John Westbrook
Known For
Acting
Born
1922-11-01 in Teignmouth, England, UK
Died
1989-06-16
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. John Westbrook (1 November 1922 - 16 June 1989) was an English actor. Born in Teignmouth, Devon, John Westbrook worked mainly in theatre and in radio. He also made occasional film and television appearances. His most famous role was as Christopher Gough in Roger Corman's The Tomb of Ligeia. Noted for his deep, mellifluous voice, he also recorded radio plays and audio books, and provided the role of Treebeard in the 1978 animated adaptation of The Lord of the Rings. Westbrook also recorded the spoken vocal parts for the orchestral pieces An Oxford Elegy by Ralph Vaughan Williams and Morning Heroes by Arthur Bliss. Description above from the Wikipedia article John Westbrook (actor), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
Most Known For
BBC Play of the Month
as Brigadier General Barrington
Playhouse
as Charon One (voice)
Blake's 7
as Muller
Justice
as Jonathan Osmond Q.C.
The Main Chance
as Charles Wainwright
North Sea Hijack
as Dawnay
The Edwardians
as Allenby
The Lord of the Rings
as Treebeard (voice)
Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill
Room at the Top
as Jack Wales
The Masque of the Red Death
as The Man in Red
The Tomb of Ligeia
as Christopher Gough
A Prize of Arms
as Capt. Stafford
There Is Another Sun
as Detective
Foxhole in Cairo
as Roger
Dr. Watson and the Darkwater Hall Mystery
as Bradshaw
The Breakthrough
as Voice of Charon One
The Dress
as Matthew
A Midsummer Night's Dream
as Theseus
Rupert of Hentzau
as The King / Rudolf Rassendyll