John Charlesworth

Acting

John Charlesworth

Born 1935-11-12 Hull, Yorkshire, England, UK 15 films

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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Filmography

15 films
Dead Lucky poster

Mike Billing's newspaper series about quasi-illegal gambling parties in Mayfair have so far been wo…

Dead Lucky

★ 6.5 1960

The Blue Peter poster

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

The Blue Peter

★ 7.0 1955

The Oracle poster

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

The Oracle

★ 6.0 1953

The Magic Box poster

Now old, ill, poor, and largely forgotten, William Freise-Greene was once young and handsome Willia…

The Magic Box

★ 6.5 1952