John Charlesworth

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

Scrooge

as Peter Cratchit

Last Holiday

Yield to the Night

as Alan Price

The Angry Silence

as Intern

The Magic Box

as Graham Friese-Greene

The Man Upstairs

as Army Lieutenant

Tom Brown's Schooldays

as East

The Adventures of Sir Lancelot

as Robert

Five on a Treasure Island

as Fischerjunge Jan

So Evil, So Young