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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


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Born:
Nov 1, 1922 In Teignmouth, England, UK
Movie/TV Credits:
19
First Appeared:
In the movie There Is Another Sun 1951-06-12
Latest Project:
Movie The Dress 1984-01-03
Known For
Poster of The Dress
Poster of B.Traven: A Mystery Solved
Poster of Dr. Watson and the Darkwater Hall Mystery
Poster of Look at Life: Change at the Tower
Filmography
Movie The Dress Matthew 1984-01-03
Movie North Sea Hijack Dawnay 1980-02-18
Movie The Lord of the Rings Treebeard (voice) 1978-11-15
Series Blake's 7 Muller 1978-01-02
Movie B.Traven: A Mystery Solved Reader 1978-12-19
Movie The Breakthrough Voice of Charon One 1975-01-08
Series Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill Unknown 1974-11-05
Movie Dr. Watson and the Darkwater Hall Mystery Bradshaw 1974-12-27
Series The Edwardians Unknown 1972-11-21
Series Justice Jonathan Osmond Q.C. 1971-10-08
Series The First Churchills James, Duke of York 1969-09-27
Series The Main Chance Charles Wainwright 1969-06-18
Movie Look at Life: Change at the Tower Self - Commentator 1967-01-01
Movie The Masque of the Red Death The Man in Red 1964-06-24
Movie The Tomb of Ligeia Christopher Gough 1964-11-29
Movie A Prize of Arms Capt. Stafford 1962-12-11
Movie Foxhole in Cairo Roger 1960-03-09
Movie Room at the Top Jack Wales 1958-12-29
Movie There Is Another Sun Detective 1951-06-12