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André Morell

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André Morell

Born August 20, 1909 in Saint Pancras, London, England, UKDied November 28, 197866 films

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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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Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
Ben-Hur poster7.9Ben-Hur1959The Bridge on the River Kwai poster7.8The Bridge on the River Kwai1957The Lord of the Rings poster6.6The Lord of the Rings1978The Message poster7.1The Message1976The First Great Train Robbery poster6.7The First Great Train Robbery1978The Hound of the Baskervilles poster6.8The Hound of the Baskervilles1959Stage Fright poster6.8Stage Fright195010 Rillington Place poster7.310 Rillington Place1971

Filmography

66 films as actor
  1. 1978The First Great Train RobberyJudge
  2. 1978The Lord of the RingsElrond (voice)
  3. 1978The Last RomanticGantry
  4. 1976The Slipper and the RoseBride's Father
  5. 1976The MessageAbu-Talib
  6. 1975Barry LyndonLord Wendover
  7. 1974The PrisonAndré Fage
  8. 1972Pope JoanEmperor Louis
  9. 1972The Man and the SnakeDr. Druring
  10. 197110 Rillington PlaceJudge Lewis
  11. 1971Hell's AngelSir Geoffrey Wolf
  12. 1970Julius CaesarCicero
  13. 1968The Vengeance of SheKassim
  14. 1968Dark of the SunBussier
  15. 1967The Mummy's ShroudSir Basil Walden
  16. 1966The Wrong BoxClub Butler
  17. 1966Doctor Who: The Massacre of St Bartholomew's EveMarshal Tavannes
  18. 1966JudithHaim
  19. 1966The Plague of the ZombiesSir James Forbes
  20. 1965The Siege of ManchesterRichard Heyrick
  21. 1965SheHaumeid
  22. 1964The Moon-SpinnersYacht Captain
  23. 1964Woman of StrawJudge
  24. 1961Cash on DemandColonel Gore Hepburn
  25. 1961The Shadow of the CatWalter Venable
  26. 1960The Trial of Oscar WildeSir Edward Clarke QC
  27. 1960Cone of SilenceCapt. Edward Manningham
  28. 1959Ben-HurSextus
  29. 1959The Hound of the BaskervillesDoctor Watson
  30. 1959The Giant BehemothProf. James Bickford
  31. 1958The Camp on Blood IslandCol. Lambert
  32. 1958Paris HolidayAmerican Ambassador
  33. 1958Diamond SafariWilliamson
  34. 1957The Bridge on the River KwaiCol. Green
  35. 1957InterpolCommissioner Breckner
  36. 1956ZarakMaj. Atherton
  37. 1956The Baby and the BattleshipMarshal
  38. 1956The Black TentSheik Salem ben Yussef
  39. 1956The Man Who Never WasSir Bernard Spilsbury
  40. 1955They Can't Hang MeRobert Isaac Pitt
  41. 1955SummertimeEnglishman in Train Compartment (uncredited)
  42. 1955The SecretChief Inspector Blake
  43. 1955Three Cases of MurderDr. Audlin ("Lord Mountdrago" segment)
  44. 1954Nineteen Eighty-FourO'Brien
  45. 1954The Golden LinkSupt. Blake
  46. 1954The Black KnightSir Ontzlake
  47. 1954His Majesty O'KeefeAlfred Tetins
  48. 1953It Is Midnight, Dr. SchweitzerAlbert Schweitzer
  49. 1952Stolen FaceDavid
  50. 1952Tall HeadlinesGeorge Rackham
  51. 1951High TreasonSupt. Folland
  52. 1951Flesh and BloodDr. "Willie" Marshall
  53. 1950The Clouded YellowSecret Service Chief Chubb (as Andre Morell)
  54. 1950Seven Days to NoonSuperintendent G.W. Folland
  55. 1950TrioDr. Lennox
  56. 1950So Long at the FairDoctor Hart
  57. 1950Stage FrightInspector Byard
  58. 1950MadeleineDefense Attorney
  59. 1950No Place for JenniferCounsel
  60. 1948Wuthering HeightsHindley Earnshaw
  61. 1946The Queen's HusbandDr. Fellman
  62. 1942Unpublished StoryMarchand
  63. 1940Three Silent MenCharles Klein
  64. 1940Ten Days in ParisVictor
  65. 1938Cyrano de BergeracLe Bret
  66. 1938Pride and PrejudiceMr. Wickham