Brian Worth
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).
He died on 25 August 1978 aged 64.
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.
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.
Acted in
Average Joe
2003
Lover Boy
1989
as Mick's Father
The Protectors
1972
as Salesman
The Boy Who Turned Yellow
1972
as Mr Saunders
The Regiment
1972
The Guardians
1971
Department S
1969
as Franz Ruckert
The Champions
1968
as Bourges
The Prisoner
1967
as Group Captain
Detective
1964
as David Channing-Kennedy
The Saint
1962
as Peter Corrio
The Terror of the Tongs
1961
as District Commissioner Harcourt
Dead Lucky
1960
as Lucky Lewis
Peeping Tom
1960
as Assistant Director (uncredited)
Man from Interpol
1960
as Paul
No Hiding Place
1959
Interpol Calling
1959
as Diplomat
Room at the Top
1959
as Man in Sports Car (uncredited)
Quatermass and the Pit
1958
as James Fullalove
The Square Peg
1958
as Henri Le Blanc
Ill Met by Moonlight
1957
The Battle of the River Plate
1956
as Radio Operator, Doric Star, Prisoner on Graf Spee
Assignment Redhead
1956
as Capt. Peter Ridgeway
The Buccaneers
1956
as Calico Jack Rackham
The Buccaneers
1956
as Capt. Charles Vane
The Adventures of Sir Lancelot
1956
Breakaway
1956
as Johnny Matlock
Hancock's Half Hour
1956
ITV Play of the Week
1955
as General Santos
The Adventures of Robin Hood
1955
as Sir Hubert De Vere
Barbados Quest
1955
as Geoffrey Blake
An Inspector Calls
1954
as Gerald Croft
Operation Diplomat
1953
as Geoffrey Terry
Hindle Wakes
1952
as Alan Jeffcote
It Started in Paradise
1952
as Michael
Father's Doing Fine
1952
as Wilfred
Treasure Hunt
1952
as Phillip Ryall
Song of Paris
1952
as Jim Barrett
Scrooge
1951
as Fred Scrooge
The Man in the White Suit
1951
as King
Tom Brown's Schooldays
1951
as Judd
Last Holiday
1950
as Derek Rockingham
Cardboard Cavalier
1949
as Tom Pride
It Happened to One Man
1940
as Jack Quair
Pastor Hall
1940
as Werner von Grotjahn
The Lion Has Wings
1939
as Bobby
The Arsenal Stadium Mystery
1939
as Philip Morring
Ask a Policeman
1939
as Broadcasting Engineer