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André Morell

André Morell

Actor · Died November 28, 1978, aged 69 · Saint Pancras, London, England, UK

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia André Morell (20 August 1909 – 28 November 1978; sometimes credited as Andre Morell) was a British actor. He appeared frequently in theatre, film and on television from the 1930s to the 1970s. His best known screen roles were as Professor Bernard Quatermass in the BBC Television serial Quatermass and the Pit (1958–59), and as Doctor Watson in the Hammer Film Productions version of The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959). He also appeared in the Academy Award-winning films The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) and Ben-Hur (1959), in several of Hammer's well-known horror films throughout the 1960s and in the acclaimed ITV historical drama The Caesars (1968). His obituary in The Times newspaper described him as possessing a "commanding presence with a rich, responsive voice... whether in the classical or modern theatre he was authoritative and dependable." Description above from the Wikipedia article André Morell, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia. ​

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Born
August 20, 1909
Died
November 28, 1978 (aged 69)
From
Saint Pancras, London, England, UK
Works as
Actor
Titles
39 on Motif · 97 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 39 days to Oct 28Down 33% in 30 days

What are André Morell's films like?

Across their 27 Motif titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Bonds.

Genres

Action5 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 47th percentile
: browse their Action movies
Adventure5 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 31st percentile
: browse their Adventure movies
Horror5 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 54th percentile
: browse their Horror movies
Crime4 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 72nd percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Crime movies
Drama4 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 80th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Drama movies
Biography2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 96th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Biography movies

Their Motif films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Morality
38%
Bonds
13%
Power
12%
Survival
11%
Ideas
11%
Self
10%
Society
5%
Justice9 titles, browse their movies with this themeSurvival4 titles, browse their movies with this themeTruth4 titles, browse their movies with this themeRomantic love4 titles, browse their movies with this themeGreed4 titles, browse their movies with this themeDuty6 titles, browse their movies with this themeDeception4 titles, browse their movies with this themeSacrifice3 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 27 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 11 · Stylized 13 · Heightened 3

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 2 · Charged 14 · Intense 11

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 12 · Shifting 14 · Whiplash 1

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 18 · Some laughs 8 · Funny 1

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 7 · Even-paced 17 · Relentless 3

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 9 · Engaged 17 · Full focus 1

Affecting: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their affecting movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

A split, not a type: Easy watch 10 · Affecting 9 · Heavy 8

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 20 · Open-ended 4 · Ambiguous 3

Roles they play

15 analyzed roles

Usually the Mentor: 8 of 15 analyzed roles.

Mentor
8 of 15
Hero
3 of 15
Shadow
2 of 15
Herald
1 of 15
Threshold guardian
1 of 15
Show the 15 roles

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
22
Dread
9
Thrilling
8
Melancholic
8
Romantic
5
Other
14

How their films linger

Thought-provoking11 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting9 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun8 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteCathartic4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 7 with a twist

  • Happy12
  • Bittersweet11
  • Ambiguous4

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch André Morell's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 17 of their 39 Motif titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (8).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for André Morell's titles on Motif; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

97 credits, 39 with a Motif page; 2 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • Sherlock Holmes: The True Story(2003)

    as Doctor Watson

  • The Great Train Robbery(1978)

    as Judge

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films

  • The Lord of the Rings(1978)

    as Elrond (voice)

    Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films

  • Will Shakespeare (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1978)

    Show 1 episode · as Edward Alleyn

  • The Last Romantic (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1978)

    as Gantry

  • The Professionals (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1977)

    Show 1 episode · as Brigadier Stadden

  • The Velvet Glove (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1977)

    Show 1 episode · as Ben Greet

  • The Slipper and the Rose: The Story of Cinderella(1976)

    as Bride's Father

    Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films

  • The Message(1976)

    as Abu-Talib

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • Barry Lyndon(1975)

    as Lord Wendover

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films

  • Edward the King(1975)

    Show 4 episodes · as Lord Palmerston

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all shows

  • Armchair Cinema (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1974)

    Show 1 episode · as André Fage

  • The Prison (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1974)

    as André Fage

  • The Adventurer (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1972)

