André Morell

1909-1978

Biography: life and films

André Morell was an English actor whose birth name was Cecil André Mesritz. He was born in London, England on 20th August 1909 and died in London, England on 28th November 1978, aged 69.

His best films as an actor include John Boulting's thriller Seven Days to Noon (1950), Terence Fisher's Stolen Face (1952), The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959), John Gilling's Shadow of the Cat (1961) and The Plague of the Zombies (1966).

André Morell appeared in 54 films.

He has most frequently worked with the following directors: John Gilling (5 films), David Lean (3), Val Guest (2), Terence Young (2) and Terence Fisher (2).

His most frequent genres include: drama (39 films), Thriller (11), Horror (8), crime-thriller (7), War (7), romance (6), Fantasy (6), comedy (4), history (2) and Biography (2).

Our average rating for André Morell over all films is: 3.0

Filmography

Key: a = actor

13 Men and a Gun (1938) [a]

Many Tanks Mr. Atkins (1938) [a]

Ten Days in Paris (1940) [a]

Three Silent Men (1940) [a]

Unpublished Story (1942) [a]

Madeleine (1950) [a]

No Place for Jennifer (1950) [a]

Seven Days to Noon (1950) [a]

So Long at the Fair (1950) [a]

Stage Fright (1950) [a]

Trio (1950) [a]

Flesh & Blood (1951) [a]

High Treason (1951) [a]

The Clouded Yellow (1951) [a]

Stolen Face (1952) [a]

The Tall Headlines (1952) [a]

His Majesty O'Keefe (1954) [a]

The Black Knight (1954) [a]

The Golden Link (1954) [a]

Summertime (1955) [a]

The Secret (1955) [a]

They Can't Hang Me (1955) [a]

Three Cases of Murder (1955) [a]

The Baby and the Battleship (1956) [a]

The Black Tent (1956) [a]

The Man Who Never Was (1956) [a]

Zarak (1956) [a]

Interpol (1957) [a]

The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) [a]

Diamond Safari (1958) [a]

Paris Holiday (1958) [a]

The Camp on Blood Island (1958) [a]

Behemoth the Sea Monster (1959) [a]

Ben-Hur (1959) [a]

The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959) [a]

Cone of Silence (1960) [a]

Cash on Demand (1961) [a]

The Shadow of the Cat (1961) [a]

The Moon-Spinners (1964) [a]

Woman of Straw (1964) [a]

She (1965) [a]

Judith (1966) [a]

The Plague of the Zombies (1966) [a]

The Mummy's Shroud (1967) [a]

The Mercenaries (1968) [a]

The Vengeance of She (1968) [a]

10 Rillington Place (1971) [a]

Pope Joan (1972) [a]

Barry Lyndon (1975) [a]

The Message (1976) [a]

The Slipper and the Rose: The Story of Cinderella (1976) [a]

The Lord of the Rings (1978) [a]

The First Great Train Robbery (1979) [a]



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