André Morell
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- August 20, 1909, Saint Pancras, London, England, UK
- Died
- November 28, 1978
- Movies
- 68
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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."
Best-Known Movies
Filmography
| 2015 | André Morell: Best of British | Self |
| 1978 | The First Great Train Robbery | Judge |
| 1978 | The Lord of the Rings | Elrond (voice) |
| 1978 | The Last Romantic | Gantry |
| 1976 | The Slipper and the Rose | Bride's Father |
| 1976 | The Message | Abu-Talib |
| 1975 | Barry Lyndon | Lord Wendover |
| 1974 | The Prison | André Fage |
| 1972 | Pope Joan | Emperor Louis |
| 1972 | The Man and the Snake | Dr. Druring |
| 1971 | 10 Rillington Place | Judge Lewis |
| 1971 | Hell's Angel | Sir Geoffrey Wolf |
| 1970 | Julius Caesar | Cicero |
| 1968 | The Vengeance of She | Kassim |
| 1968 | Dark of the Sun | Bussier |
| 1967 | The Mummy's Shroud | Sir Basil Walden |
| 1966 | The Wrong Box | Club Butler |
| 1966 | Doctor Who: The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve | Marshal Tavannes |
| 1966 | Judith | Haim |
| 1966 | The Plague of the Zombies | Sir James Forbes |
| 1965 | The Siege of Manchester | Richard Heyrick |
| 1965 | She | Haumeid |
| 1964 | The Moon-Spinners | Yacht Captain |
| 1964 | Woman of Straw | Judge |
| 1961 | Cash on Demand | Colonel Gore Hepburn |
| 1961 | The Shadow of the Cat | Walter Venable |
| 1960 | The Trial of Oscar Wilde | Sir Edward Clarke QC |
| 1960 | Cone of Silence | Capt. Edward Manningham |
| 1959 | Ben-Hur | Sextus |
| 1959 | The Hound of the Baskervilles | Doctor Watson |
| 1959 | The Giant Behemoth | Prof. James Bickford |
| 1958 | The Camp on Blood Island | Col. Lambert |
| 1958 | Paris Holiday | American Ambassador |
| 1958 | Diamond Safari | Williamson |
| 1957 | The Bridge on the River Kwai | Col. Green |
| 1957 | Interpol | Commissioner Breckner |
| 1956 | Zarak | Maj. Atherton |
| 1956 | The Baby and the Battleship | Marshal |
| 1956 | The Black Tent | Sheik Salem ben Yussef |
| 1956 | The Man Who Never Was | Sir Bernard Spilsbury |
| 1955 | They Can't Hang Me | Robert Isaac Pitt |
| 1955 | Summertime | Englishman in Train Compartment (uncredited) |
| 1955 | The Secret | Chief Inspector Blake |
| 1955 | Three Cases of Murder | Dr. Audlin ("Lord Mountdrago" segment) |
| 1954 | Nineteen Eighty-Four | O'Brien |
| 1954 | The Golden Link | Supt. Blake |
| 1954 | The Black Knight | Sir Ontzlake |
| 1954 | His Majesty O'Keefe | Alfred Tetins |
| 1953 | It Is Midnight, Dr. Schweitzer | Albert Schweitzer |
| 1952 | Stolen Face | David |
| 1952 | Tall Headlines | George Rackham |
| 1951 | High Treason | Supt. Folland |
| 1951 | Flesh and Blood | Dr. "Willie" Marshall |
| 1950 | The Clouded Yellow | Secret Service Chief Chubb (as Andre Morell) |
| 1950 | Seven Days to Noon | Superintendent G.W. Folland |
| 1950 | Trio | Dr. Lennox |
| 1950 | So Long at the Fair | Doctor Hart |
| 1950 | Stage Fright | Inspector Byard |
| 1950 | Madeleine | Defense Attorney |
| 1950 | No Place for Jennifer | Counsel |
| 1948 | Wuthering Heights | Hindley Earnshaw |
| 1948 | Health in Our Time | |
| 1946 | The Queen's Husband | Dr. Fellman |
| 1942 | Unpublished Story | Marchand |
| 1940 | Three Silent Men | Charles Klein |
| 1940 | Ten Days in Paris | Victor |
| 1938 | Cyrano de Bergerac | Le Bret |
| 1938 | Pride and Prejudice | Mr. Wickham |
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