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André Morell
Actor
Died November 28, 1978 (69 years)
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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."
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Filmography
| 2012 | Raising the Dead: The Making of the Plague of the Zombies · as Sir James Forbes |
| 2009 | Elementary My Dear Watson: The Man Behind Sherlock Holmes · as Doctor Watson |
| 2008 | What Lies Beneath · as Quatermass |
| 2006 | Evolution of the Invasion · as Prof Quatermass |
| 1985 | The Many Faces of Sherlock Holmes · as Dr. Watson |
| 1978 | The Lord of the Rings · as Elrond (voice) |
| 1978 | The Great Train Robbery · as Judge |
| 1977 | The Professionals (TV Series) · as Brigadier Stadden |
| 1976 | The Message · as Abu Talib |
| 1976 | The Slipper and the Rose: The Story of Cinderella · as Bride's Father |
| 1976 | The Message · as Abu-Talib |
| 1975 | Barry Lyndon · as Lord Gustavos Adolphus Wendover |
| 1975 | Edward the Seventh (TV Series) · as Lord Palmerston |
| 1972 | Pope Joan · as Emperor Louis |
| 1972 | The Man and the Snake · as Dr. Druring |
| 1972 | The Adventurer (TV Series) · as Le Père Antonius |
| 1972 | Crown Court (TV Series) · as Justice Caldwell |
| 1971 | 10 Rillington Place · as Judge Lewis |
| 1970 | Julius Caesar · as Cicero |
| 1970 | Play for Today (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1969 | Special Branch (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1968 | The Vengeance of She · as Kassim |
| 1968 | Dark of the Sun · as Bussier |
| 1968 | The Caesars (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1967 | The Mummy's Shroud · as Sir Basil Walden |
| 1967 | ITV Playhouse (TV Series) · as Piers Collingham |
| 1966 | The Plague of the Zombies · as Sir James Forbes |
| 1966 | The Wrong Box · as Club Butler |
| 1965 | Public Eye (TV Series) · as Robert Stuart |
| 1965 | Play of the Month (TV Series) · as Cyril Horsham |
| 1964 | Woman of Straw · as Judge |
| 1964 | The Moon-Spinners · as Yacht Captain |
| 1963 | Doctor Who (TV Series) · as Marshal Gaspard de Saux-Tavannes |
| 1963 | The Human Jungle (TV Series) · as Sir Desmond Shaw |
| 1962 | The Saint (TV Series) · as Bernhard Raxel |
| 1961 | The Shadow of the Cat · as Walter Venable |
| 1961 | Cash on Demand · as Colonel Gore Hepburn |
| 1961 | The Avengers (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1960 | Trouble in the Sky · as Capt. Edward Manningham |
| 1960 | Danger Man (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1959 | Ben-Hur · as Sextus |
| 1959 | The Hound of the Baskervilles · as Doctor Watson |
| 1959 | The Giant Behemoth · as Prof. James Bickford |
| 1959 | One Step Beyond (TV Series) · as Gen. Guenther Hautmann |
| 1958 | Paris Holiday · as American Ambassador |
| 1958 | H.G. Wells' Invisible Man (TV Series) · as General Shafari |
| 1958 | Quatermass and the Pit (TV Series) · as Professor Bernard Quatermass |
| 1957 | The Bridge on the River Kwai · as Col. Green |
| 1957 | Pickup Alley · as Commissioner Breckner |
| 1956 | The Man Who Never Was · as Sir Bernard Spilsbury |
| 1956 | The Baby and the Battleship · as Marshal |
| 1956 | The Black Tent · as Sheik Salem ben Yussef |
| 1956 | Zarak · as Maj. Atherton |
| 1956 | The Buccaneers (TV Series) · as Governor |
| 1956 | Armchair Theatre (TV Series) · as Doctor Sloper |
| 1955 | They Can't Hang Me · as Robert Isaac Pitt |
| 1955 | Summertime · as Englishman in Train Compartment (uncredited) |
| 1954 | The Black Knight · as Sir Ontzlake |
| 1954 | Three Cases of Murder · as Dr. Audlin ("Lord Mountdrago" segment) |
| 1954 | Nineteen Eighty-Four · as O'Brien |
| 1954 | His Majesty O'Keefe · as Alfred Tetins |
| 1952 | The Frightened Bride · as George Rackham |
| 1951 | High Treason · as Supt. Folland |
| 1950 | Stage Fright · as Inspector Byard |
| 1950 | The Clouded Yellow · as Secret Service Chief Chubb (as Andre Morell) |
| 1950 | Seven Days to Noon · as Superintendent G.W. Folland |
| 1950 | Madeleine · as Defense Attorney |
| 1950 | So Long at the Fair · as Doctor Hart |
| 1950 | No Place for Jennifer · as Counsel |
| 1949 | If This Be Sin · as Doctor McCatcheon |
| 1948 | Against the Wind · as Abbot |
| 1942 | Unpublished Story · as Marchand |
| 1940 | Missing Ten Days · as Victor |
| 1938 | Many Tanks Mr. Atkins · as Hart |
| 1938 | Pride and Prejudice · as Mr. Wickham |