John Charlesworth

Acting

John Charlesworth

Born 1935-11-12 · Hull, Yorkshire, England, UK

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!".

Acting credits

Scrooge poster
7.4

Ebenezer Scrooge malcontentedly shuffles through life as a cruel, miserly businessman, until he is visited by three spirits on Christmas Eve who show him how his unhappy childhood and adult behavior has left him a selfish, lonely old man.

Scrooge

1951

Last Holiday poster
7.1

George Bird is a salesman of agricultural machinery who finds out that he hasn't long to live. On his doctor's advice, he goes to an exclusive seaside resort to spend his savings on one last holiday.

Last Holiday

1950

The Angry Silence poster
7.2

When the union in his factory walks out on strike, a family man refuses to participate, risking the wrath — and retaliation — of his fellow workers.

The Angry Silence

1960

Yield to the Night poster
6.9

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

Yield to the Night

1956

Tom Brown's Schooldays poster
7.0

In 1830s England, Tom Brown attends a rugby boys' school, where his moral and personal growth is formed through friendship, bullying–particularly from the cruel Flashman–and the influence of headmaster Dr Thomas Arnold.

Tom Brown's Schooldays

1951

So Evil, So Young poster
4.7

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

So Evil, So Young

1961

The Magic Box poster
6.5

Now old, ill, poor, and largely forgotten, William Freise-Greene was once young and handsome William Green. He changed his name to include his first wife's for the photographic portrait work he excelled at. But he was also an inventor and his search for a way to project moving pictures became an obsession that ultimately changed the life of all those he loved.

The Magic Box

1952

No artwork available
8.0

Concerns an American reporter who, while carrying out a special assignment in England, helps to solve a murder mystery.

Date at Midnight

1960

The Adventures of Hal 5 poster
7.5

A very old Austin 7 car is found by two children and bought by their uncle, the Vicar, but the garage proprietor conceals its faulty transmission, which leads to some surprising developments.

The Adventures of Hal 5

1957

The Oracle poster
6.0

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

The Oracle

1953

Dead Lucky poster
6.5

Mike Billing's newspaper series about quasi-illegal gambling parties in Mayfair have so far been works more of imagination than genuine journalism. But when he and his columnist girlfriend, Jenny Drew, finally manage to infiltrate one of them, it leads quickly to trouble. The party's organiser is found murdered the next morning, and a number of suspects begin to emerge. But which of them killed Lucky Lewis?

Dead Lucky

1960

The Man Upstairs poster
6.5

The mental breakdown of a guilt-ridden man provides the drama in this fascinating psychological profile starring Richard Attenborough as a scientist who can't live with himself after he accidently kills the brother of his fiancee.

The Man Upstairs

1958

The Blue Peter poster
7.0

A Merchant Navy hero of the Korean War returns to England after three years of captivity in Communist hands, his mind confused by brain-washing and indoctrination at the hands of his captors, and accepts a post as an instructor at the Outward Bound Sea School.

The Blue Peter

1955

No artwork available
NR

Set in the fairgrounds of 18th century England, the story of a kidnapped heir who regains his rightful inheritance to title and estates with the help of his friends.

John of the Fair

1954

Five on a Treasure Island poster
6.8

A story of the location of shipwrecked treasure (gold ingots) being hunted down by 4 children George, Julian, Dick and Ann (sic) and their dog Tim up against a couple of machinating baddies...

Five on a Treasure Island

1957