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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
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Movies 68
TV Shows 17
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Sherlock Holmes: The True Story (2003)
Therkathi Kallan (1988)
The Lord of the Rings (1978)
Life of Shakespeare (1978)
The Professionals (1977)
The Slipper and the Rose (1976)
The Message (1976)
Barry Lyndon (1975)
The Prison (1974)
The Adventurer (1972)
Pope Joan (1972)
The Man and the Snake (1972)
10 Rillington Place (1971)
Hell's Angel (1971)
Play for Today (1970)
The Caesars (1968)
The Expert (1968)
Dark of the Sun (1968)
The Mummy's Shroud (1967)
The Wrong Box (1966)
Doctor Who: The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve (1966)
The Plague of the Zombies (1966)
The Siege of Manchester (1965)
She (1965)
Public Eye (1965)
The Moon-Spinners (1964)
The Human Jungle (1963)
The Saint (1962)
Cash on Demand (1961)
The Shadow of the Cat (1961)
The Trial of Oscar Wilde (1960)
Cone of Silence (1960)
International Detective (1959)
Ben-Hur (1959)
The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959)
The Giant Behemoth (1959)
One Step Beyond (1959)
Quatermass and the Pit (1958)
Paris Holiday (1958)
Diamond Safari (1958)
Interpol (1957)
Zarak (1956)
The Buccaneers (1956)
The Black Tent (1956)
The Man Who Never Was (1956)
They Can't Hang Me (1955)
Summertime (1955)
The Secret (1955)
Three Cases of Murder (1955)
The Black Knight (1954)
His Majesty O'Keefe (1954)
Tall Headlines (1952)
High Treason (1951)
Flesh and Blood (1951)
The Clouded Yellow (1950)
Seven Days to Noon (1950)
Trio (1950)
So Long at the Fair (1950)
Stage Fright (1950)
Madeleine (1950)
Wuthering Heights (1948)
Unpublished Story (1942)
Pride and Prejudice (1938)
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1909-08-20
Deathday1978-11-28 (69 years old)
Birth PlaceLondon, United Kingdom
RelationshipsJoan Greenwood (1960 - 1978)
CitizenshipsUnited Kingdom
Also Known AsCecil André Mesritz, Andre Morell, Андре Морелл
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