Acting · Teignmouth, England, UK · Born November 1, 1922
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
MovieThe Dress
1984
as Matthew
MovieNorth Sea Hijack
1980
as Dawnay
MovieB.Traven: A Mystery Solved
1978
as Self - Reader
MovieThe Lord of the Rings
1978
as Treebeard (voice)
TVBlake's 7
1978
as Muller
MovieSix Characters in Search of an Author
1977
as Leading Man
MovieThe Breakthrough
1975
as Voice of Charon One
MovieDr. Watson and the Darkwater Hall Mystery
1974
as Bradshaw
TVJennie: Lady Randolph Churchill
1974
TVPlayhouse
1974
as Charon One (voice)
TVThe Edwardians
1972
as Allenby
TVJustice
1971
as Jonathan Osmond Q.C.
MovieLet There Be Light
1970
as Inspector
TVThe Main Chance
1969
as Charles Wainwright
Look at Life: Queue for Gardens
1968
as Self - Commentator
Look at Life: It's Odds on the Fish
1968
as Self - Commentator
Look at Life: Mini and Mod
1968
as Self - Commentator
MovieLook at Life: Change at the Tower
1967
as Self - Commentator
Look at Life: The Abbey Backstage
1966
as Self - Commentator
TVBBC Play of the Month
1965
as Brigadier General Barrington
MovieThe Tomb of Ligeia
1964
as Christopher Gough
MovieThe Masque of the Red Death
1964
as The Man in Red
MovieA Prize of Arms
1962
as Capt. Stafford
MovieFoxhole in Cairo
1960
as Roger
MovieRoom at the Top
1958
as Jack Wales
MovieA Midsummer Night's Dream
1958
as Theseus
Rupert of Hentzau
1957
as The King / Rudolf Rassendyll
The Twilight Forest
1957
as Narrator
TVArmchair Theatre
1956
as Maurice Aubert
MovieThere Is Another Sun
1951
as Detective
