André Morell
67 movies · 30 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Aug 20, 1909
- Died
- Nov 28, 1978 (age 69)
- 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).
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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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Profiles IMDb
Known for
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★ 8.0 Barry Lyndon
1975 · Film
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★ 7.9 Ben-Hur
1959 · Film
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★ 7.8 The Bridge on the River Kwai
1957 · Film
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★ 6.6 The Lord of the Rings
1978 · Film
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★ 6.7 The First Great Train Robbery
1978 · Film
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★ 7.1 The Message
1976 · Film
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★ 6.8 The Hound of the Baskervilles
1959 · Film
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★ 6.8 Stage Fright
1950 · Film
André Morell: movies and TV shows
Acting (97)
- 1978 The First Great Train Robbery
as Judge
- 1978 The Lord of the Rings
as Elrond (voice)
- 1978
- 1978 The Last Romantic
as Gantry
- 1977
- 1977
- 1977
- 1976 The Slipper and the Rose
as Bride's Father
- 1976 The Message
as Abu-Talib
- 1975 Barry Lyndon
as Lord Wendover
- 1975
- 1974
- 1974 The Prison
as André Fage
- 1972
- 1972 Pope Joan
as Emperor Louis
- 1972 The Man and the Snake
as Dr. Druring
- 1971 10 Rillington Place
as Judge Lewis
- 1971 Hell's Angel
as Sir Geoffrey Wolf
- 1970
- 1970
- 1970 Julius Caesar
as Cicero
- 1969
- 1968
- 1968
- 1968 The Vengeance of She
as Kassim
- 1968 Dark of the Sun
as Bussier
- 1967
- 1967 The Mummy's Shroud
as Sir Basil Walden
- 1966 The Wrong Box
as Club Butler
- 1966 Doctor Who: The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve
as Marshal Tavannes
- 1966 Judith
as Haim
- 1966 The Plague of the Zombies
as Sir James Forbes
- 1965 The Siege of Manchester
as Richard Heyrick
- 1965
- 1965 She
as Haumeid
- 1965
- 1964 The Moon-Spinners
as Yacht Captain
- 1964
- 1964 Woman of Straw
as Judge
- 1963
- 1963
- 1962
- 1961 Cash on Demand
as Colonel Gore Hepburn
- 1961 The Shadow of the Cat
as Walter Venable
- 1961
- 1960
- 1960
- 1960 The Trial of Oscar Wilde
as Sir Edward Clarke QC
- 1960
- 1960 Cone of Silence
as Capt. Edward Manningham
- 1959
- 1959 Ben-Hur
as Sextus
- 1959 The Hound of the Baskervilles
as Doctor Watson
- 1959 The Giant Behemoth
as Prof. James Bickford
- 1959
- 1958
- 1958 The Camp on Blood Island
as Col. Lambert
- 1958 Paris Holiday
as American Ambassador
- 1958 Diamond Safari
as Williamson
- 1957 The Bridge on the River Kwai
as Col. Green
- 1957
- 1957 Interpol
as Commissioner Breckner
- 1956 Zarak
as Maj. Atherton
- 1956
- 1956
- 1956 The Baby and the Battleship
as Marshal
- 1956 The Black Tent
as Sheik Salem ben Yussef
- 1956 The Man Who Never Was
as Sir Bernard Spilsbury
- 1955 They Can't Hang Me
as Robert Isaac Pitt
- 1955 Summertime
as Englishman in Train Compartment (uncredited)
- 1955 The Secret
as Chief Inspector Blake
- 1955 Three Cases of Murder
as Dr. Audlin ("Lord Mountdrago" segment)
- 1954 Nineteen Eighty-Four
as O'Brien
- 1954 The Golden Link
as Supt. Blake
- 1954 The Black Knight
as Sir Ontzlake
- 1954 His Majesty O'Keefe
as Alfred Tetins
- 1953 It Is Midnight, Dr. Schweitzer
as Albert Schweitzer
- 1952 Stolen Face
as David
- 1952 Tall Headlines
as George Rackham
- 1951 High Treason
as Supt. Folland
- 1951 Flesh and Blood
as Dr. "Willie" Marshall
- 1950 The Clouded Yellow
as Secret Service Chief Chubb (as Andre Morell)
- 1950 Seven Days to Noon
as Superintendent G.W. Folland
- 1950 Trio
as Dr. Lennox
- 1950 So Long at the Fair
as Doctor Hart
- 1950 Stage Fright
as Inspector Byard
- 1950 Madeleine
as Defense Attorney
- 1950 No Place for Jennifer
as Counsel
- 1950
- 1948 Wuthering Heights
as Hindley Earnshaw
- 1948
- 1946 The Queen's Husband
as Dr. Fellman
- 1942 Unpublished Story
as Marchand
- 1940 Three Silent Men
as Charles Klein
- 1940 Ten Days in Paris
as Victor
- 1938 Cyrano de Bergerac
as Le Bret
- 1938 Pride and Prejudice
as Mr. Wickham
Talk shows and appearances (2)
- 2015
- 1994 The World of Hammer
4 episodes