John Westbrook
Actor
- Born
- November 1, 1922 · Teignmouth, England, UK
- Died
- June 16, 1989 (age 66)
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John Westbrook (1 November 1922 - 16 June 1989) was an English actor.
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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.
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Known for
The Lord of the Rings
November 15, 1978
The Masque of the Red Death
September 16, 1964
The Tomb of Ligeia
November 1, 1964
Room at the Top
December 29, 1958
North Sea Hijack
February 18, 1980
A Prize of Arms
December 11, 1962
Foxhole in Cairo
March 9, 1960
Dr. Watson and the Darkwater Hall Mystery
December 27, 1974
The Dress
January 3, 1984
There Is Another Sun
June 12, 1951
The Breakthrough
January 8, 1975
A Midsummer Night's Dream
November 9, 1958
Acting23
- 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
- 1976The Madness: Scenes from the Spanish Civil War as General Rojo
- 1975The Breakthrough as Voice of Charon One
- 1974Dr. Watson and the Darkwater Hall Mystery as Bradshaw
- 1970Let There Be Light as Inspector
- 1968