Known for

Acting

Born

Nov 1, 1922

Died

Jun 16, 1989 (aged 66)

Place of birth

Teignmouth, England, UK

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

Titles

BBC Play of the Month

Series • 1965

Blake's 7

Series • 1978

Justice

Series • 1971

The Main Chance

Series • 1969

The Lord of the Rings

Movie • 1978

The Edwardians

Series • 1972

North Sea Hijack

Movie • 1980

Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill

Series • 1974

Room at the Top

Movie • 1958

The Masque of the Red Death

Movie • 1964

The Tomb of Ligeia

Movie • 1964

B.Traven: A Mystery Solved

Movie • 1978

There Is Another Sun

Movie • 1951

Foxhole in Cairo

Movie • 1960

The Dress

Movie • 1984