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.
Movies & TV Shows
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Barry Lyndon (1975) — Lord Wendover
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Ben-Hur (1959) — Sextus
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The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) — Col. Green
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The Lord of the Rings (1978) — Elrond (voice)
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The First Great Train Robbery (1978) — Judge
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The Message (1976) — Abu-Talib
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The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959) — Doctor Watson
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Stage Fright (1950) — Inspector Byard
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10 Rillington Place (1971) — Judge Lewis
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Summertime (1955) — Englishman in Train Compartment (uncredited)
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The Plague of the Zombies (1966) — Sir James Forbes
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The Avengers (1961) — Lord Teale
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The Saint (1962) — Bernhard Raxel
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The Man Who Never Was (1956) — Sir Bernard Spilsbury
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Dark of the Sun (1968) — Bussier
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The Wrong Box (1966) — Club Butler
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She (1965) — Haumeid
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The Giant Behemoth (1959) — Prof. James Bickford
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Cash on Demand (1961) — Colonel Gore Hepburn
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Woman of Straw (1964) — Judge
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The Moon-Spinners (1964) — Yacht Captain
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The Mummy's Shroud (1967) — Sir Basil Walden
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The Slipper and the Rose (1976) — Bride's Father
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The Professionals (1977) — Brigadier Stadden
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Seven Days to Noon (1950) — Superintendent G.W. Folland
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So Long at the Fair (1950) — Doctor Hart
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Nineteen Eighty-Four (1954) — O'Brien
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Julius Caesar (1970) — Cicero
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Madeleine (1950) — Defense Attorney
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The Shadow of the Cat (1961) — Walter Venable
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The Vengeance of She (1968) — Kassim
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Stolen Face (1952) — David
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Three Cases of Murder (1955) — Dr. Audlin ("Lord Mountdrago" segment)
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Danger Man (1960)
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Quatermass and the Pit (1958) — Professor Bernard Quatermass
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The Clouded Yellow (1950) — Secret Service Chief Chubb (as Andre Morell)
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The Camp on Blood Island (1958) — Col. Lambert
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Interpol (1957) — Commissioner Breckner
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His Majesty O'Keefe (1954) — Alfred Tetins
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One Step Beyond (1959) — Gen. Guenther Hautmann