André Morell

Birthday: 1909-08-20
Deathday: 1978-11-28
Birthplace: Saint Pancras, London, England, UK
Gender: Male
Owned By: Unowned

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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).

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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Credits

Year Title Character
1978-12-14 The First Great Train Robbery Judge
1978-11-15 The Lord of the Rings Elrond (voice)
1976-03-25 The Slipper and the Rose Bride's Father
1976-03-09 The Message Abu-Talib
1975-12-18 Barry Lyndon Lord Wendover
1972-08-16 Pope Joan Emperor Louis
1972-01-01 The Man and the Snake Dr. Druring
1971-02-10 10 Rillington Place Judge Lewis
1971-01-21 Hell's Angel Sir Geoffrey Wolf
1970-06-04 Julius Caesar Cicero
1968-04-14 The Vengeance of She Kassim
1968-02-08 Dark of the Sun Bussier
1967-03-15 The Mummy's Shroud Sir Basil Walden
1966-06-19 The Wrong Box Club Butler
1966-02-26 Doctor Who: The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve Marshal Tavannes
1966-01-20 Judith Haim
1966-01-09 The Plague of the Zombies Sir James Forbes
1965-10-31 The Siege of Manchester Richard Heyrick
1965-04-18 She Haumeid
1964-07-08 The Moon-Spinners Yacht Captain
1964-04-28 Woman of Straw Judge
1961-12-20 Cash on Demand Colonel Gore Hepburn (as Andre Morell)
1961-05-01 The Shadow of the Cat Walter Venable
1960-08-05 The Trial of Oscar Wilde Sir Edward Clarke QC
1960-05-10 Cone of Silence Capt. Edward Manningham
1959-11-18 Ben-Hur Sextus
1959-05-04 The Hound of the Baskervilles Doctor Watson
1959-03-03 The Giant Behemoth Prof. James Bickford
1958-04-15 The Camp on Blood Island Col. Lambert
1958-04-05 Paris Holiday American Ambassador
1958-02-21 Diamond Safari Williamson
1957-10-11 The Bridge on the River Kwai Col. Green
1957-04-02 Interpol Commissioner Breckner
1956-12-01 Zarak Maj. Atherton
1956-06-01 The Baby and the Battleship Marshal
1956-04-09 The Black Tent Sheik Salem ben Yussef
1956-04-03 The Man Who Never Was Sir Bernard Spilsbury
1955-10-01 They Can't Hang Me Robert Isaac Pitt
1955-06-21 Summertime Englishman in Train Compartment (uncredited)
1955-06-01 The Secret Chief Inspector Blake
1955-03-15 Three Cases of Murder Dr. Audlin ("Lord Mountdrago" segment)
1954-12-16 Nineteen Eighty-Four O'Brien
1954-08-26 The Black Knight Sir Ontzlake
1954-01-16 His Majesty O'Keefe Alfred Tetins
1952-05-01 Stolen Face David
1952-04-15 Tall Headlines George Rackham
1951-11-13 High Treason Supt. Folland
1951-03-06 Flesh and Blood Dr. "Willie" Marshall
1950-11-21 The Clouded Yellow Secret Service Chief Chubb (as Andre Morell)
1950-10-30 Seven Days to Noon Superintendent G.W. Folland
1950-10-10 Trio Dr. Lennox
1950-05-31 So Long at the Fair Doctor Hart
1950-02-23 Stage Fright Inspector Byard
1950-02-16 Madeleine Defense Attorney
1950-01-17 No Place for Jennifer Counsel
1948-03-07 Wuthering Heights Hindley Earnshaw
1948-01-01 Health in Our Time
1942-08-10 Unpublished Story Marchand
1940-09-07 Three Silent Men Charles Klein
1940-06-01 Ten Days in Paris Victor
1938-10-30 Cyrano de Bergerac Le Bret
1938-01-01 Pride and Prejudice Mr. Wickham