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John Wentworth
Reading, Berkshire, England, UK · b. Jun 7, 1908
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John Wentworth (1908–1989) was a British television actor. He starred in the ITV television series The Main Chance in which he played the role of Henry Castleton a traditionalist Leeds-based lawyer.
KNOWN FOR
BBC Play of the Month
1965
The Saint
1964
The Prisoner
1967
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
1971
The Main Chance
1969
Story Parade
1964
The Human Jungle
1964
Theatre Night
1957
Boy Meets Girl
1967
The Scales of Justice
1963
The Edwardians
1973
Number 10
1983
FILMOGRAPHY
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Movies
TV
Acting
29
1984
Amy
as Lord Wakefield
1983
A Married Man
as Sir Christopher Gerrard
1983
Number 10
as Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman
1976
Tomkinson's Schooldays
as Chaplain
1973
The Edwardians
as Prime Minister
1971
Bel Ami
as Comte de Vaudrec
1971
The Shattered Eye
as Barton
1971
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
as Thaxted
1971
Bel Ami
as Comte de Vaudrec
1971
The Search for the Nile
as Doctor
1970
Germinal
as Monsieur Grégoire
1969
The Oblong Box
as Parson
1969
The Last Shot You Hear
as Chambers
1969
The Main Chance
as Henry Castleton
1967
The Prisoner
as Sir Charles Portland
1967
Boy Meets Girl
as Mr Musgrove
1966
The Eye
as Stevens
1966
Ransom for a Pretty Girl
as Jacques
1965
A Passage to India
as Major Callendar
1965
BBC Play of the Month
as Maj. Callendar
1964
The Caves of Steel
as Dr. Fastolfe
1964
Love Story
as Harry
1964
The Human Jungle
as Sir Humphrey
1964
The Saint
as Prof. Hamish Grant
1964
Story Parade
as Dr. Fastolfe
1964
The Count of Monte Cristo
as Abbé Faria
1963
The Scales of Justice
as Registrar
1962
The Odd Man
as Preece Sr.
1957
Theatre Night
as John Lawless