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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


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Born:
Nov 1, 1922 In Teignmouth, England, UK
Movie/TV Credits:
14
First Appeared:
In the movie There Is Another Sun 1951-06-12
Latest Project:
Movie North Sea Hijack 1980-02-18
Known For
Poster of B.Traven: A Mystery Solved
Poster of The Tomb of Ligeia
Poster of The Masque of the Red Death
Poster of Room at the Top
Filmography
Movie North Sea Hijack Dawnay 1980-02-18
Series Blake's 7 Muller 1978-01-02
Movie The Lord of the Rings Treebeard (voice) 1978-11-15
Movie B.Traven: A Mystery Solved Reader 1978-12-19
Movie The Breakthrough Voice of Charon One 1975-01-08
Series Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill Unknown 1974-11-05
Series The Edwardians Unknown 1972-11-21
Series The First Churchills James, Duke of York 1969-09-27
Movie The Masque of the Red Death The Man in Red 1964-06-24
Movie The Tomb of Ligeia Christopher Gough 1964-11-29
Movie A Prize of Arms Capt. Stafford 1962-12-11
Movie Foxhole in Cairo Roger 1960-03-09
Movie Room at the Top Jack Wales 1958-12-29
Movie There Is Another Sun Detective 1951-06-12