Filmography
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Known For
Ben-Hur Sextus (1959) -
The Bridge on the River Kwai Colonel Green (1957) -
The Message Abu-Talib (1976) -
Known For
The Lord of the Rings Elrond (1978) -
Actor
The Great Train Robbery Judge (1978) -
The Professionals Brigadier Stadden (1978) -
The Lord of the Rings Elrond (1978)
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Crown Court Justice Caldwell (1978) -
Parables Sir James Jansen (1978) -
Will Shakespeare Edward Alleyn (1978) -
ITV Sunday Night Drama Gantry (1960-1978)
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BBC Play of the Month Cyril Horsham (1977) -
Mr. Big Sir Morris Fender (1977) -
The Velvet Glove Ben Greet (1977) -
![The Message]( "The Message")
The Message Abu Talib (1976) -
Forget Me Not Emmett Sloane (1976)
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![The Message]( "The Message")
The Message Abu-Talib (1976) -
![The Slipper and the Rose: The Story of Cinderella]( "The Slipper and the Rose: The Story of Cinderella")
The Slipper and the Rose: The Story of Cinderella Bride's Father (1976) -
![Barry Lyndon]( "Barry Lyndon")
Barry Lyndon Lord Gustavus Adolphus Wendover (1975) -
![Edward the King]( "Edward the King")
Edward the King Lord Palmerston (1975) -
![Armchair Cinema]( "Armchair Cinema")
Armchair Cinema André Fage (1974) -
![Special Branch]( "Special Branch")
Special Branch Scabrienski (1973) -
![The Adventurer]( "The Adventurer")
The Adventurer Father Antonius (1973) -
![The Man and the Snake]( "The Man and the Snake")
The Man and the Snake Dr. Druring (1972) -
![Pope Joan]( "Pope Joan")
Pope Joan Emperor Louis (1972) -
Spyder's Web Lord Rashmore (1972)
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![Public Eye]( "Public Eye")
Public Eye Robert Stuart (1966-1971) -
![The Expert]( "The Expert")
The Expert Major Williams (1971) -
![10 Rillington Place]( "10 Rillington Place")
10 Rillington Place Judge Lewis (1971) -
![Play for Today]( "Play for Today")
Play for Today Sir Geoffrey Wolf (1971) -
Big Brother Lord Bryant (1970)
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![Julius Caesar]( "Julius Caesar")
Julius Caesar Cicero (1970) -
![W. Somerset Maugham]( "W. Somerset Maugham")
W. Somerset Maugham Howard Joyce (1969) -
![Love Story]( "Love Story")
Love Story The Rev. Roderick Ordway (1969) -
![ITV Playhouse]( "ITV Playhouse")
ITV Playhouse Piers Collingham (1969) -
![The Caesars]( "The Caesars")
The Caesars Tiberius (1968) -
![The Vengeance of She]( "The Vengeance of She")
The Vengeance of She Kassim (1968) -
![Dark of the Sun]( "Dark of the Sun")
Dark of the Sun Bussier (1968) -
![The Mummy's Shroud]( "The Mummy's Shroud")
The Mummy's Shroud Sir Basil Walden (1967) -
Conflict Sir Peter Teazle (1967)
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![Knock on Any Door]( "Knock on Any Door")
Knock on Any Door McIntyre (1966) -
![The Wrong Box]( "The Wrong Box")
The Wrong Box Club Butler (1966) -
![Doctor Who]( "Doctor Who")
Doctor Who Marshal Gaspard de Saux-Tavannes (1966) -
![Judith]( "Judith")
Judith Haim (1966) -
![The Plague of the Zombies]( "The Plague of the Zombies")
The Plague of the Zombies Sir James Forbes (1966) -
![Court Martial]( "Court Martial")
Court Martial General Wesley (1965) -
![Theatre 625]( "Theatre 625")
Theatre 625 Richard Heyrick (1965) -
![The Avengers]( "The Avengers")
The Avengers Horatio Kane (1963-1965) -
![She]( "She")
She Haumeid (1965) -
![The Saint]( "The Saint")
The Saint Bernhard Raxel (1965) -
![Secret Agent]( "Secret Agent")
Secret Agent Sir Duncan (1965) -
![The Moon-Spinners]( "The Moon-Spinners")
The Moon-Spinners Yacht Captain (1964) -
![Woman of Straw]( "Woman of Straw")
Woman of Straw Judge (1964) -
![Festival]( "Festival")
Festival Senator Clarke (1964) -
Maupassant The Abbe Vilbois (1963)
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![The Human Jungle]( "The Human Jungle")
The Human Jungle Sir Desmond Shaw (1963) -
![Armchair Theatre]( "Armchair Theatre")
Armchair Theatre Elver Task (1956-1962) -
![Cash on Demand]( "Cash on Demand")
Cash on Demand Colonel Gore Hepburn (1961) -
Afternoon in River Walk Mr. Gilliat (1961)
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![The Shadow of the Cat]( "The Shadow of the Cat")
The Shadow of the Cat Walter Venable (1961) -
