John Westbrook
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- November 1, 1922, Teignmouth, England, UK
- Died
- June 16, 1989
- Movies
- 22
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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.
Best-Known Movies
Filmography
| 1984 | The Dress | Matthew |
| 1980 | North Sea Hijack | Dawnay |
| 1978 | B.Traven: A Mystery Solved | Self - Reader |
| 1978 | The Lord of the Rings | Treebeard (voice) |
| 1977 | Six Characters in Search of an Author | Leading Man |
| 1975 | The Breakthrough | Voice of Charon One |
| 1974 | Dr. Watson and the Darkwater Hall Mystery | Bradshaw |
| 1970 | Let There Be Light | Inspector |
| 1968 | Look at Life: Queue for Gardens | Self - Commentator |
| 1968 | Look at Life: It's Odds on the Fish | Self - Commentator |
| 1968 | Look at Life: Mini and Mod | Self - Commentator |
| 1967 | Look at Life: Change at the Tower | Self - Commentator |
| 1966 | Look at Life: The Abbey Backstage | Self - Commentator |
| 1964 | The Tomb of Ligeia | Christopher Gough |
| 1964 | The Masque of the Red Death | The Man in Red |
| 1962 | A Prize of Arms | Capt. Stafford |
| 1960 | Foxhole in Cairo | Roger |
| 1958 | Room at the Top | Jack Wales |
| 1958 | A Midsummer Night's Dream | Theseus |
| 1957 | Rupert of Hentzau | The King / Rudolf Rassendyll |
| 1957 | The Twilight Forest | Narrator |
| 1951 | There Is Another Sun | Detective |
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