John Wentworth

Actor Jun 7 (died age 81) Reading, Berkshire, England, UK 1957–1983 (26 year career)

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Biography

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

Film

The Oblong Box

Parson

Film

The Prisoner

Sir Charles Portland

Film

The Saint

Prof. Hamish Grant

Film

Tomkinson's Schooldays

Chaplain

Film

The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes

Thaxted

Film

The Human Jungle

Sir Humphrey

Film

The Main Chance

Henry Castleton

Film

BBC Play of the Month

Maj. Callendar

Filmography

Acting (19)

Movies (5)

Tomkinson's Schooldays

1976

as Chaplain

9.0

Bel Ami

1971

as Comte de Vaudrec

The Oblong Box

1969

as Parson

5.7

The Eye

1966

as Stevens

A Passage to India

1965

as Major Callendar

Television (14)

A Married Man

1983

as Sir Christopher Gerrard

4.5

The Edwardians

1972

as Prime Minister

5.7

The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes

1971

as Thaxted

7.4

Bel Ami

1971

as Comte de Vaudrec

The Main Chance

1969

as Henry Castleton

7.7

The Prisoner

1967

as Sir Charles Portland

7.7

BBC Play of the Month

as Maj. Callendar

Story Parade

as Dr. Fastolfe

The Human Jungle

as Sir Humphrey

Love Story

as Harry

The Saint

1962

as Prof. Hamish Grant

7.4

The Scales of Justice

1962

as Registrar

6.7

The Odd Man

1960

as Preece Sr.

Theatre Night

1957

as John Lawless