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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."
The roles that explain the career.
46 credits across 1 departments.
| Year | Title | Role | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | The Lord of the Rings | Elrond (voice) | Film |
| 1978 | The First Great Train Robbery | Judge | Film |
| 1976 | The Slipper and the Rose | Bride's Father | Film |
| 1975 | Barry Lyndon | Lord Wendover | Film |
| 1972 | Pope Joan | Emperor Louis | Film |
| 1971 | 10 Rillington Place | Judge Lewis | Film |
| 1970 | Julius Caesar | Cicero | Film |
| 1968 | Dark of the Sun | Bussier | Film |
| 1968 | The Vengeance of She | Kassim | Film |
| 1967 | The Mummy's Shroud | Sir Basil Walden | Film |
| 1966 | The Plague of the Zombies | Sir James Forbes | Film |
| 1966 | Doctor Who: The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve | Marshal Tavannes | Film |
| 1966 | Judith | Haim | Film |
| 1965 | She | Haumeid | Film |
| 1964 | The Moon-Spinners | Yacht Captain | Film |
| 1964 | Woman of Straw | Judge | Film |
| 1961 | Cash on Demand | Colonel Gore Hepburn | Film |
| 1961 | The Shadow of the Cat | Walter Venable | Film |
| 1960 | Cone of Silence | Capt. Edward Manningham | Film |
| 1959 | The Giant Behemoth | Prof. James Bickford | Film |
| 1959 | Ben-Hur | Sextus | Film |
| 1959 | The Hound of the Baskervilles | Doctor Watson | Film |
| 1958 | Quatermass and the Pit | Professor Bernard Quatermass | TV |
| 1958 | Paris Holiday | American Ambassador | Film |
| 1958 | The Camp on Blood Island | Col. Lambert | Film |
| 1957 | Interpol | Commissioner Breckner | Film |
| 1957 | The Bridge on the River Kwai | Col. Green | Film |
| 1956 | The Baby and the Battleship | Marshal | Film |
| 1956 | The Man Who Never Was | Sir Bernard Spilsbury | Film |
| 1956 | The Black Tent | Sheik Salem ben Yussef | Film |
| 1955 | Summertime | Englishman in Train Compartment (uncredited) | Film |
| 1955 | Three Cases of Murder | Dr. Audlin ("Lord Mountdrago" segment) | Film |
| 1955 | They Can't Hang Me | Robert Isaac Pitt | Film |
| 1954 | The Black Knight | Sir Ontzlake | Film |
| 1954 | Nineteen Eighty-Four | O'Brien | Film |
| 1954 | His Majesty O'Keefe | Alfred Tetins | Film |
| 1953 | It Is Midnight, Dr. Schweitzer | Albert Schweitzer | Film |
| 1952 | Stolen Face | David | Film |
| 1951 | High Treason | Supt. Folland | Film |
| 1950 | So Long at the Fair | Doctor Hart | Film |
| 1950 | Seven Days to Noon | Superintendent G.W. Folland | Film |
| 1950 | The Clouded Yellow | Secret Service Chief Chubb (as Andre Morell) | Film |
| 1950 | Stage Fright | Inspector Byard | Film |
| 1950 | Trio | Dr. Lennox | Film |
| 1950 | Madeleine | Defense Attorney | Film |
| 1942 | Unpublished Story | Marchand | Film |
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