John Charlesworth

Born: 1935-11-12

John Charlesworth was born on November 12, 1935, in Hull, England. He was an actor, known for A Christmas Carol (1951), Tom Brown's Schooldays (1951) and The Children of the New Forest (1955). He died on April 2, 1960, in Birmingham, England. British juvenile actor of the 1950s, who committed suicide by gassing himself. He left a note saying "In this life, you can only let so many people down, then you realize you have gone too far!".


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Scrooge

as Peter Cratchit
Released: 1951-11-28

Ebenezer Scrooge malcontentedly shuffles through life as a cruel, miserly businessman; until he...

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Last Holiday

as uncredited
Released: 1950-05-15

George Bird is a salesman of agricultural machinery who finds out that he hasn't long to live....

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The Angry Silence

as Intern
Released: 1960-03-10

When the union in his factory walks out on strike, a family man refuses to participate, risking...

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The Oracle

as Denis
Released: 1953-06-01

An Irish "oracle" foretells the next day's track results to a newspaperman, resulting in a...

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The Man Upstairs

as Army Lieutenant
Released: 1958-09-30

The mental breakdown of a guilt-ridden man provides the drama in this fascinating psychological...

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The Magic Box

as Graham Friese-Greene
Released: 1952-01-01

Now old, ill, poor, and largely forgotten, William Freise-Greene was once very different. As...

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Yield to the Night

as Alan Price
Released: 1956-06-19

Locked in her cell, a murderer reflects on the events that have led her to death row.

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Tom Brown's Schooldays

as East
Released: 1951-04-17

When Tom Brown arrives at Rugby boarding school, he’s mercilessly tormented by the school’s evil...

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The Blue Peter

as Andrew Griffin
Released: 1955-11-01

A Merchant Navy hero of the Korean War returns to England after three years of captivity in...

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So Evil, So Young

as uncredited
Released: 1961-01-01

A young girl is framed for a robbery and sent to a harsh reform school, where she becomes the...

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Five on a Treasure Island

as Fischerjunge Jan
Released: 1957-08-01

A story of the location of shipwrecked treasure (gold ingots) being hunted down by 4 children...

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The Adventures of Sir Lancelot

as Robert
First aired: 1956-09-15

The Adventures of Sir Lancelot is a British television series first broadcast in 1956, produced...

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