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

Known For: Acting

Born: Teignmouth, England, UK, 1922-11-01

Died: 1989-06-16

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1951	There Is Another Sun	Detective	60
2	1958	Room at the Top	Jack Wales	69
3	1960	Foxhole in Cairo	Roger	55
4	1962	A Prize of Arms	Capt. Stafford	66
5	1964	The Masque of the Red Death	The Man in Red	66
6	1964	The Tomb of Ligeia	Christopher Gough	63
7	1967	Look at Life: Change at the Tower	Self - Commentator	0
8	1968	Look at Life: Queue for Gardens	Self - Commentator	0
9	1968	Look at Life: It's Odds on the Fish	Self - Commentator	0
10	1970	Let There Be Light	Inspector	0
11	1974	Dr. Watson and the Darkwater Hall Mystery	Bradshaw	0
12	1975	The Breakthrough	Voice of Charon One	0
13	1977	Six Characters in Search of an Author	Leading Man	0
14	1978	The Lord of the Rings	Treebeard (voice)	66
15	1978	B.Traven: A Mystery Solved	Reader	0
16	1980	North Sea Hijack	Dawnay	62
17	1984	The Dress	Matthew	0

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1969	The Main Chance	Charles Wainwright	77
2	1969	The First Churchills		63
3	1969	The First Churchills	James, Duke of York	63
4	1971	Justice	Jonathan Osmond Q.C.	60
5	1972	The Edwardians		57
6	1974	Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill		63
7	1978	Blake's 7	Muller	72