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John Westbrook is a Actor British born on 1 november 1922

John Westbrook

John Westbrook
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Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 1 november 1922
Death 16 june 1989 (at 66 years)

John Westbrook est un acteur britannique, né en 1922 à Teignmouth et mort en 1989.

Biography

John Westbrook est né le 1er novembre 1922 à Teignmouth, dans le comté anglais du Devon. Il a principalement travaillé au théâtre et à la radio, mais a également fait des apparitions dans des films et téléfilms. Son rôle le plus célèbre est celui de Christopher Gough dans La Tombe de Ligeia, film de Roger Corman adapté par Robert Towne de la nouvelle Ligeia de Poe. Il est connu pour sa voix profonde et mélodieuse, dans les pièces radiophoniques et des livres audios ; il a particulièrement tenu le rôle de Sylvebarbe dans le film d'animation de 1978 adapté du Seigneur des anneaux. Westbrook a également enregistré sa voix pour les pièces orchestrales An Oxford Elegy de Ralph Vaughan Williams et Morning Heroes d'Arthur Bliss.

Il a joué de nombreuses pièces de Shakespeare, dont le rôle titre de Richard II au théâtre Citizens à Glasgow en 1956, le prince du Maroc et le doge de Venise dans Le Marchand de Venise pour la BBC Television en 1955, Thésée dans Le Songe d'une nuit d'été pour la BBC Television en 1958, et Prospero dans La Tempête pour le Bristol Old Vic en 1960. À la radio, il a donné sa voix à Cassio d'Othello, Fortinbras et par la suite le Fantôme dans Hamlet, Banquo dans Macbeth…

Pour la BBC Radio, il a aussi donné sa voix à Jésus dans une reprise de la pièce The Man Born to be King de Dorothy L. Sayers ; il a également tenu ce personnage dans une adaptation des York Mystery Plays et a joué dans d'autres pièces d'inspiration religieuse comme Thomas Becket dans Meurtre dans la cathédrale. Il a enfin participé à plusieurs spectacles de poésie, dont sa création The Ruling Passion. Il décède le 16 juin 1989.

Usually with

Roger Corman
Roger Corman
(2 films)
Daniel Haller
Daniel Haller
(2 films)
Vincent Price
Vincent Price
(2 films)
Laurence Harvey
Laurence Harvey
(2 films)
Nicolas Roeg
Nicolas Roeg
(2 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of John Westbrook (8 films)

