John Westbrook (actor)

[2] Noted for his deep, mellifluous voice, he also recorded radio plays and audiobooks, and provided the role of Treebeard in the 1978 animated adaptation of The Lord of the Rings.

[4][5][6] He performed in a great many Shakespeare plays, which included the title part in Richard II at the Citizens', Glasgow in 1956,[7] Morocco and the Duke of Venice in The Merchant of Venice for BBC Television in 1955,[8] Theseus in A Midsummer Night's Dream for BBC Television in 1958 and Prospero in The Tempest for the Bristol Old Vic in 1960.

[10] Also for BBC Radio he was a remarkably fine Jesus in the last revival of Dorothy L. Sayers's The Man Born to Be King.

He also portrayed Jesus in festival theatre productions such as the York Mystery Plays, and much other work with a religious theme such as his Becket in Murder in the Cathedral.

[12][13] Comparatively rare London appearances included The River Line at what was then the Strand Theatre in 1952.