John Westbrook
Born
November 1, 1922
Died
June 16, 1989 (66 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
Teignmouth, England, UK
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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.
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Known For
The Dress
Matthew
1984
North Sea Hijack
Dawnay
1980
B.Traven: A Mystery Solved
Reader
1978
The Lord of the Rings
Treebeard (voice)
1978
Blake's 7
Muller · (1 episode)
1978
Six Characters in Search of an Author
Leading Man
1977
The Breakthrough
Voice of Charon One
1975
Dr. Watson and the Darkwater Hall Mystery
Bradshaw
1974
Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill
(2 episodes)
1974
Playhouse
Charon One (voice) · (1 episode)
1974
The Edwardians
(1 episode)
1972
Justice
Jonathan Osmond Q.C. · (1 episode)
1971
Let There Be Light
Inspector
1970
The First Churchills
(6 episodes)
1969
The First Churchills
James, Duke of York · (12 episodes)
1969
The Main Chance
Charles Wainwright · (1 episode)
1969
Look at Life: Queue for Gardens
Self - Commentator
1968
Look at Life: It's Odds on the Fish
Self - Commentator
1968
Look at Life: Mini and Mod
Self - Commentator
1968
Look at Life: Change at the Tower
Self - Commentator
1967
Look at Life: The Abbey Backstage
Self - Commentator
1966
BBC Play of the Month
Brigadier General Barrington · (1 episode)
1965
The Tomb of Ligeia
Christopher Gough
1964
The Masque of the Red Death
The Man in Red
1964
A Prize of Arms
Capt. Stafford
1962
Foxhole in Cairo
Roger
1960
Room at the Top
Jack Wales
1958
Rupert of Hentzau
The King / Rudolf Rassendyll
1957
There Is Another Sun
Detective
1951