André Morell

Born: 1909-08-20

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. ​


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Ben-Hur

as Sextus
Released: 1959-11-18

In 25 AD, Judah Ben-Hur, a Jew in ancient Judea, opposes the occupying Roman empire. Falsely...

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The Lord of the Rings

as Elrond (voice)
Released: 1978-11-15

The Fellowship of the Ring embark on a journey to destroy the One Ring and end Sauron's reign...

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Barry Lyndon

as Lord Wendover
Released: 1975-12-18

An Irish rogue uses his cunning and wit to work his way up the social classes of 18th century...

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as Col. Green
Released: 1957-10-11

The classic story of English POWs in Burma forced to build a bridge to aid the war effort of...

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The First Great Train Robbery

as Judge
Released: 1978-12-14

In Victorian England, a master criminal makes elaborate plans to steal a shipment of gold from a...

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The Message

as Abu-Talib
Released: 1976-03-09

Handsomely-mounted historical epic concerns the birth of the Islamic faith and the story of the...

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The Hound of the Baskervilles

as Doctor Watson
Released: 1959-05-04

When a nobleman is threatened by a family curse on his newly inherited estate, detective...

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10 Rillington Place

as Judge Lewis
Released: 1971-02-10

The story of British serial killer John Christie, who committed most or all of his crimes in the...

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The Man Who Never Was

as Sir Bernard Spilsbury
Released: 1956-04-03

The true story of a British effort to trick the Germans into weakening Sicily's defenses before...

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Summertime

as Englishman in Train Compartment (uncredited)
Released: 1955-06-21

Middle-aged Ohio secretary Jane Hudson has never found love and has nearly resigned herself to...

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The Plague of the Zombies

as Sir James Forbes
Released: 1966-01-09

Sir James Forbes arrives in a remote Cornish village to identify a mysterious plague afflicting...

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Stage Fright

as Inspector Byard
Released: 1950-02-23

A struggling actress tries to help a friend prove his innocence when he's accused of murdering...

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The Wrong Box

as Club Butler
Released: 1966-06-19

In Victorian England, a fortune now depends on which of two brothers outlives the other—or can...

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The Moon-Spinners

as Yacht Captain
Released: 1964-07-08

Young English girl Nikky and her aunt arrive at the Moon-Spinners, a hotel on Crete, to a less...

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Woman of Straw

as Judge
Released: 1964-04-28

Anthony Richmond schemes to get the fortune of his tyrannical, wheelchair-using tycoon uncle...

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She

as Haumeid
Released: 1965-04-18

The lost city of Kuma is ruled by the cruel, arrogant, beautiful queen, Ayesha, gifted with...

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Cash on Demand

as Colonel Gore Hepburn
Released: 1961-12-20

A charming but ruthless criminal holds the family of a bank manager hostage as part of a...

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The Giant Behemoth

as Prof. James Bickford
Released: 1959-03-03

Marine atomic tests cause changes in the ocean's ecosystem resulting in dangerous blobs of...

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Julius Caesar

as Cicero
Released: 1970-06-04

All-star cast glamorizes this lavish 1970 remake of the classic William Shakespeare play, which...

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The Slipper and the Rose

as Bride's Father
Released: 1976-03-25

Prince Edward wants to marry for love, but the King and court of the kingdom of Euphrania are...

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Dark of the Sun

as Bussier
Released: 1968-02-08

A band of mercenaries led by Captain Curry travel through war-torn Congo across deadly terrain,...

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Nineteen Eighty-Four

as O'Brien
Released: 1954-12-16

A man who works for 'The Party' (an all powerful empire led by a man known only as 'Big...

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The Mummy's Shroud

as Sir Basil Walden
Released: 1967-03-15

Archaeologists discover the final resting place of a boy king, removing the remains to be...

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The Black Knight

as Sir Ontzlake
Released: 1954-08-26

John, a blacksmith and swordsmith, is tutored at Camelot. As a commoner, he can't hope to win...