    Show 1 episode · as Le Père Antonius

  • Pope Joan (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1972)

    as Emperor Louis

  • The Man and the Snake (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1972)

    as Dr. Druring

  • 10 Rillington Place(1971)

    as Judge Lewis

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films

  • Hell's Angel (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1971)

    as Sir Geoffrey Wolf

  • Play for Today (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1970)

    Show 1 episode · as Sir Geoffrey Wolf

  • Big Brother (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1970)

    Show 1 episode · as Lord Bryant

  • Julius Caesar(1970)

    as Cicero

    Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films

  • W. Somerset Maugham (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1969)

    Show 1 episode · as Howard Joyce

  • The Caesars (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1968)

    Show 6 episodes · as Tiberius

  • The Expert (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1968)

    Show 1 episode · as Major Williams

  • The Vengeance of She(1968)

    as Kassim

    Midcredits score: 9th percentile of all films

  • Dark of the Sun(1968)

    as Bussier

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films

  • ITV Playhouse (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1967)

    Show 1 episode · as Piers Collingham

  • The Mummy's Shroud(1967)

    as Sir Basil Walden

    Midcredits score: 22nd percentile of all films

  • The Wrong Box(1966)

    as Club Butler

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films

  • Doctor Who: The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1966)

    as Marshal Tavannes

  • Judith (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1966)

    as Haim

  • The Plague of the Zombies(1966)

    as Sir James Forbes

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films

  • The Siege of Manchester (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1965)

    as Richard Heyrick

  • BBC Play of the Month (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1965)

    Show 1 episode · as Cyril Horsham

  • She(1965)

    as Haumeid

    Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films

  • Public Eye (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1965)

    Show 1 episode · as Robert Stuart

  • The Moon-Spinners(1964)

    as Yacht Captain

    Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films

  • Theatre 625 (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1964)

    Show 1 episode · as Richard Heyrick

  • Woman of Straw(1964)

    as Judge

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films

  • Festival (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1963)

    Show 1 episode · as Senator Clarke

  • The Human Jungle (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1963)

    Show 1 episode · as Sir Desmond Shaw

  • The Saint (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1962)

    Show 1 episode · as Bernhard Raxel

  • Cash on Demand(1961)

    as Colonel Gore Hepburn

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films

  • The Shadow of the Cat(1961)

    as Walter Venable

    Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films

  • The Avengers (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1961)

    Show 1 episode · as Lord Teale

  • Danger Man(1960)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all shows

  • Theatre '70 (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1960)

    Show 1 episode · as Colonel Gore-Hepburn

  • The Trial of Oscar Wilde (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1960)

    as Sir Edward Clarke QC

  • On Trial (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1960)

    Show 1 episode · as Sir Edward Clarke

  • Cone of Silence (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1960)

    as Capt. Edward Manningham

  • International Detective (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1959)

    Show 1 episode · as Howard Conway

  • Ben-Hur(1959)

    as Sextus

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films

  • The Hound of the Baskervilles(1959)

    as Doctor Watson

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films

  • The Giant Behemoth(1959)

    as Prof. James Bickford

    Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films

  • One Step Beyond(1959)

    Show 1 episode · as Gen. Guenther Hautmann

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all shows

  • Quatermass and the Pit (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1958)

    Show 6 episodes · as Professor Bernard Quatermass

  • The Camp on Blood Island(1958)

    as Col. Lambert

    Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all films

  • Paris Holiday (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1958)

    as American Ambassador

  • Diamond Safari (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1958)

    as Williamson

  • The Bridge on the River Kwai(1957)

    as Col. Green

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films

  • Overseas Press Club - Exclusive! (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1957)

    Show 1 episode · as Sven

  • Pickup Alley(1957)

    as Commissioner Breckner

    Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films

  • Zarak(1956)

    as Maj. Atherton

    Midcredits score: 22nd percentile of all films

  • The Buccaneers (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1956)

    Show 1 episode · as Governor

  • Armchair Theatre (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1956)

    Show 1 episode · as Doctor Sloper · as Elver Task · as Etienne · as Halvard Solness

