Acting

John Charlesworth

Born November 12, 1935 · Hull, Yorkshire, England, UK

Died April 2, 1960 · aged 24

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, th…

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Scrooge

Scrooge · 1951

MovieFantasyDrama

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.

Last Holiday

Last Holiday · 1950

MovieComedyDrama

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.

Yield to the Night

Yield to the Night · 1956

Yield to the Night

MovieDramaCrime

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

The Magic Box

The Magic Box · 1952

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 Angry Silence

The Angry Silence · 1960

The Angry Silence

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.

Tom Brown's Schooldays

Tom Brown's Schooldays · 1951

Tom Brown's Schooldays

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.

The Man Upstairs

The Man Upstairs · 1958

The Man Upstairs

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.

So Evil, So Young

So Evil, So Young · 1961

So Evil, So Young

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

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Scrooge

Scrooge · 1951

MovieFantasyDrama

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.

Peter Cratchit

Last Holiday

Last Holiday · 1950

MovieComedyDrama

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.

Yield to the Night

Yield to the Night · 1956

Yield to the Night

MovieDramaCrime

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

Alan Price

The Magic Box

The Magic Box · 1952

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.

Graham Friese-Greene

The Angry Silence

The Angry Silence · 1960

The Angry Silence

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.

Intern

Tom Brown's Schooldays

Tom Brown's Schooldays · 1951

Tom Brown's Schooldays

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.

East

The Man Upstairs

The Man Upstairs · 1958

The Man Upstairs

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.

Army Lieutenant

So Evil, So Young

So Evil, So Young · 1961

So Evil, So Young

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

Tom

Five on a Treasure Island

Five on a Treasure Island · 1957

Five on a Treasure Island

MovieAdventureFamily

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...

Fischerjunge Jan

The Oracle

The Oracle · 1953

MovieComedyFantasy

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

Denis

The Blue Peter

The Blue Peter · 1955

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.

Andrew Griffin

Dead Lucky

Dead Lucky · 1960

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?

Hon. Stanley Dewsbury

The Adventures of Hal 5

The Adventures of Hal 5 · 1957

The Adventures of Hal 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 Sir Lancelot

The Adventures of Sir Lancelot · 1956

The Adventures of Sir Lancelot

SeriesAction & Adventure

The Adventures of Sir Lancelot is a British television series first broadcast in 1956, produced by Sapphire Films for ITC Entertainment and screened on the ITV network. The series starred William Russell as the eponymous Sir Lancelot, a Knight of the Round Table in the time of King Arthur at Camelot.

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