
John Westbrook
Acting
Born 1922-11-01 · Teignmouth, England, UK
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
Known for

The Lord of the Rings
1978 · Movie

The Masque of the Red Death
1964 · Movie

North Sea Hijack
1980 · Movie

Room at the Top
1958 · Movie

A Prize of Arms
1962 · Movie

The Tomb of Ligeia
1964 · Movie

Foxhole in Cairo
1960 · Movie

There Is Another Sun
1951 · Movie

The Breakthrough
1975 · Movie

The Dress
1984 · Movie

A Midsummer Night's Dream
1958 · Movie

Dr. Watson and the Darkwater Hall Mystery
1974 · Movie

Let There Be Light
1970 · Movie

Six Characters in Search of an Author
1977 · Movie

Look at Life: Change at the Tower
1967 · Movie

B.Traven: A Mystery Solved
1978 · Movie