John Westbrook
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. John Westbrook (1 November 1922 - 16 June 1989) was an English actor. Born in Teignmouth, Devon, John Westbrook worked mainly in theatre and in radio. He also made occasional film and television appearances. His most famous role was as Christopher Gough in Roger Corman's The Tomb of Ligeia. Noted for his deep, mellifluous voice, he also recorded radio plays and audio books, and provided the role of Treebeard in the 1978 animated adaptation of The Lord of the Rings. Westbrook also recorded the spoken vocal parts for the orchestral pieces An Oxford Elegy by Ralph Vaughan Williams and Morning Heroes by Arthur Bliss. Description above from the Wikipedia article John Westbrook (actor), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
Known For
BBC Play of the Month
Playhouse
Blake's 7
The Main Chance
Justice
The Lord of the Rings
The Edwardians
Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill
All Movies (22)
- The Dress1984 · as Matthew
- North Sea Hijack1980 · as Dawnay
- B.Traven: A Mystery Solved1978 · as Self - Reader
- The Lord of the Rings1978 · as Treebeard (voice)
- Six Characters in Search of an Author1977 · as Leading Man
- The Breakthrough1975 · as Voice of Charon One
- Dr. Watson and the Darkwater Hall Mystery1974 · as Bradshaw
- Let There Be Light1970 · as Inspector
- Look at Life: Queue for Gardens1968 · as Self - Commentator
- Look at Life: It's Odds on the Fish1968 · as Self - Commentator
- Look at Life: Mini and Mod1968 · as Self - Commentator
- Look at Life: Change at the Tower1967 · as Self - Commentator
- Look at Life: The Abbey Backstage1966 · as Self - Commentator
- The Tomb of Ligeia1964 · as Christopher Gough
- The Masque of the Red Death1964 · as The Man in Red
- A Prize of Arms1962 · as Capt. Stafford
- Foxhole in Cairo1960 · as Roger
- Room at the Top1958 · as Jack Wales
- A Midsummer Night's Dream1958 · as Theseus
- Rupert of Hentzau1957 · as The King / Rudolf Rassendyll
- The Twilight Forest1957 · as Narrator
- There Is Another Sun1951 · as Detective
All TV Shows (8)
- Blake's 71978 · as Muller
- Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill1974
- Playhouse1974 · as Charon One (voice)
- The Edwardians1972 · as Allenby
- Justice1971 · as Jonathan Osmond Q.C.
- The Main Chance1969 · as Charles Wainwright
- BBC Play of the Month1965 · as Brigadier General Barrington
- Armchair Theatre1956 · as Maurice Aubert