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André Morell

André Morell

Acting1909Saint Pancras, London, England, UK

Biography

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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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Acting History

1994
The World of Hammer
TVas Self (archive footage)
1978
The Lord of the Rings
as Elrond (voice)
The Professionals
TVas Brigadier Stadden• 1 eps
1977
BBC Play of the Month
TVas Cyril Horsham• 1 eps
1976
The Slipper and the Rose
as Bride's Father
The Message
as Abu-Talib
1975
Barry Lyndon
as Lord Wendover
Edward the Seventh
TVas Lord Palmerston
1974
The Prison
as André Fage
1973
The Adventurer
TVas Le Père Antonius• 1 eps
1972
Pope Joan
as Emperor Louis
The Man and the Snake
as Dr. Druring
1971
10 Rillington Place
as Judge Lewis
Hell's Angel
as Sir Geoffrey Wolf
Play for Today
TVas Sir Geoffrey Wolf• 1 eps
The Expert
TVas Major Williams• 1 eps
Public Eye
TVas Robert Stuart• 1 eps
1970
Julius Caesar
as Cicero
1968
Dark of the Sun
as Bussier
The Caesars
TVas Tiberius
1967
The Mummy's Shroud
as Sir Basil Walden
1966
The Plague of the Zombies
as Sir James Forbes
The Wrong Box
as Club Butler
Judith
as Haim
1965
She
as Haumeid
The Siege of Manchester
as Richard Heyrick
The Saint
TVas Bernhard Raxel• 1 eps
Theatre 625
TVas Richard Heyrick• 1 eps
1964
The Moon-Spinners
as Yacht Captain
Festival
TVas Senator Clarke• 1 eps
1963
The Human Jungle
TVas Sir Desmond Shaw
1961
The Shadow of the Cat
as Walter Venable
Cash on Demand
as Colonel Gore Hepburn
One Step Beyond
TVas Gen. Guenther Hautmann• 1 eps
1960
Cone of Silence
as Capt. Edward Manningham
1959
Ben-Hur
as Sextus
The Giant Behemoth
as Prof. James Bickford
International Detective
TVas Howard Conway• 1 eps
1958
Paris Holiday
as American Ambassador
Diamond Safari
as Williamson
1957
Interpol
as Commissioner Breckner
1956
The Man Who Never Was
as Sir Bernard Spilsbury
The Black Tent
as Sheik Salem ben Yussef
Zarak
as Maj. Atherton
The Buccaneers
TVas Governor
1955
Three Cases of Murder
as Dr. Audlin ("Lord Mountdrago" segment)
Summertime
as Englishman in Train Compartment (uncredited)
They Can't Hang Me
as Robert Isaac Pitt
The Secret
as Chief Inspector Blake
1954
His Majesty O'Keefe
as Alfred Tetins
The Black Knight
as Sir Ontzlake
Sunday Night Theatre
TVas O'Brien• 1 eps
1952
Stolen Face
as David
Tall Headlines
as George Rackham
1951
High Treason
as Supt. Folland
Flesh and Blood
as Dr. "Willie" Marshall
1950
The Clouded Yellow
as Secret Service Chief Chubb (as Andre Morell)
So Long at the Fair
as Doctor Hart
Seven Days to Noon
as Superintendent G.W. Folland
Trio
as Dr. Lennox
Stage Fright
as Inspector Byard
Madeleine
as Defense Attorney
1948
Wuthering Heights
as Hindley Earnshaw
1946
The Queen's Husband
as Dr. Fellman
1942
1940
Three Silent Men
as Charles Klein
1938
Pride and Prejudice
as Mr. Wickham

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Personal Info

Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
8/20/1909
Day of Death
11/28/1978
Place of Birth
Saint Pancras, London, England, UK