John Westbrook
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
Known For
Credits
- 1984 ·The Dressas Matthew
- 1980 ·North Sea Hijackas Dawnay
- 1978 ·B.Traven: A Mystery Solvedas Reader
- 1978 ·The Lord of the Ringsas Treebeard (voice)
- 1978 ·Blake's 7as Muller
- 1975 ·The Breakthroughas Voice of Charon One
- 1974 ·Dr. Watson and the Darkwater Hall Mysteryas Bradshaw
- 1974 ·Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchillas
- 1972 ·The Edwardiansas
- 1971 ·Justiceas Jonathan Osmond Q.C.
- 1970 ·Let There Be Lightas Inspector
- 1969 ·The First Churchillsas
- 1969 ·The First Churchillsas James, Duke of York
- 1969 ·The Main Chanceas Charles Wainwright
- 1968 ·Look at Life: It's Odds on the Fishas Self - Commentator
- 1968 ·Look at Life: Queue for Gardensas Self - Commentator
- 1967 ·Look at Life: Change at the Toweras Self - Commentator
- 1964 ·The Tomb of Ligeiaas Christopher Gough
- 1964 ·The Masque of the Red Deathas The Man in Red
- 1962 ·A Prize of Armsas Capt. Stafford
- 1960 ·Foxhole in Cairoas Roger
- 1958 ·Room at the Topas Jack Wales
- 1951 ·There Is Another Sunas Detective