John Westbrook
Biography
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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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Full filmography
- BBC Play of the Month (1965) as Brigadier General Barrington
- Playhouse (1974) as Charon One (voice)
- Blake's 7 (1978) as Muller
- Justice (1971) as Jonathan Osmond Q.C.
- The Main Chance (1969) as Charles Wainwright
- The Lord of the Rings (1978) as Treebeard (voice)
- The Edwardians (1972) as Allenby
- North Sea Hijack (1980) as Dawnay
- Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill (1974)
- Armchair Theatre (1956) as Maurice Aubert
- The Masque of the Red Death (1964) as The Man in Red
- Room at the Top (1958) as Jack Wales
- The Tomb of Ligeia (1964) as Christopher Gough
- There Is Another Sun (1951) as Detective
- The Twilight Forest (1957) as Narrator
- A Prize of Arms (1962) as Capt. Stafford
- Foxhole in Cairo (1960) as Roger
- The Dress (1984) as Matthew
- Dr. Watson and the Darkwater Hall Mystery (1974) as Bradshaw
- A Midsummer Night's Dream (1958) as Theseus
- The Breakthrough (1975) as Voice of Charon One
- Let There Be Light (1970) as Inspector
- Rupert of Hentzau (1957) as The King / Rudolf Rassendyll
- Six Characters in Search of an Author (1977) as Leading Man