André Morell
Actor
- Born
- August 20, 1909 · Saint Pancras, London, England, UK
- Died
- November 28, 1978 (age 69)
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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).
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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."
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Known for
Barry Lyndon
December 16, 1975
Ben-Hur
November 18, 1959
The Bridge on the River Kwai
October 11, 1957
The Lord of the Rings
November 15, 1978
The First Great Train Robbery
December 14, 1978
The Message
March 9, 1976
The Hound of the Baskervilles
May 4, 1959
Stage Fright
February 23, 1950
10 Rillington Place
February 10, 1971
Summertime
June 21, 1955
The Plague of the Zombies
January 2, 1966
The Man Who Never Was
April 3, 1956
Acting68
- 2015André Morell: Best of British as Self
- 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