John Charlesworth
Born: 1935-11-12 in Hull, Yorkshire, England, UK
Died: 1960-04-02
Known For: Acting
Biography
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!".
Filmography
1961
- So Evil, So Young as Tom
1960
- Dead Lucky as Hon. Stanley Dewsbury
- Date at Midnight as Tommy
- The Angry Silence as Intern
1958
- The Man Upstairs as Army Lieutenant
1957
- Five on a Treasure Island as Fischerjunge Jan
- The Adventures of Hal 5
1956
- The Adventures of Sir Lancelot as Robert
- Yield to the Night as Alan Price
1955
- The Blue Peter as Andrew Griffin
1954
- John of the Fair as John Claydon
1953
- The Oracle as Denis
1952
- The Magic Box as Graham Friese-Greene
1951
- Scrooge as Peter Cratchit
- Tom Brown's Schooldays as East