![One Step Beyond]( "One Step Beyond")
One Step Beyond Gen. Guenther Hautmann (1961) -
Theatre 70 Colonel Gore-Hepburn (1960)
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On Trial Sir Edward Clarke (1960)
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![BBC Sunday-Night Play]( "BBC Sunday-Night Play")
BBC Sunday-Night Play Wilhelm Schindler (1960) -
![Trouble in the Sky]( "Trouble in the Sky")
Trouble in the Sky Capt. Manningham (1960) -
![International Detective]( "International Detective")
International Detective Howard Conway (1959) -
![The Invisible Man]( "The Invisible Man")
The Invisible Man General Shafari (1959) -
![Ben-Hur]( "Ben-Hur")
Ben-Hur Sextus (1959) -
![The Hound of the Baskervilles]( "The Hound of the Baskervilles")
The Hound of the Baskervilles Doctor Watson (1959) -
![The Giant Behemoth]( "The Giant Behemoth")
The Giant Behemoth Prof. James Bickford (1959) -
![Quatermass and the Pit]( "Quatermass and the Pit")
Quatermass and the Pit Professor Bernard Quatermass (1958-1959) -
![White Hunter]( "White Hunter")
White Hunter Rankin (1958) -
![ITV Play of the Week]( "ITV Play of the Week")
ITV Play of the Week Valentine Lefevre (1958) -
![The Camp on Blood Island]( "The Camp on Blood Island")
The Camp on Blood Island Lambert (1958) -
![Paris Holiday]( "Paris Holiday")
Paris Holiday American Ambassador (1958) -
![Diamond Safari]( "Diamond Safari")
Diamond Safari Williamson (1958) -
![ITV Television Playhouse]( "ITV Television Playhouse")
ITV Television Playhouse Judge Bentley (1956-1957) -
![The Bridge on the River Kwai]( "The Bridge on the River Kwai")
The Bridge on the River Kwai Colonel Green (1957) -
![Overseas Press Club - Exclusive!]( "Overseas Press Club - Exclusive!")
Overseas Press Club - Exclusive! Sven (1957) -
![Pickup Alley]( "Pickup Alley")
Pickup Alley Commissioner Breckner (1957) -
![Assignment Foreign Legion]( "Assignment Foreign Legion")
Assignment Foreign Legion Colonel Laurent (1957) -
![Zarak]( "Zarak")
Zarak Maj. Atherton (1956) -
![The Buccaneers]( "The Buccaneers")
The Buccaneers Governor (1956) -
The Condemned Prison Governor (1956)
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![The Baby and the Battleship]( "The Baby and the Battleship")
The Baby and the Battleship Marshal (1956) -
![The Black Tent]( "The Black Tent")
The Black Tent Sheik Salem ben Yussef (1956) -
![The Man Who Never Was]( "The Man Who Never Was")
The Man Who Never Was Sir Bernard Spilsbury (1956) -
![Rheingold Theatre]( "Rheingold Theatre")
Rheingold Theatre Georges (1955-1956) -
Theatre Royal Doctor (1956)
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![They Can't Hang Me]( "They Can't Hang Me")
They Can't Hang Me Robert Pitt (1955) -
![The Secret]( "The Secret")
The Secret Chief Inspector Blake (1955) -
![Summertime]( "Summertime")
Summertime Englishman (1955) -
Terminus Michal Lincoln (1955)
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![Three Cases of Murder]( "Three Cases of Murder")
Three Cases of Murder Dr. Audlin (segment "Lord Mountdrago") (1955) -
![BBC Sunday-Night Theatre]( "BBC Sunday-Night Theatre")
BBC Sunday-Night Theatre Othello (1950-1954) -
![The Black Knight]( "The Black Knight")
The Black Knight Sir Ontzlake (1954) -
The Golden Link Supt. Blake (1954)
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![His Majesty O'Keefe]( "His Majesty O'Keefe")
His Majesty O'Keefe Alfred Tetins (1954) -
It Is Midnight, Doctor Schweitzer Dr. Albert Schweitzer (1953)
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![Stolen Face]( "Stolen Face")
Stolen Face David (1952) -
![The Frightened Bride]( "The Frightened Bride")
The Frightened Bride George Rackham (1952) -
![High Treason]( "High Treason")
High Treason Supt. Folland (1951) -
Breakers Ahead Colonel Rowtoc (1951)
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![Flesh and Blood]( "Flesh and Blood")
Flesh and Blood Dr. Marshall (1951) -
![The Clouded Yellow]( "The Clouded Yellow")
The Clouded Yellow Secret Service Chief Chubb (1950) -
![Seven Days to Noon]( "Seven Days to Noon")
Seven Days to Noon Superintendent Folland (1950) -
![Trio]( "Trio")
Trio Dr. Lennox (in segment Sanatorium) (1950) -
![So Long at the Fair]( "So Long at the Fair")
So Long at the Fair Doctor Hart (1950) -
![Stage Fright]( "Stage Fright")
Stage Fright Inspector Byard (1950) -