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Stolen Face

as David
Released: 1952-05-01

A plastic surgeon changes the face of a female convict to match that of the beautiful woman who...

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The Shadow of the Cat

as Walter Venable
Released: 1961-05-01

Tabitha, once the placid, gentle and devoted pet, adopts all the characteristics of a ferocious,...

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Pope Joan

as Emperor Louis
Released: 1972-08-16

Based on the medieval legend of Pope Joan, who was made Pope for a brief period around 855 A.D....

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High Treason

as Supt. Folland
Released: 1951-11-13

Men from Scotland Yard and military intelligence build a dossier on a sabotage ring.

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The Vengeance of She

as Kassim
Released: 1968-04-14

Beautiful young European girl, Carol, is possessed by the spirit of Ayesha – “She Who Must be...

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Three Cases of Murder

as Dr. Audlin ("Lord Mountdrago" segment)
Released: 1955-03-15

Three stories of murder and the supernatural: A museum worker is introduced to a world behind...

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The Camp on Blood Island

as Col. Lambert
Released: 1958-04-15

Set in a Japanese prisoner of war camp during World War II, the film focuses on the brutality...

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Zarak

as Maj. Atherton
Released: 1956-12-01

A notorious bandit develops a grudging respect for the English military man assigned to capture him.

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So Long at the Fair

as Doctor Hart
Released: 1950-05-31

Vicky Barton and her brother Johnny travel from Naples to visit the 1889 Paris Exhibition. They...

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The Black Tent

as Sheik Salem ben Yussef
Released: 1956-04-09

During the British retreat through Libya, a British officer takes shelter with a group of Arab...

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Madeleine

as Defense Attorney
Released: 1950-02-16

The middle-class family of a young woman cannot understand why she delays in marrying a...

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Seven Days to Noon

as Superintendent G.W. Folland
Released: 1950-10-30

When Professor Willingdon becomes wary of the nuclear weapons he is helping build, he steals a...

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His Majesty O'Keefe

as Alfred Tetins
Released: 1954-01-16

Men steal for it. Nations go to war for it. The it is oil - and it grows on trees. Coconut oil...

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Doctor Who: The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve

as Marshal Tavannes
Released: 1966-02-26

The TARDIS materialises in Paris in the year 1572 and the Doctor decides to visit the famous...

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Paris Holiday

as American Ambassador
Released: 1958-04-05

Comedian Bob Hunter is aided by his French counterpart Fernydel and two beautiful blondes when...

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The Baby and the Battleship

as Marshal
Released: 1956-06-01

After a quayside mix-up with the Italian family of his fiancée, Able Seaman Knocker White finds...

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No Place for Jennifer

as Counsel
Released: 1950-01-17

A young girl goes through the trauma of her parent's divorce and seperate re-marriages.

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The Clouded Yellow

as Secret Service Chief Chubb (as Andre Morell)
Released: 1950-11-21

After leaving the British Secret Service, David Somers (played by Trevor Howard) finds work...

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Ten Days in Paris

as Victor
Released: 1940-06-01

Bob Stevens awakens in a hospital with a gunshot wound to his head, and is told that he has been...

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Interpol

as Commissioner Breckner
Released: 1957-04-02

Spurred on by the death of his drug-addicted sister at the hands of ruthless narcotics kingpin...

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Trio

as Dr. Lennox
Released: 1950-10-10

W. Somerset Maugham introduces three more of his stories about human foibles.

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Pride and Prejudice

as Mr. Wickham
Released: 1938-01-01

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Flesh and Blood

as Dr. "Willie" Marshall
Released: 1951-03-06

Based upon the play A Sleeping Clergyman by James Bridie, it tells the story of three...

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Judith

as Haim
Released: 1966-01-20

A Jewish woman is recruited to help track down a German commander who was her former husband.

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Diamond Safari

as Williamson
Released: 1958-02-21

A U.S. private eye falls for a smuggler and clears a native for murder in South Africa.

