John Westbrook
Acting • Born 1922-11-01 – Died 1989-06-16
Biography
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
Filmography
29 credits
The Masque of the Red Death
Movie • 1964
The Man in Red
The Tomb of Ligeia
Movie • 1964
Christopher Gough
Room at the Top
Movie • 1958
Jack Wales
The Dress
Movie • 1984
Matthew
Dr. Watson and the Darkwater Hall Mystery
Movie • 1974
Bradshaw
Foxhole in Cairo
Movie • 1960
Roger
A Prize of Arms
Movie • 1962
Capt. Stafford
Look at Life: Change at the Tower
Movie • 1967
Self - Commentator
North Sea Hijack
Movie • 1980
Dawnay
The Lord of the Rings
Movie • 1978
Treebeard (voice)
There Is Another Sun
Movie • 1951
Detective
The Breakthrough
Movie • 1975
Voice of Charon One
B.Traven: A Mystery Solved
Movie • 1978
Reader
Let There Be Light
Movie • 1970
Inspector
Look at Life: Queue for Gardens
Movie • 1968
Self - Commentator
Look at Life: It's Odds on the Fish
Movie • 1968
Self - Commentator
Six Characters in Search of an Author
Movie • 1977
Leading Man
Rupert of Hentzau
Movie • 1957
The King / Rudolf Rassendyll
Look at Life: The Abbey Backstage
Movie • 1966
Self - Commentator
Look at Life: Mini and Mod
Movie • 1968
Self - Commentator
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Movie • 1958
Theseus
The Twilight Forest
Movie • 1957
Narrator
Blake's 7
TV • 1978
Muller
Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill
TV • 1974
The Main Chance
TV • 1969
Charles Wainwright
Justice
TV • 1971
Jonathan Osmond Q.C.
Playhouse
TV • 1974
Charon One (voice)
BBC Play of the Month
TV • 1965
Brigadier General Barrington
The Edwardians
TV • 1972
Allenby