John Westbrook
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- November 1, 1922
- Died
- June 16, 1989 (aged 66)
- Birthplace
- Teignmouth, England, UK
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article John Westbrook (actor), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
Known For
Filmography
The Dress
Movie · as Matthew
North Sea Hijack
Movie · as Dawnay
The Lord of the Rings
Movie · as Treebeard (voice)
B.Traven: A Mystery Solved
Movie · as Self - Reader
Blake's 7
TV · as Muller · 1 ep
Six Characters in Search of an Author
Movie · as Leading Man
The Madness: Scenes from the Spanish Civil War
Movie · as General Rojo
The Breakthrough
Movie · as Voice of Charon One
Dr. Watson and the Darkwater Hall Mystery
Movie · as Bradshaw
Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill
TV · 2 eps
Playhouse
TV · as Charon One (voice) · 1 ep
The Edwardians
TV · as Allenby · 1 ep
Justice
TV · as Jonathan Osmond Q.C. · 1 ep
Let There Be Light
Movie · as Inspector
The Main Chance
TV · as Charles Wainwright · 1 ep
Look at Life: Queue for Gardens
Movie · as Self - Commentator
Look at Life: It's Odds on the Fish
Movie · as Self - Commentator
Look at Life: Mini and Mod
Movie · as Self - Commentator
Look at Life: Change at the Tower
Movie · as Self - Commentator
Look at Life: The Abbey Backstage
Movie · as Self - Commentator
BBC Play of the Month
TV · as Brigadier General Barrington · 1 ep
The Masque of the Red Death
Movie · as The Man in Red
The Tomb of Ligeia
Movie · as Christopher Gough
A Prize of Arms
Movie · as Capt. Stafford
Foxhole in Cairo
Movie · as Roger
Room at the Top
Movie · as Jack Wales
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Movie · as Theseus
Rupert of Hentzau
Movie · as The King / Rudolf Rassendyll
The Twilight Forest
Movie · as Narrator
Armchair Theatre
TV · as Maurice Aubert · 1 ep
There Is Another Sun
Movie · as Detective