André Morell
Acting
- Born:
- 1909-08-20
- Died:
- 1978-11-28
- Place of birth:
- 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.
Known For
Filmography
André Morell: Best of British
The World of Hammer
The First Great Train Robbery
The Lord of the Rings
Will Shakespeare
The Last Romantic
The Professionals
The Velvet Glove
Mr Big
The Slipper and the Rose
The Message
Barry Lyndon
Edward the Seventh
Armchair Cinema
The Prison
The Adventurer
Pope Joan
The Man and the Snake
10 Rillington Place
Hell's Angel
Play for Today
Big Brother
Julius Caesar
W. Somerset Maugham
The Caesars
The Expert
The Vengeance of She
Dark of the Sun
ITV Playhouse
The Mummy's Shroud
The Wrong Box
Doctor Who: The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve
Judith
The Plague of the Zombies
The Siege of Manchester
BBC Play of the Month
She
Public Eye
The Moon-Spinners
Theatre 625
Woman of Straw
Festival
The Human Jungle
The Saint
Cash on Demand
The Shadow of the Cat
The Avengers
Danger Man
Theatre '70
The Trial of Oscar Wilde
On Trial
Cone of Silence
International Detective
Ben-Hur
The Hound of the Baskervilles
The Giant Behemoth
One Step Beyond
Quatermass and the Pit
The Camp on Blood Island
Paris Holiday
Diamond Safari
The Bridge on the River Kwai
Overseas Press Club - Exclusive!
Interpol
Zarak
The Buccaneers
Armchair Theatre
The Baby and the Battleship
The Black Tent
The Man Who Never Was
They Can't Hang Me
Summertime
The Secret
Three Cases of Murder
Nineteen Eighty-Four
The Golden Link
The Black Knight
His Majesty O'Keefe
It Is Midnight, Dr. Schweitzer
Stolen Face
Tall Headlines
High Treason
Flesh and Blood
The Clouded Yellow
Seven Days to Noon
Trio
So Long at the Fair
Stage Fright
Madeleine
No Place for Jennifer
Sunday Night Theatre
Wuthering Heights
Health in Our Time
The Queen's Husband
Unpublished Story
Three Silent Men
Ten Days in Paris
Cyrano de Bergerac
Pride and Prejudice