dr. Druring
- 197110 Rillington Place as Judge Lewis
- 1971Hell's Angel as Sir Geoffrey Wolf
- 1970Julius Caesar as Cicero
- 1968The Vengeance of She as Kassim
- 1968Dark of the Sun as Bussier
- 1967The Mummy's Shroud as Sir Basil Walden
- 1966The Wrong Box as Club Butler
- 1966Doctor Who: The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve as Marshal Tavannes
- 1966Judith as Haim
- 1966The Plague of the Zombies as Sir James Forbes
- 1965The Siege of Manchester as Richard Heyrick
- 1965She as Haumeid
- 1964The Moon-Spinners as Yacht Captain
- 1964Woman of Straw as Judge
- 1961Cash on Demand as Colonel Gore Hepburn
- 1961The Shadow of the Cat as Walter Venable
- 1960The Trial of Oscar Wilde as Sir Edward Clarke QC
- 1960Cone of Silence as Capt. Edward Manningham
- 1959Ben-Hur as Sextus
- 1959The Hound of the Baskervilles as Doctor Watson
- 1959The Giant Behemoth as Prof. James Bickford
- 1958The Camp on Blood Island as Col. Lambert
- 1958Paris Holiday as American Ambassador
- 1958Diamond Safari as Williamson
- 1957The Bridge on the River Kwai as Col. Green
- 1957Interpol as Commissioner Breckner
- 1956Zarak as Maj. Atherton
- 1956The Baby and the Battleship as Marshal
- 1956The Black Tent as Sheik Salem ben Yussef
- 1956The Man Who Never Was as Sir Bernard Spilsbury
- 1955They Can't Hang Me as Robert Isaac Pitt
- 1955Summertime as Englishman in Train Compartment (uncredited)
- 1955The Secret as Chief Inspector Blake
- 1955Three Cases of Murder as Dr. Audlin ("Lord Mountdrago" segment)
- 1954Nineteen Eighty-Four as O'Brien
- 1954The Golden Link as Supt. Blake
- 1954The Black Knight as Sir Ontzlake
- 1954His Majesty O'Keefe as Alfred Tetins
- 1953It Is Midnight, Dr. Schweitzer as Albert Schweitzer
- 1952Stolen Face as David
- 1952Tall Headlines as George Rackham
- 1951High Treason as Supt. Folland
- 1951Flesh and Blood as Dr. "Willie" Marshall
- 1950The Clouded Yellow as Secret Service Chief Chubb (as Andre Morell)
- 1950Seven Days to Noon as Superintendent G.W. Folland
- 1950Trio as Dr. Lennox
- 1950So Long at the Fair as Doctor Hart
- 1950Stage Fright as Inspector Byard
- 1950Madeleine as Defense Attorney
- 1950No Place for Jennifer as Counsel
- 1948Wuthering Heights as Hindley Earnshaw
- 1948Health in Our Time
- 1946The Queen's Husband as Dr. Fellman
- 1942Unpublished Story as Marchand
- 1940Three Silent Men as Charles Klein
- 1940Ten Days in Paris as Victor
- 1938Cyrano de Bergerac as Le Bret
- 1938Pride and Prejudice as Mr. Wickham