Brian Worth

English actor (1914–1978)

Brian Worth
Brian Worth in Scrooge
Born	(1914-07-30)30 July 1914 London, England
Died	25 August 1978(1978-08-25) (aged 64)
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1938–1972

Brian Worth (30 July 1914 – 25 August 1978) was an English actor, known for Scrooge (1951), The Man in the White Suit (1951) and An Inspector Calls (1954).^[1]^[2] He died on 25 August 1978 aged 64.^[1]

Educated in Britain and America, he learnt the technical side of commercial advertising films before deciding to turn to acting. During the Second World War he served in the armed forces (1941–1946). He was an officer in the SOE and worked out of Algeria and then Seville, based at the British embassy, escorting agents over the Pyrenees into France, and exfiltrating agents and escaped airmen back to “neutral” Spain.

Between 1946 and 1947 he acted on stage.^[3]^[4]

During the first half of the 1950s, Worth had prominent supporting roles in over a dozen films, including playing the progressive teacher Mr Judd in Tom Brown's Schooldays (1951). From 1956, his roles grew smaller, although his later film appearances did include four for noted director Michael Powell as well as a small role in a Bond movie, On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969). He and his Spanish wife Tere ran a popular Spanish restaurant in a basement in Draycott Avenue Chelsea in the 1960s and 1970s.The family lived in York Mansions Battersea in the 1960s and Addison Road, Holland Park in the 1970s.

Filmography


Year	Title	Role	Notes
1939	Ask a Policeman	Radio Engineer	Uncredited
1939	The Arsenal Stadium Mystery	Philip Morring – Trojan Team Member
1939	The Lion Has Wings	Bobby
1940	Pastor Hall	Werner von Grotjahn
1940	It Happened to One Man	Jack Quair
1948	One Night with You	Third Writer
1949	Cardboard Cavalier	Tom Pride
1950	Last Holiday	Derek Rockingham
1951	The Man in the White Suit	King
1951	Scrooge	Fred
1951	Tom Brown's Schooldays	Judd
1952	Song of Paris	Jim Barrett
1952	Treasure Hunt	Philip
1952	Father's Doing Fine	Wilfred
1952	It Started in Paradise	Michael
1952	Hindle Wakes	Alan Jeffcote
1953	Operation Diplomat	Geoffrey Terry
1954	An Inspector Calls	Gerald Croft
1954	Thought to Kill	Camden
1955	Barbados Quest	Geoffrey Blake
1955	Windfall	Michael Collins
1955	Breakaway	Johnny Matlock
1956	Assignment Redhead	Captain Ridgeway
1956	The Battle of the River Plate	Radio Operator, Doric Star, Prisoner on Graf Spee	Uncredited
1957	Ill Met by Moonlight	Stratis Saviolkis
1958	The Square Peg	Henri Le Blanc
1959	Room at the Top	Man in Sports Car	Uncredited
1960	Moment of Danger	Airport Guard
1960	Sink the Bismarck!	Torpedo Control Officer on First Destroyer	Uncredited
1960	Peeping Tom	Assistant Director	Uncredited
1960	Dead Lucky	Lucky Lewis
1961	The Terror of the Tongs	Commissioner Harcourt
1965	Rotten to the Core	C.O. Longhampton Camp	Uncredited
1969	On Her Majesty's Secret Service	Manuel	Uncredited
1972	The Boy Who Turned Yellow	Mr. Saunders

Television

He played the part of Peter Corrio in The Saint in the 4th Episode of the 4th Season (1965) The Smart Detective. In The Prisoner TV series (1967-68) episode Many Happy Returns he played an RAF Group Captain.

References

^ ^a ^b "Brian Worth". Archived from the original on 27 July 2016.
^ "Brian Worth - Movies and Filmography". AllMovie.
^ McFarlane, Brian (16 May 2016). The Encyclopedia of British Film: Fourth edition. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9781526111968 – via Google Books.
^ Wearing, J. P. (22 August 2014). The London Stage 1940-1949: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 9780810893061 – via Google Books.