André Morell

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

The Avengers

Play for Today

The Saint

The Professionals

BBC Play of the Month

One Step Beyond

Theatre 625

ITV Playhouse

All Movies (68)

• André Morell: Best of British2015 · as Self
• The First Great Train Robbery1978 · as Judge
• The Lord of the Rings1978 · as Elrond (voice)
• The Last Romantic1978 · as Gantry
• The Slipper and the Rose1976 · as Bride's Father
• The Message1976 · as Abu-Talib
• Barry Lyndon1975 · as Lord Wendover
• The Prison1974 · as André Fage
• Pope Joan1972 · as Emperor Louis
• The Man and the Snake1972 · as Dr. Druring
• 10 Rillington Place1971 · as Judge Lewis
• Hell's Angel1971 · as Sir Geoffrey Wolf
• Julius Caesar1970 · as Cicero
• The Vengeance of She1968 · as Kassim
• Dark of the Sun1968 · as Bussier
• The Mummy's Shroud1967 · as Sir Basil Walden
• The Wrong Box1966 · as Club Butler
• Doctor Who: The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve1966 · as Marshal Tavannes
• Judith1966 · as Haim
• The Plague of the Zombies1966 · as Sir James Forbes
• The Siege of Manchester1965 · as Richard Heyrick
• She1965 · as Haumeid
• The Moon-Spinners1964 · as Yacht Captain
• Woman of Straw1964 · as Judge
• Cash on Demand1961 · as Colonel Gore Hepburn
• The Shadow of the Cat1961 · as Walter Venable
• The Trial of Oscar Wilde1960 · as Sir Edward Clarke QC
• Cone of Silence1960 · as Capt. Edward Manningham
• Ben-Hur1959 · as Sextus
• The Hound of the Baskervilles1959 · as Doctor Watson
• The Giant Behemoth1959 · as Prof. James Bickford
• The Camp on Blood Island1958 · as Col. Lambert
• Paris Holiday1958 · as American Ambassador
• Diamond Safari1958 · as Williamson
• The Bridge on the River Kwai1957 · as Col. Green
• Interpol1957 · as Commissioner Breckner
• Zarak1956 · as Maj. Atherton
• The Baby and the Battleship1956 · as Marshal
• The Black Tent1956 · as Sheik Salem ben Yussef
• The Man Who Never Was1956 · as Sir Bernard Spilsbury
• They Can't Hang Me1955 · as Robert Isaac Pitt
• Summertime1955 · as Englishman in Train Compartment (uncredited)
• The Secret1955 · as Chief Inspector Blake
• Three Cases of Murder1955 · as Dr. Audlin ("Lord Mountdrago" segment)
• Nineteen Eighty-Four1954 · as O'Brien
• The Golden Link1954 · as Supt. Blake
• The Black Knight1954 · as Sir Ontzlake
• His Majesty O'Keefe1954 · as Alfred Tetins
• It Is Midnight, Dr. Schweitzer1953 · as Albert Schweitzer
• Stolen Face1952 · as David
• Tall Headlines1952 · as George Rackham
• High Treason1951 · as Supt. Folland
• Flesh and Blood1951 · as Dr. "Willie" Marshall
• The Clouded Yellow1950 · as Secret Service Chief Chubb (as Andre Morell)
• Seven Days to Noon1950 · as Superintendent G.W. Folland
• Trio1950 · as Dr. Lennox
• So Long at the Fair1950 · as Doctor Hart
• Stage Fright1950 · as Inspector Byard
• Madeleine1950 · as Defense Attorney
• No Place for Jennifer1950 · as Counsel
• Wuthering Heights1948 · as Hindley Earnshaw
• Health in Our Time1948
• The Queen's Husband1946 · as Dr. Fellman
• Unpublished Story1942 · as Marchand
• Three Silent Men1940 · as Charles Klein
• Ten Days in Paris1940 · as Victor
• Cyrano de Bergerac1938 · as Le Bret
• Pride and Prejudice1938 · as Mr. Wickham

All TV Shows (33)

• The World of Hammer1994 · as Self (archive footage)
• Life of Shakespeare1978 · as Edward Alleyn
• Will Shakespeare1978 · as Edward Alleyn
• The Professionals1977 · as Brigadier Stadden
• The Velvet Glove1977 · as Ben Greet
• Edward the Seventh1975 · as Lord Palmerston
• Armchair Cinema1974 · as André Fage
• The Adventurer1972 · as Le Père Antonius
• Play for Today1970 · as Sir Geoffrey Wolf
• Big Brother1970 · as Lord Bryant
• W. Somerset Maugham1969 · as Howard Joyce
• The Caesars1968 · as Tiberius
• The Expert1968 · as Major Williams
• ITV Playhouse1967 · as Piers Collingham
• BBC Play of the Month1965 · as Cyril Horsham
• Public Eye1965 · as Robert Stuart
• Theatre 6251964 · as Richard Heyrick
• Festival1963 · as Senator Clarke
• The Human Jungle1963 · as Sir Desmond Shaw
• The Saint1962 · as Bernhard Raxel
• The Avengers1961 · as Lord Teale
• Danger Man1960
• On Trial1960 · as Sir Edward Clarke
• International Detective1959 · as Howard Conway
• One Step Beyond1959 · as Gen. Guenther Hautmann
• Quatermass and the Pit1958 · as Professor Bernard Quatermass
• Overseas Press Club - Exclusive!1957 · as Sven
• The Buccaneers1956 · as Governor
• Armchair Theatre1956 · as Etienne
• Armchair Theatre1956 · as Doctor Sloper
• Armchair Theatre1956 · as Halvard Solness
• Armchair Theatre1956 · as Elver Task
• Sunday Night Theatre1950 · as O'Brien