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André Morell

Known for: Acting

Birthday: 1909-08-20

Deathday: 1978-11-28 (69 years old)

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Cecil André Mesritz (20 August 1909 – 28 November 1978), known professionally as André Morell, was an English 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 films The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) and Ben-Hur (1959), in several of Hammer's 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."

Filmography

All 76

Movies 60

TV Shows 16

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André Morell

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Biography

Filmography

All 76

Movies 60

TV Shows 16

Self 1

Voice 1

André Morell: Best of British (2015)

Sherlock Holmes: The True Story (2003)

The First Great Train Robbery (1978)

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 Adventurer (1972)

Pope Joan (1972)

The Man and the Snake (1972)

10 Rillington Place (1971)

Hell's Angel (1971)

Play for Today (1970)

Special Branch (1969)

The Caesars (1968)

The Expert (1968)

The Vengeance of She (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)

Judith (1966)

The Plague of the Zombies (1966)

The Siege of Manchester (1965)

She (1965)

Public Eye (1965)

Woman of Straw (1964)

The Moon-Spinners (1964)

The Saint (1962)

Cash on Demand (1961)

The Shadow of the Cat (1961)

The Avengers (1961)

Danger Man (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)

The Camp on Blood Island (1958)

Paris Holiday (1958)

Diamond Safari (1958)

The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)

Interpol (1957)

Zarak (1956)

The Buccaneers (1956)

The Baby and the Battleship (1956)

The Black Tent (1956)

The Man Who Never Was (1956)

They Can't Hang Me (1955)

The Secret (1955)

Three Cases of Murder (1955)

Summertime (1955)

Nineteen Eighty-Four (1954)

The Black Knight (1954)

His Majesty O'Keefe (1954)

Stolen Face (1952)

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)

No Place for Jennifer (1950)

Sunday Night Theatre (1950)

Known for
Acting

Gender
Male

Birthday
1909-08-20

Deathday
1978-11-28 (69 years old)

Place of birth
London, United Kingdom

Relationships
Joan Greenwood (1960-01-01 - 1978-01-01)

Citizenships
United Kingdom

Also known as
Cecil André Mesritz, Andre Morell, Андре Морелл