  • The Baby and the Battleship(1956)

    as Marshal

    Midcredits score: 22nd percentile of all films

  • The Black Tent(1956)

    as Sheik Salem ben Yussef

    Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films

  • The Man Who Never Was(1956)

    as Sir Bernard Spilsbury

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films

  • They Can't Hang Me(1955)

    as Robert Isaac Pitt

    Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films

  • Summertime(1955)

    as Englishman in Train Compartment (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all films

  • The Secret (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1955)

    as Chief Inspector Blake

  • Three Cases of Murder (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1955)

    as Dr. Audlin ("Lord Mountdrago" segment)

  • Nineteen Eighty-Four (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1954)

    as O'Brien

  • The Golden Link (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1954)

    as Supt. Blake

  • The Black Knight(1954)

    as Sir Ontzlake

    Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films

  • His Majesty O'Keefe(1954)

    as Alfred Tetins

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films

  • It Is Midnight, Dr. Schweitzer (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1953)

    as Albert Schweitzer

  • Stolen Face (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1952)

    as David

  • Tall Headlines (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1952)

    as George Rackham

  • High Treason (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1951)

    as Supt. Folland

  • Flesh and Blood (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1951)

    as Dr. "Willie" Marshall

  • The Clouded Yellow (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1950)

    as Secret Service Chief Chubb (as Andre Morell)

  • Seven Days to Noon(1950)

    as Superintendent G.W. Folland

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films

  • Trio (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1950)

    as Dr. Lennox

  • So Long at the Fair(1950)

    as Doctor Hart

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films

  • Stage Fright(1950)

    as Inspector Byard

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films

  • Madeleine(1950)

    as Defense Attorney

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films

  • No Place for Jennifer (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1950)

    as Counsel

  • Sunday Night Theatre (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1950)

    Show 1 episode · as O'Brien

  • Wuthering Heights (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1948)

    as Hindley Earnshaw

  • Health in Our Time (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1948)

    Actor

  • The Queen's Husband (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1946)

    as Dr. Fellman

  • Unpublished Story (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1942)

    as Marchand

  • Three Silent Men (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1940)

    as Charles Klein

  • Ten Days in Paris (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1940)

    as Victor

  • Cyrano de Bergerac (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1938)

    as Le Bret

  • Pride and Prejudice (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1938)

    as Mr. Wickham

Career shape

Star power in the 98th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 96 titles from 1938 to 1978; peak year 1967.

Biggest box office

The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)

$27M worldwide

Highest rated

The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)

Midcredits 99th

Film career

19381978

Peak 1967 · back in prominent film roles after a quiet stretch. Top draw in 6 Motif titles. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting96 of 96: 96 only acting, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score70th

By decade

1930s2 · acting1940s6 · acting1950s39 · acting1960s29 · acting1970s20 · acting

Billing

usually 7th · top billed in 10% of 29 roles
50556070

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on Motif, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.

How do André Morell's films land?

Their typical Motif film has a Midcredits score in the 66th percentile, the median of the 35 of 36 with a score; across their 27 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 58th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

58thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 27

Approval · how many liked their films

61stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 27

Reach · how many have seen their films

66thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 27

Midcredits score across 38 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up18
  • 50th to 74th8
  • 25th to 49th5
  • Below 25th7

Shape of the crowd

None of their 38 titles divides audiences: 19 are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved6
  • Crowd Pleaser19
  • Broadly Agreed10
  • Mixed3

Most loved · actor

The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)

Midcredits 99th · 90% liked

Reviewers score the acting 66/100 in their films, across 26 reviewed titles; fans 74, detractors 45. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on Motif; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their Motif titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is André Morell's work okay for kids?

Across up to 7 Motif titles with content scores, sex & nudity runs lighter than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore5 titles43–65 · median 54 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity7 titles8–42 · median 17 · mildlighter than most filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity4 titlesmedian 15 · mildMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs4 titlesmedian 27 · mildMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense4 titlesmedian 55 · moderateMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does André Morell work with?

People who share at least 2 of André Morell's Motif titles, grouped by what they did on them; James Needs shares the most, 8.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers

Mixed roles