André Morell
Known For
Acting
Born
1909-08-20 in Saint Pancras, London, England, UK
Died
1978-11-28
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.
Most Known For
The Avengers
The Saint
as Bernhard Raxel
Play for Today
as Sir Geoffrey Wolf
BBC Play of the Month
as Cyril Horsham
The Professionals
as Brigadier Stadden
One Step Beyond
as Gen. Guenther Hautmann
Ben-Hur
as Sextus
Theatre 625
as Richard Heyrick
Danger Man
Sunday Night Theatre
as O'Brien
Public Eye
as Robert Stuart
The Expert
as Major Williams
Barry Lyndon
as Lord Wendover
The World of Hammer
as Self (archive footage)
The Human Jungle
as Sir Desmond Shaw
Festival
as Senator Clarke
The Buccaneers
as Governor
The Bridge on the River Kwai
as Col. Green
The Adventurer
as Le Père Antonius
International Detective
as Howard Conway