John Wentworth

Acting

John Wentworth

Born 1908-06-07 · Reading, Berkshire, England, UK

John Wentworth (1908–1989) was a British television actor. He starred in the ITV television series The Main Chance in which he played the role of Henry Castleton a traditionalist Leeds-based lawyer.

Acting credits

The Oblong Box poster
5.8

Evil lurks in the gloomy house at Markham Manor where a deranged Sir Edward is the chained prisoner of his brother Julian. When Sir Edward escapes, he embarks on a monstrous killing spree, determined to seek revenge on all those whom he feels have double-crossed him.

The Oblong Box

1969

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NR

Set in the 19th-century in France Georges Duroy cynically exploits women and his position working as a journalist to try and gain power.

Bel Ami

1971

The Caves of Steel poster
7.0

In the future New York City, the Deputy Commissioner of Police is assisted by a robot detective in solving the murder of a scientist.

The Caves of Steel

1964

The Eye poster
NR

Julian Clay is accused of murdering Andrew Maddox - a charge he cannot deny because 'The Eye', a device which records the past, saw him do it. However, the law affords one loophole.

The Eye

1966

A Passage to India poster
8.0

The BBC's 1965 adaptation of E.M. Forster's novel, screened as part of their Play of the Month strand, adapted by Santha Ramu Rau and John Maynard, and directed by Waris Hussein.

A Passage to India

1965

The Shattered Eye poster
NR

A chance meeting with an old tramp brings a violent force into a young painter's life.

The Shattered Eye

1971

Amy poster
8.3

A tale of real-life British aviation pioneer Amy Johnson, the first woman to fly from Britain to Australia, who would later mysteriously disappear.

Amy

1984

Tomkinson's Schooldays poster
9.0

New boarder Tomkinson is thoroughly miserable at Graybridge public school where he has to fight the grizzly bear,get nailed to the wall on St Tadger's Day and do the bidding of Grayson,also known as School Bully. When his mother refuses to let him come home he makes several attempts to escape,all unsuccessful,but after winning the Thirty Mile Hop against a rival (Buddhist) public school he is promoted to School Bully when Grayson leaves for Eton.

Tomkinson's Schooldays

1976

The Last Shot You Hear poster
10.0

Charles Nordeck is a successful marriage counselor whose own marriage is on the rocks. When his wife Anne seeks a divorce, Charles refuses to sign the papers fearing the bad publicity could ruin his career. The adulterous Anne then convinces her lover Peter to take care of the problem.

The Last Shot You Hear

1969