![Madeleine]( "Madeleine")
Madeleine Defending Counsel (1950) -
![No Place for Jennifer]( "No Place for Jennifer")
No Place for Jennifer William's Counsel (1950) -
An English Summer Squadron Leader Henry Armstrong (1949)
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Crime Passionel Hoederer (1949)
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![If This Be Sin]( "If This Be Sin")
If This Be Sin Doctor McCatcheon (1949) -
Health in Our Time (1948)
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Robert's Wife Rev. Robert Carson, MA (1948)
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Celestial Fire Charles Urquhart (1948)
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![Against the Wind]( "Against the Wind")
Against the Wind Abbot (1948) -
Wuthering Heights Hindley Earnshaw (1948)
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The Moon in the Yellow River Dobelle (1947)
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The Little Dry Thorn Abraham (1947)
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Boys in Brown Richard Blatchley, the Governor (1947)
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The Merchant of Venice/II Bassanio (1947)
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The Merchant of Venice Bassanio (1947)
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Caesar's Friend Sextus Pontius Pilate, Roman Governor of Judaea (1947)
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Everyman Everyman (1947)
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The Queen's Husband Dr. Fellman (1946)
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Arms and the Man Bluntschli (1946)
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Death of a Rat Wilts (1946)
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![Unpublished Story]( "Unpublished Story")
Unpublished Story Marchand (1942) -
Three Silent Men Klein (1940)
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![Ten Days in Paris]( "Ten Days in Paris")
Ten Days in Paris Victor (1940) -
Sun Up Rufe Cagle (1939)
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Many Tanks Mr. Atkins Hart (1938)
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Cyrano de Bergerac Le Bret (1938)
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Trelawny of the Wells (1938)
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The Rivals Faulkland (1938)
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Bardell Against Pickwick Dodson (1938)
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![13 Men and a Gun]( "13 Men and a Gun")
13 Men and a Gun Kroty (1938) -
Lady Precious Stream (1938)
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Actor
![Pride and Prejudice]( "Pride and Prejudice")
Pride and Prejudice Mr. Wickham (1938) -
Archive footage
![André Morell: Best of British]( "André Morell: Best of British")
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![Elementary My Dear Watson: The Man Behind Sherlock Holmes]( "Elementary My Dear Watson: The Man Behind Sherlock Holmes")
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What Lies Beneath (2008)
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Evolution of the Invasion (2006)
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![Nightmare: The Birth of Victorian Horror]( "Nightmare: The Birth of Victorian Horror")
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![The World of Hammer]( "The World of Hammer")
The World of Hammer (1994) -
![Peter Cushing: A One-Way Ticket to Hollywood]( "Peter Cushing: A One-Way Ticket to Hollywood")
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![The Many Faces of Sherlock Holmes]( "The Many Faces of Sherlock Holmes")
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Archive footageForty Years (1976)
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![The Magical World of Disney]( "The Magical World of Disney")
The Magical World of Disney (1966)
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Trivia
First on the professional stage in 1934; London debut, 1936. With the Old Vic from 1938, and, again, from 1951 to 1952.
Star Sign
Leo
Personal Details
Born
Cecil André Mesritz
St. Pancras, London, England, UK
Died
(age 69)
London, England, UK
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