John Westbrook

Born: 1922-11-01

​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


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The Lord of the Rings

as Treebeard (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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North Sea Hijack

as Dawnay
Released: 1980-02-18

When terrorists take over two oil rigs, and threaten to blow them up if their demands are not...

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The Masque of the Red Death

as The Man in Red
Released: 1964-06-24

A European prince terrorizes the local peasantry while using his castle as a refuge against the...

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Room at the Top

as Jack Wales
Released: 1958-12-29

An ambitious young accountant schemes to wed a wealthy factory owner's daughter, despite falling...

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The Tomb of Ligeia

as Christopher Gough
Released: 1964-11-29

Verden Fell is shattered after the death of his lovely wife. But, after an unexpected encounter...

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A Prize of Arms

as Capt. Stafford
Released: 1962-12-11

A criminal gang sets out to pull off the heist of a large army payroll.

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Foxhole in Cairo

as Roger
Released: 1960-03-09

A German spy in Cairo must report back to Rommel with information on British positions.

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The Dress

as Matthew
Released: 1984-01-03

A BAFTA award winning drama about a mistake when buying a dress for his mistress leads Howard to...

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Dr. Watson and the Darkwater Hall Mystery

as Bradshaw
Released: 1974-12-27

While Holmes is away recuperating, Watson is left to help a damsel in distress.

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Let There Be Light

as Inspector
Released: 1970-01-23

What was it like to go to school 100 years ago?

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There Is Another Sun

as Detective
Released: 1951-06-12

Story of romance between a young boxer in fairground boxing booth and a chorus girl, and how...

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B.Traven: A Mystery Solved

as Reader
Released: 1978-12-19

B. Traven is one of the most mysterious figures of the 20th century. He wrote The Treasure of...

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The Breakthrough

as Voice of Charon One
Released: 1975-01-08

An adaptation of Daphne du Maurier's 1966 short story of the same title, broadcast as part of...

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Look at Life: Change at the Tower

as Self - Commentator
Released: 1967-01-01

A look at the day-to-day running of the historic Tower of London and coping with up to 16,000...

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Blake's 7

as Muller
First aired: 1978-01-02

A group of convicts and outcasts fight a guerrilla war against the totalitarian Terran...

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The Main Chance

as Charles Wainwright
First aired: 1969-06-18

The Main Chance was a British television series which first aired on ITV between 1969,1970,1972...

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Justice

as Jonathan Osmond Q.C.
First aired: 1971-10-08

Justice is a British drama television series which originally aired on ITV in 39 hour-long...

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The Edwardians

as uncredited
First aired: 1972-11-21

It was a time when England was a nation on the cusp of change, an evolving landscape tht lay...

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The First Churchills

as uncredited
First aired: 1969-09-27

The lives of the Duke of Marlborough and his wife Sarah, from their meeting in 1673 to the...

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The First Churchills

as James, Duke of York
First aired: 1969-09-27

The lives of the Duke of Marlborough and his wife Sarah, from their meeting in 1673 to the...

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Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill

as uncredited
First aired: 1974-11-05

Lee Remick stars as Jennie Jerome, born in the United States in 1845, who eventually became Lady...

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