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Cone of Silence

as Capt. Edward Manningham
Released: 1960-05-10

A seasoned pilot is condemned for an error which causes a crash. The pilot later dies in a crash...

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The Secret

as Chief Inspector Blake
Released: 1955-06-01

An American loses all his money and finds himself stranded in England. He finds hope when he...

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Three Silent Men

as Charles Klein
Released: 1940-09-07

An inventor of a deadly weapon to be used against the allies is injured in a crash. Surgeon, Sir...

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They Can't Hang Me

as Robert Isaac Pitt
Released: 1955-10-01

A murderer hopes to escape his death sentence by identifying the leaders of a spy ring.

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Tall Headlines

as George Rackham
Released: 1952-04-15

A family is torn apart when their eldest son is hanged for the murder of a young girl.

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Unpublished Story

as Marchand
Released: 1942-08-10

Morale-boosting story released in the middle of World War II. A journalist uncovers a peace...

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The Siege of Manchester

as Richard Heyrick
Released: 1965-10-31

A German mercenary is hired to defend the small township of Manchester during the English Civil War.

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Hell's Angel

as Sir Geoffrey Wolf
Released: 1971-01-21

Dick Foster is adopted as a child, but has grown into a youth who causes problems and upsets.

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The Trial of Oscar Wilde

as Sir Edward Clarke QC
Released: 1960-08-05

Courtroom account of the prosecution of Oscar Wilde for gross indecency with other men followed...

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André Morell: Best of British

as Self
Released: 2015-01-01

Documentary about actor André Morell.

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The Avengers

as uncredited
First aired: 1961-01-07

The Avengers is a British television series created in the 1960s. It initially focused on Dr....

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The Professionals

as Brigadier Stadden
First aired: 1977-12-30

The lives of Bodie and Doyle, top agents for Britain's CI5 (Criminal Intelligence 5), and their...

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The Saint

as Bernhard Raxel
First aired: 1962-10-04

Simon Templar is The Saint, a handsome, sophisticated, debonair, modern-day Robin Hood who...

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Play for Today

as Sir Geoffrey Wolf
First aired: 1970-10-15

Play for Today is a British television anthology drama series, produced by the BBC and...

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One Step Beyond

as Gen. Guenther Hautmann
First aired: 1959-01-20

Alcoa Presents: One Step Beyond is an American anthology series created by Merwin Gerard. The...

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Public Eye

as Robert Stuart
First aired: 1965-01-23

Public Eye is a British television series that ran from 1965 to 1975. It was produced by ABC...

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Danger Man

as uncredited
First aired: 1960-09-11

Danger Man is a British television series which was broadcast between 1960 and 1962, and again...

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The Buccaneers

as Governor
First aired: 1956-09-19

The adventures of privateer Captain Dan Tempest and his crew of former pirates as they make...

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The Expert

as Major Williams
First aired: 1968-07-05

The Expert is a British television series produced by the BBC between 1968 and 1976. The series...

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The Human Jungle

as Sir Desmond Shaw
First aired: 1963-03-30

The Human Jungle is a British TV series about a psychiatrist, made for ABC Television by the...

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The Adventurer

as Le Père Antonius
First aired: 1972-09-29

The Adventurer is an ITC Entertainment TV adventure series created by Dennis Spooner that ran...

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Sunday Night Theatre

as O'Brien
First aired: 1950-01-01

Sunday Night Theatre was a long-running series of televised live television plays screened by...

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The Caesars

as Tiberius
First aired: 1968-09-22

The Caesars is a British television series produced by Granada Television for the ITV network in...

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Life of Shakespeare

as Edward Alleyn
First aired: 1978-06-13

Biography of William Shakespeare.

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Special Branch

as uncredited
First aired: 1969-09-17

Special Branch is a British television. A police drama series, the action was centred on members...

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Quatermass and the Pit

as Professor Bernard Quatermass
First aired: 1958-12-22

A team of scientists search for the origin and purpose of a mysterious capsule found on a...

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