
John Charlesworth
Acting
November 12, 1935
Died April 2, 1960 (24 years old)
Hull, Yorkshire, England, UK
16
Acting Credits
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!".
Known For
Filmography

So Evil, So Young
1961
as Tom
4.7

The Angry Silence
1960
as Intern
7.2

Dead Lucky
1960
as Hon. Stanley Dewsbury
6.5
Date at Midnight
1960
as Tommy
8

The Man Upstairs
1958
as Army Lieutenant
6.5

Five on a Treasure Island
1957
as Fischerjunge Jan
6.8

The Adventures of Hal 5
1957
7.5

Yield to the Night
1956
as Alan Price
6.9

The Adventures of Sir Lancelot
1956
as Robert
7

The Blue Peter
1955
as Andrew Griffin
7
John of the Fair
1954
as John Claydon

The Oracle
1953
as Denis
6

The Magic Box
1952
as Graham Friese-Greene
6.5

Scrooge
1951
as Peter Cratchit
7.4

Tom Brown's Schooldays
1951
as East
7

Last Holiday
1950
7.1