André Morell
Actor, Film actor
1909 – 1978
Who was André Morell?
André 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, and as Doctor Watson in the Hammer Film Productions version of The Hound of the Baskervilles. He also appeared in the films The Bridge on the River Kwai and Ben-Hur, in several of Hammer's horror films throughout the 1960s and in the acclaimed ITV historical drama The Caesars.
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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- Born
- Aug 20, 1909
London - Also known as
- Andre Morell
- Cecil André Mesritz
- André Mesritz
- Parents
- Spouses
- Joan Greenwood
(1960 - 1978/11/28)
- Joan Greenwood
- Children
- Nationality
- England
- Profession
- Lived in
- London
- Died
- Nov 28, 1978
London
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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