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John Charlesworth
Acting · 1935–1960 · Hull, Yorkshire, England, UK
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

The Adventures of Sir Lancelot
Robert

Scrooge
Peter Cratchit

So Evil, So Young
Tom

Last Holiday
1950
Date at Midnight
Tommy

The Magic Box
Graham Friese-Greene

The Angry Silence
Intern

Tom Brown's Schooldays
East

The Adventures of Hal 5
1957

Yield to the Night
Alan Price
Filmography
- 1961So Evil, So YoungTom
- 1960Dead LuckyHon. Stanley Dewsbury
- 1960The Angry SilenceIntern
- 1960Date at MidnightTommy
- 1958The Man UpstairsArmy Lieutenant
- 1957Five on a Treasure IslandFischerjunge Jan
- 1957The Adventures of Hal 5
- 1956The Adventures of Sir LancelotRobert
- 1956Yield to the NightAlan Price
- 1955The Blue PeterAndrew Griffin
- 1954John of the FairJohn Claydon
- 1953The OracleDenis
- 1952The Magic BoxGraham Friese-Greene
- 1951ScroogePeter Cratchit
- 1951Tom Brown's SchooldaysEast
- 1950Last Holiday
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