André Morell
Acting
Born August 20, 1909 · Saint Pancras, London, England, UK
Died November 28, 1978
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." Description above from the Wikipedia article André Morell, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography35 titles
Barry Lyndon
Ben-Hur
The Avengers
The Bridge on the River Kwai
Cash on Demand
The Professionals
The Saint
Danger Man
10 Rillington Place
The Message
The Slipper and the Rose: The Story of Cinderella
Madeleine
So Long at the Fair
The Shadow of the Cat
Cone of Silence
The Hound of the Baskervilles
Summertime
Stage Fright
Seven Days to Noon
The Great Train Robbery
The Lord of the Rings
Dark of the Sun
Edward the Seventh
The Black Tent
The Black Knight
The Buccaneers
Woman of Straw
Three Cases of Murder
Julius Caesar
The Moon-Spinners
The Giant Behemoth
Stolen Face
Three Silent Men
One Step Beyond
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