André Morell
Known for Acting · 94 credits
- Born
- 1909-08-20
- Died
- 1978-11-28
- Place of birth
- Saint Pancras, London, England, UK
- Also known as
- Cecil André Mesritz · Andre Morell · Андре Морелл
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."
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Known For
TV Shows (26)
The Avengers
1961
Play for Today
1970
as Sir Geoffrey Wolf
The Saint
1962
as Bernhard Raxel
BBC Play of the Month
1965
as Cyril Horsham
The Professionals
1977
as Brigadier Stadden
ITV Playhouse
1967
as Piers Collingham
Theatre 625
1964
as Richard Heyrick
One Step Beyond
1959
as Gen. Guenther Hautmann
Danger Man
1960
Sunday Night Theatre
1950
as O'Brien
Public Eye
1965
as Robert Stuart
The Expert
1968
as Major Williams
The Buccaneers
1956
as Governor
Festival
1963
as Senator Clarke
International Detective
1959
as Howard Conway
The Human Jungle
1963
as Sir Desmond Shaw
The World of Hammer
1994
as Self (archive footage)
The Adventurer
1972
as Le Père Antonius
Life of Shakespeare
1978
as Edward Alleyn
Armchair Theatre
1956
as Etienne / Doctor Sloper / Halvard Solness / Elver Task
The Caesars
1968
as Tiberius
Overseas Press Club - Exclusive!
1957
as Sven
Will Shakespeare
1978
as Edward Alleyn
Armchair Cinema
1974
as André Fage
Edward the Seventh
1975
as Lord Palmerston
Quatermass and the Pit
1958
as Professor Bernard Quatermass
Movies (68)
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 First Great Train Robbery
1978
as Judge
The Message
1976
as Abu-Talib
Julius Caesar
1970
as Cicero
The Hound of the Baskervilles
1959
as Doctor Watson
Stage Fright
1950
as Inspector Byard
The Slipper and the Rose
1976
as Bride's Father
She
1965
as Haumeid
Pope Joan
1972
as Emperor Louis
10 Rillington Place
1971
as Judge Lewis
Madeleine
1950
as Defense Attorney
Dark of the Sun
1968
as Bussier
Woman of Straw
1964
as Judge
The Moon-Spinners
1964
as Yacht Captain
The Man Who Never Was
1956
as Sir Bernard Spilsbury
The Baby and the Battleship
1956
as Marshal
The Wrong Box
1966
as Club Butler
Paris Holiday
1958
as American Ambassador
Summertime
1955
as Englishman in Train Compartment (uncredited)
The Vengeance of She
1968
as Kassim
Trio
1950
as Dr. Lennox
The Camp on Blood Island
1958
as Col. Lambert
Cash on Demand
1961
as Colonel Gore Hepburn
Interpol
1957
as Commissioner Breckner
High Treason
1951
as Supt. Folland
The Mummy's Shroud
1967
as Sir Basil Walden
Nineteen Eighty-Four
1954
as O'Brien
So Long at the Fair
1950
as Doctor Hart
Seven Days to Noon
1950
as Superintendent G.W. Folland
The Black Knight
1954
as Sir Ontzlake
Judith
1966
as Haim
Stolen Face
1952
as David
The Giant Behemoth
1959
as Prof. James Bickford
The Plague of the Zombies
1966
as Sir James Forbes
Zarak
1956
as Maj. Atherton
Cone of Silence
1960
as Capt. Edward Manningham
His Majesty O'Keefe
1954
as Alfred Tetins
Unpublished Story
1942
as Marchand
The Secret
1955
as Chief Inspector Blake
The Clouded Yellow
1950
as Secret Service Chief Chubb (as Andre Morell)
Three Cases of Murder
1955
as Dr. Audlin ("Lord Mountdrago" segment)
Pride and Prejudice
1938
as Mr. Wickham
The Shadow of the Cat
1961
as Walter Venable
The Trial of Oscar Wilde
1960
as Sir Edward Clarke QC
The Black Tent
1956
as Sheik Salem ben Yussef
Ten Days in Paris
1940
as Victor
The Prison
1974
as André Fage
The Siege of Manchester
1965
as Richard Heyrick
Diamond Safari
1958
as Williamson
Flesh and Blood
1951
as Dr. "Willie" Marshall
They Can't Hang Me
1955
as Robert Isaac Pitt
The Golden Link
1954
as Supt. Blake
Three Silent Men
1940
as Charles Klein
Tall Headlines
1952
as George Rackham
The Last Romantic
1978
as Gantry
Doctor Who: The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve
1966
as Marshal Tavannes
Wuthering Heights
1948
as Hindley Earnshaw
The Man and the Snake
1972
as Dr. Druring
No Place for Jennifer
1950
as Counsel
Cyrano de Bergerac
1938
as Le Bret
It Is Midnight, Dr. Schweitzer
as Albert Schweitzer
Hell's Angel
1971
as Sir Geoffrey Wolf
The Queen's Husband
1946
as Dr. Fellman
André Morell: Best of British
2015
as Self
Health in Our Time
1948
About André Morell
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) a… With 94 credits spanning from 1938 to 2015, André Morell has appeared in 68 films and 26 TV shows.
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- 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 First Great Train Robbery (1978) — as Judge
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