André Morell
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- August 20, 1909
- Died
- November 28, 1978 (aged 69)
- Birthplace
- Saint Pancras, London, England, UK
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.
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Filmography
André Morell: Best of British
Movie · as Self
The World of Hammer
TV · as Self (archive footage) · 4 eps
The Lord of the Rings
Movie · as Elrond (voice)
The First Great Train Robbery
Movie · as Judge
The Last Romantic
Movie · as Gantry
Will Shakespeare
TV · as Edward Alleyn · 1 ep
The Professionals
TV · as Brigadier Stadden · 1 ep
The Velvet Glove
TV · as Ben Greet · 1 ep
Mr Big
TV · as Sir Maurice Fender · 1 ep
The Slipper and the Rose
Movie · as Bride's Father
The Message
Movie · as Abu-Talib
Barry Lyndon
Movie · as Lord Wendover
Edward the Seventh
TV · as Lord Palmerston · 4 eps
The Prison
Movie · as André Fage
Armchair Cinema
TV · as André Fage · 1 ep
The Man and the Snake
Movie · as Dr. Druring
Pope Joan
Movie · as Emperor Louis
The Adventurer
TV · as Le Père Antonius · 1 ep
10 Rillington Place
Movie · as Judge Lewis
Hell's Angel
Movie · as Sir Geoffrey Wolf
Julius Caesar
Movie · as Cicero
Play for Today
TV · as Sir Geoffrey Wolf · 1 ep
Big Brother
TV · as Lord Bryant · 1 ep
W. Somerset Maugham
TV · as Howard Joyce · 1 ep
Dark of the Sun
Movie · as Bussier
The Vengeance of She
Movie · as Kassim
The Expert
TV · as Major Williams · 1 ep
The Caesars
TV · as Tiberius · 6 eps
The Mummy's Shroud
Movie · as Sir Basil Walden
ITV Playhouse
TV · as Piers Collingham · 1 ep
The Plague of the Zombies
Movie · as Sir James Forbes
Judith
Movie · as Haim
The Wrong Box
Movie · as Club Butler
Doctor Who: The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve
Movie · as Marshal Tavannes
She
Movie · as Haumeid
The Siege of Manchester
Movie · as Richard Heyrick
Public Eye
TV · as Robert Stuart · 1 ep
BBC Play of the Month
TV · as Cyril Horsham · 1 ep
Woman of Straw
Movie · as Judge
The Moon-Spinners
Movie · as Yacht Captain
Theatre 625
TV · as Richard Heyrick · 1 ep
The Human Jungle
TV · as Sir Desmond Shaw · 1 ep
Festival
TV · as Senator Clarke · 1 ep
The Saint
TV · as Bernhard Raxel · 1 ep
The Shadow of the Cat
Movie · as Walter Venable
Cash on Demand
Movie · as Colonel Gore Hepburn
The Avengers
TV · as Lord Teale · 1 ep
Cone of Silence
Movie · as Capt. Edward Manningham
The Trial of Oscar Wilde
Movie · as Sir Edward Clarke QC
Danger Man
TV · 1 ep
On Trial
TV · as Sir Edward Clarke · 1 ep
Theatre '70
TV · as Colonel Gore-Hepburn · 1 ep
Ben-Hur
Movie · as Sextus
The Hound of the Baskervilles
Movie · as Doctor Watson
The Giant Behemoth
Movie · as Prof. James Bickford
One Step Beyond
TV · as Gen. Guenther Hautmann · 1 ep
International Detective
TV · as Howard Conway · 1 ep
Paris Holiday
Movie · as American Ambassador
Diamond Safari
Movie · as Williamson
The Camp on Blood Island
Movie · as Col. Lambert
Quatermass and the Pit
TV · as Professor Bernard Quatermass · 6 eps
The Bridge on the River Kwai
Movie · as Col. Green
Interpol
Movie · as Commissioner Breckner
Overseas Press Club - Exclusive!
TV · as Sven · 1 ep
The Man Who Never Was
Movie · as Sir Bernard Spilsbury
The Black Tent
Movie · as Sheik Salem ben Yussef
The Baby and the Battleship
Movie · as Marshal
Zarak
Movie · as Maj. Atherton
The Buccaneers
TV · as Governor · 1 ep
Armchair Theatre
TV · as Etienne, Doctor Sloper, Halvard Solness, Elver Task · 1 ep
Three Cases of Murder
Movie · as Dr. Audlin ("Lord Mountdrago" segment)
They Can't Hang Me
Movie · as Robert Isaac Pitt
The Secret
Movie · as Chief Inspector Blake
Summertime
Movie · as Englishman in Train Compartment (uncredited)
The Black Knight
Movie · as Sir Ontzlake
His Majesty O'Keefe
Movie · as Alfred Tetins
Nineteen Eighty-Four
Movie · as O'Brien
The Golden Link
Movie · as Supt. Blake
It Is Midnight, Dr. Schweitzer
Movie · as Albert Schweitzer
Stolen Face
Movie · as David
Tall Headlines
Movie · as George Rackham
High Treason
Movie · as Supt. Folland
Flesh and Blood
Movie · as Dr. "Willie" Marshall
Stage Fright
Movie · as Inspector Byard
The Clouded Yellow
Movie · as Secret Service Chief Chubb (as Andre Morell)
Seven Days to Noon
Movie · as Superintendent G.W. Folland
So Long at the Fair
Movie · as Doctor Hart
No Place for Jennifer
Movie · as Counsel
Trio
Movie · as Dr. Lennox
Madeleine
Movie · as Defense Attorney
Sunday Night Theatre
TV · as O'Brien · 1 ep
Wuthering Heights
Movie · as Hindley Earnshaw
Health in Our Time
Movie
The Queen's Husband
Movie · as Dr. Fellman
Unpublished Story
Movie · as Marchand
Three Silent Men
Movie · as Charles Klein
Ten Days in Paris
Movie · as Victor
Cyrano de Bergerac
Movie · as Le Bret
Pride and Prejudice
Movie · as Mr. Wickham