John Westbrook
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 1 November 1922 · Teignmouth, England, UK
- Died
- 16 June 1989
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article John Westbrook (actor), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
Known for
6.4The Tomb of Ligeia
1964
Look at Life: The Abbey Backstage
1966
Look at Life: Queue for Gardens
1968
Look at Life: Mini and Mod
1968
Look at Life: It's Odds on the Fish
1968
Look at Life: Change at the Tower
1967
Acting 22
- 1984The Dress as Matthew
- 1980North Sea Hijack as Dawnay
- 1978B.Traven: A Mystery Solved as Self - Reader
- 1978The Lord of the Rings as Treebeard (voice)
- 1977Six Characters in Search of an Author as Leading Man
- 1975The Breakthrough as Voice of Charon One
- 1974Dr. Watson and the Darkwater Hall Mystery as Bradshaw
- 1970Let There Be Light as Inspector
- 1968Look at Life: Queue for Gardens as Self - Commentator
- 1968Look at Life: Mini and Mod as Self - Commentator
- 1968Look at Life: It's Odds on the Fish as Self - Commentator
- 1967Look at Life: Change at the Tower as Self - Commentator
- 1966Look at Life: The Abbey Backstage as Self - Commentator
- 1964The Tomb of Ligeia as Christopher Gough
- 1964The Masque of the Red Death as The Man in Red
- 1962A Prize of Arms as Capt. Stafford
- 1960Foxhole in Cairo as Roger
- 1958Room at the Top as Jack Wales
- 1958A Midsummer Night's Dream as Theseus
- 1957Rupert of Hentzau as The King / Rudolf Rassendyll
- 1957The Twilight Forest as Narrator
- 1951There Is Another Sun as Detective