John Westbrook
Biography
John Westbrook was an English actor whose career centered on the theater and radio, along with occasional film and television work. Born in Teignmouth, Devon, he was noted for a deep voice that suited Shakespeare and spoken-word recording. His most memorable film part was in Roger Corman's The Tomb of Ligeia (1964), as Christopher Gough, and he voiced Treebeard in the 1978 animated The Lord of the Rings (1978). On stage he played Richard II at the Citizens' in Glasgow in 1956 and took the role of Prospero in The Tempest at the Bristol Old Vic in 1960. Radio listeners heard him as Jesus in Dorothy L. Sayers's The Man Born to Be King, and on television he was James II in the 1969 miniseries The First Churchills. He also recorded narration for choral works by Vaughan Williams, Bliss and Stravinsky.
66years old at death
- Born Teignmouth
- Died London
- Star sign: ScorpioThe sign runs October 23 to November 21
- Also credited as John Aubrey Westbrook
Movie Career
- Films
- 4
- Career span
- 22 years1958 to 1980
Every film, newest first
- 1980FfolkesIMDb rating 6.3
- 1978The Lord of the RingsIMDb rating 6.2
- 1964The Tomb of LigeiaIMDb rating 6.4
- 1958Room at the TopIMDb rating 7.5
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Beyond film
Westbrook recorded the spoken roles in Ralph Vaughan Williams's An Oxford Elegy and Arthur Bliss's Morning Heroes, and narrated Stravinsky's Oedipus Rex under the composer's baton.
Beyond film
Westbrook played Jesus in the last revival of Dorothy L. Sayers's The Man Born to Be King for BBC Radio, a production repeated for decades and most recently at Christmas 2008.
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Worked with
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Films together
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Jack ClaytonDirector, 1 film, 1958
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