Cast & creator
John Charlesworth
Best known for The Adventures of Sir Lancelot, Scrooge, Yield to the Night
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!".
15
film credits
1
television credits
16
1950–1961 · acting roles
6.8
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (16)
Showing 16 of 16 credits
The Adventures of Sir Lancelot
Robert
1956
Scrooge
Peter Cratchit
1951
Yield to the Night
Alan Price
1956
Last Holiday
1950
The Magic Box
Graham Friese-Greene
1952
The Angry Silence
Intern
1960
So Evil, So Young
Tom
1961
Tom Brown's Schooldays
East
1951
Five on a Treasure Island
Fischerjunge Jan
1957John of the Fair
John Claydon
1954
The Adventures of Hal 5
1957
The Man Upstairs
Army Lieutenant
1958
The Blue Peter
Andrew Griffin
1955Date at Midnight
Tommy
1960
The Oracle
Denis
1953
Dead Lucky
Hon. Stanley Dewsbury
1960