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. ​

Filmography

• 1978The First Great Train Robbery — Judge
• 1978The Last Romantic — Gantry
• 1978The Lord of the Rings — Elrond (voice)
• Will Shakespeare — Edward Alleyn
• The Professionals — Brigadier Stadden
• The Velvet Glove — Ben Greet
• 1976The Message — Abu-Talib
• 1976The Slipper and the Rose — Bride's Father
• 1975Barry Lyndon — Lord Wendover
• Edward the Seventh — Lord Palmerston
• Armchair Cinema — André Fage
• 1974The Prison — André Fage
• 1972Pope Joan — Emperor Louis
• The Adventurer — Le Père Antonius
• 1972The Man and the Snake — Dr. Druring
• 197110 Rillington Place — Judge Lewis
• 1971Hell's Angel — Sir Geoffrey Wolf
• Big Brother — Lord Bryant
• 1970Julius Caesar — Cicero
• Play for Today — Sir Geoffrey Wolf
• W. Somerset Maugham — Howard Joyce
• 1968Dark of the Sun — Bussier
• The Caesars — Tiberius
• The Expert — Major Williams
• 1968The Vengeance of She — Kassim
• ITV Playhouse — Piers Collingham
• 1967The Mummy's Shroud — Sir Basil Walden
• 1966Doctor Who: The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve — Marshal Tavannes
• 1966Judith — Haim
• 1966The Plague of the Zombies — Sir James Forbes
• 1966The Wrong Box — Club Butler
• BBC Play of the Month — Cyril Horsham
• Public Eye — Robert Stuart
• 1965She — Haumeid
• 1965The Siege of Manchester — Richard Heyrick
• 1964The Moon-Spinners — Yacht Captain
• Theatre 625 — Richard Heyrick
• 1964Woman of Straw — Judge
• Festival — Senator Clarke
• The Human Jungle — Sir Desmond Shaw
• The Saint — Bernhard Raxel
• 1961Cash on Demand — Colonel Gore Hepburn
• The Avengers — Lord Teale
• 1961The Shadow of the Cat — Walter Venable
• 1960Cone of Silence — Capt. Edward Manningham
• Danger Man
• On Trial — Sir Edward Clarke
• 1960The Trial of Oscar Wilde — Sir Edward Clarke QC
• Theatre '70 — Colonel Gore-Hepburn
• 1959Ben-Hur — Sextus
• International Detective — Howard Conway
• One Step Beyond — Gen. Guenther Hautmann
• 1959The Giant Behemoth — Prof. James Bickford
• 1959The Hound of the Baskervilles — Doctor Watson
• 1958Diamond Safari — Williamson
• 1958Paris Holiday — American Ambassador
• Quatermass and the Pit — Professor Bernard Quatermass
• 1958The Camp on Blood Island — Col. Lambert
• 1957Interpol — Commissioner Breckner
• Overseas Press Club - Exclusive! — Sven
• 1957The Bridge on the River Kwai — Col. Green
• Armchair Theatre — Etienne, Doctor Sloper, Halvard Solness, Elver Task
• 1956The Baby and the Battleship — Marshal
• 1956The Black Tent — Sheik Salem ben Yussef
• The Buccaneers — Governor
• 1956The Man Who Never Was — Sir Bernard Spilsbury
• 1956Zarak — Maj. Atherton
• 1955Summertime — Englishman in Train Compartment (uncredited)
• 1955The Secret — Chief Inspector Blake
• 1955They Can't Hang Me — Robert Isaac Pitt
• 1955Three Cases of Murder — Dr. Audlin ("Lord Mountdrago" segment)
• 1954His Majesty O'Keefe — Alfred Tetins
• 1954Nineteen Eighty-Four — O'Brien
• 1954The Black Knight — Sir Ontzlake
• 1954The Golden Link — Supt. Blake
• 1953It Is Midnight, Dr. Schweitzer — Albert Schweitzer
• 1952Stolen Face — David
• 1952Tall Headlines — George Rackham
• 1951Flesh and Blood — Dr. "Willie" Marshall
• 1951High Treason — Supt. Folland
• 1950Madeleine — Defense Attorney
• 1950No Place for Jennifer — Counsel
• 1950Seven Days to Noon — Superintendent G.W. Folland
• 1950So Long at the Fair — Doctor Hart
• 1950Stage Fright — Inspector Byard
• Sunday Night Theatre — O'Brien
• 1950The Clouded Yellow — Secret Service Chief Chubb (as Andre Morell)
• 1950Trio — Dr. Lennox
• 1948Health in Our Time
• 1948Wuthering Heights — Hindley Earnshaw
• 1946The Queen's Husband — Dr. Fellman
• 1942Unpublished Story — Marchand
• 1940Ten Days in Paris — Victor
• 1940Three Silent Men — Charles Klein
• 1938Cyrano de Bergerac — Le Bret
• 1938Pride and Prejudice — Mr. Wickham

Appearances as themselves (2)

• 2015André Morell: Best of British — Self
• The World of Hammer — Self (archive footage)