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
- BBC Play of the Month (1965)
- Playhouse (1974)
- Blake's 7 (1978)
- Justice (1971)
- The Main Chance (1969)
- The Lord of the Rings (1978)
- The Edwardians (1972)
- Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill (1974)
- Armchair Theatre (1956)
- The Masque of the Red Death (1964)
- North Sea Hijack (1980)
- Room at the Top (1958)
- The Tomb of Ligeia (1964)
- Foxhole in Cairo (1960)
- A Prize of Arms (1962)
- A Midsummer Night's Dream (1958)
- There Is Another Sun (1951)
- Let There Be Light (1970)
- B.Traven: A Mystery Solved (1978)
- Dr. Watson and the Darkwater Hall Mystery (1974)