Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthdate
1922-11-01
Day of Death
1989-06-16
Place of Birth
Teignmouth, England, UK
John Westbrook
Biography
βFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. John Westbrook Β (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 (22)
The Dress
1984
North Sea Hijack
1980
B.Traven: A Mystery Solved
1978
The Lord of the Rings
1978
Six Characters in Search of an Author
1977
The Breakthrough
1975
Dr. Watson and the Darkwater Hall Mystery
1974
Let There Be Light
1970Look at Life: Queue for Gardens
1968Look at Life: It's Odds on the Fish
1968Look at Life: Mini and Mod
1968
Look at Life: Change at the Tower
1967Look at Life: The Abbey Backstage
1966
The Tomb of Ligeia
1964