André Morell
Known for ActingBorn 1909-08-20 — died 1978-11-28Saint Pancras, London, England, UK
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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
Ben-Hur
1959 · as Sextus
Barry Lyndon
1975 · as Lord Wendover
The Lord of the Rings
1978 · as Elrond (voice)
The Bridge on the River Kwai
1957 · as Col. Green
The Message
1976 · as Abu-Talib
The First Great Train Robbery
1978 · as Judge
The Hound of the Baskervilles
1959 · as Doctor Watson
Woman of Straw
1964 · as Judge
Stage Fright
1950 · as Inspector Byard
Dark of the Sun
1968 · as Bussier
The Wrong Box
1966 · as Club Butler
Zarak
1956 · as Maj. Atherton
The Vengeance of She
1968 · as Kassim
The Moon-Spinners
1964 · as Yacht Captain
Summertime
1955 · as Englishman in Train Compartment (uncredited)
She
1965 · as Haumeid
The Slipper and the Rose
1976 · as Bride's Father
The Prison
1974 · as André Fage