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name: "John Westbrook"
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roles: ["Actor"]
born: "1 November 1922"
died: "16 June 1989"
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average_as: "actor"
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updated: "2026-09-20T03:40:22.833850+00:00"
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# John Westbrook

Actor. Born 1 November 1922 in Teignmouth, England, UK. Died 16 June 1989.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 1 November 1922, Teignmouth, England, UK
- **Died:** 16 June 1989
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Westbrook_(actor), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3182718, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0922462/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/101512

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Room at the Top*](https://film.one/film/room-at-the-top.md) (82)

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## Biography

John Westbrook (1 November 1922 – 16 June 1989) was an English actor. Born in Teignmouth, Devon, he worked mainly in theatre and radio, making occasional film and television appearances.

His film roles included Jack Wales in *Room at the Top* (1959), Christopher Gough in *The Tomb of Ligeia* (1964) and the voice of Treebeard in the 1978 animated *The Lord of the Rings*. He also appeared in *The Masque of the Red Death* (1964) and *North Sea Hijack* (1980). Westbrook recorded radio plays, audiobooks and spoken parts for orchestral works including *An Oxford Elegy* by Ralph Vaughan Williams.

Television credits included Muller in *Blake's 7* (1981) and historical roles such as James II in the BBC series *The First Churchills* (1969).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Room at the Top* (1958), Fi1m 82, as Jack Wales — [page](https://film.one/film/room-at-the-top.md)

## Complete filmography (24)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Dress* (1984), as Matthew
- *North Sea Hijack* (1980), as Dawnay
- *The Lord of the Rings* (1978), as Treebeard (voice)
- *Blake's 7* (1978), series, as Muller
- *Six Characters in Search of an Author* (1977), as Leading Man
- *The Breakthrough* (1975), as Voice of Charon One
- *Dr. Watson and the Darkwater Hall Mystery* (1974), as Bradshaw
- *Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill* (1974), series, Actor
- *Playhouse* (1974), series, as Charon One (voice)
- *The Edwardians* (1972), series, as Allenby
- *Justice* (1971), series, as Jonathan Osmond Q.C.
- *Let There Be Light* (1970), as Inspector
- *The Main Chance* (1969), series, as Charles Wainwright
- *BBC Play of the Month* (1965), series, as Brigadier General Barrington
- *The Tomb of Ligeia* (1964), as Christopher Gough
- *The Masque of the Red Death* (1964), as The Man in Red
- *A Prize of Arms* (1962), as Capt. Stafford
- *Foxhole in Cairo* (1960), as Roger
- *Room at the Top* (1958), as Jack Wales — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/room-at-the-top.md)
- *A Midsummer Night's Dream* (1958), as Theseus
- *Rupert of Hentzau* (1957), as The King / Rudolf Rassendyll
- *The Twilight Forest* (1957), as Narrator
- *Armchair Theatre* (1956), series, as Maurice Aubert
- *There Is Another Sun* (1951), as Detective

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