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Actor

North Sea Hijack
North Sea Hijack (1980)
, 1h35
Directed by Andrew V. McLaglen, Brian W. Cook
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Thriller, Action, Adventure
Themes Seafaring films, Films about terrorism, Transport films
Actors Roger Moore, James Mason, Anthony Perkins, Michael Parks, Jack Watson, George Baker
Roles Dawnay
Rating62% 3.1496753.1496753.1496753.1496753.149675
Misogynist freelance marine counter-terrorism consultant Rufus Excalibur ffolkes (Roger Moore) is asked by Lloyd's of London to develop a contingency plan should any of the North Sea oil installations they insure be threatened.
The Lord of the Rings
The Lord of the Rings (1978)
, 2h12
Directed by Ralph Bakshi
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Fantastic, Fantasy, Adventure, Animation
Themes Films about magic and magicians, Monde imaginaire, Middle-earth films
Actors Christopher Guard, William Squire, John Hurt, Simon Chandler, Dominic Guard, Michael Graham Cox
Roles Treebeard (voice)
Rating62% 3.104113.104113.104113.104113.10411
Early in the Second Age of Middle-earth, elven smiths forge nine Rings of Power for mortal men, seven for the Dwarf-Lords, and three for the Elf-Kings. Soon after, the Dark Lord Sauron makes the One Ring. Following the Last Alliance of Elves and Men's fall, the Ring is seized by Prince Isildur; and after Isildur was killed by orcs, the Ring lies at the bottom of the river Anduin for over 2500 years. Over time, Sauron captures the Nine Rings and creates the Ringwraiths. The One Ring is discovered by Déagol, whose friend, Sméagol, kills him and becomes Gollum (Peter Woodthorpe). Hundreds of years later, Bilbo Baggins (Norman Bird) acquires it from him.
The Masque of the Red Death
The Masque of the Red Death (1964)
, 1h39
Directed by Roger Corman
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Fantastic, Horror
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about viral outbreaks, Disaster films
Actors Vincent Price, Hazel Court, Jane Asher, Nigel Green, Patrick Magee, Robert Brown
Roles The Man in Red
Rating68% 3.446843.446843.446843.446843.44684
On a mountain in medieval Italy, an old woman meets a mysterious, red-cloaked figure, shuffling Tarot cards. The figure gives the woman a white rose, which then turns red and dappled with blood.
The Tomb of Ligeia
The Tomb of Ligeia (1964)
, 1h21
Directed by Roger Corman
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Fantastic, Horror
Themes Films about animals, Films about cats, Ghost films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Vincent Price, Elizabeth Shepherd, John Westbrook, Derek Francis, Richard Vernon, Frank Thornton
Roles Christopher Gough
Rating63% 3.198563.198563.198563.198563.19856
Verden Fell (Vincent Price) is both mournful and threatened by his first wife's death. He senses her reluctance to die and her near-blasphemous statements about God (she was an atheist). Alone and troubled by a vision problem that requires him to wear strange dark glasses, Fell shuns the world. Against his better judgement, he marries a headstrong young woman (Elizabeth Shepherd) he meets by accident and who is apparently bethrothed to an old friend Christopher Gough (John Westbrook).
A Prize of Arms
A Prize of Arms (1962)
, 1h45
Directed by Cliff Owen
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Crime
Themes Films set in Africa, Political films, Heist films
Actors Stanley Baker, Helmut Schmid, Tom Bell, John Phillips, Patrick Magee, John Westbrook
Roles Capt. Stafford
Rating66% 3.339473.339473.339473.339473.33947
Three criminals have hatched a plan to rob an army barracks. The troops are about to be dispatched to take part in a war in the Middle East and there is believed to be a large amount of pay on the premises, to be shipped out with them.
Foxhole in Cairo
Foxhole in Cairo (1960)
, 1h20
Directed by John Llewellyn Moxey
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, War, Spy
Themes Films set in Africa, Spy films, Political films, Le désert, Guerre du désert
Actors James Robertson Justice, Adrian Hoven, Fenella Fielding, Niall MacGinnis, Peter van Eyck, Robert Urquhart
Roles Roger
Rating58% 2.907762.907762.907762.907762.90776
During the Second World War Field Marshal Erwin Rommel has placed two spies in Cairo, at the headquarters of the British Eighth Army. They are able to monitor every move of the British. It falls to British intelligence to hunt down the spies before they do too much damage to the war effort.
Room at the Top
Room at the Top (1959)
, 1h55
Directed by Jack Clayton
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality
Actors Simone Signoret, Laurence Harvey, Heather Sears, Donald Wolfit, Hermione Baddeley, Donald Houston
Roles Jack Wales
Rating74% 3.743183.743183.743183.743183.74318
In late 1940s Yorkshire, England, Joe Lampton (Laurence Harvey), an ambitious young man who has just moved from the dreary factory town of Dufton, arrives in Warnley, to assume a secure, but poorly paid, post in the Borough Treasurer's Department. Determined to succeed, and ignoring the warnings of a colleague, Soames (Donald Houston), he is drawn to Susan Brown (Heather Sears), daughter of the local industrial magnate, Mr. Brown (Donald Wolfit). He deals with Joe's social climbing by sending Susan abroad; Joe turns for solace to Alice Aisgill (Simone Signoret), an unhappily married older woman who falls in love with him.