Victor Brooks (actor)
Victor Brooks (11 November 1918 – 19 January 2000) was a prolific English film and television actor.[1] He specialised in character roles, police inspectors in particular, in British thrillers such as Cover Girl Killer (1959), Witchcraft (1964), and Devils of Darkness (1965).[1] In 1961, he narrated the fifteen minute instructional short, 'The Warden, His Duties and Training'.[2] He also appeared in eight of the thirty-two episodes of 1964's 'Open House', playing himself, and The Host. [3][4]
Victor Brooks | |
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 in The Brides of Dracula (1960) | |
| Born | Victor Ronald Brooks 11 November 1918 Woolwich, London, England |
| Died | 19 January 2000 (aged 81) Dorset, England, UK |
| Years active | 1956–1994 |
His best known films are Goldfinger (1964), The Brides of Dracula (1960), and Billy Budd (1962).[3] On television, he was noted for playing a pipe-smoking authority figure in crime series like Dixon of Dock Green, Gideon's Way, Detective, Z Cars, and Crown Court.[3] He also appeared in the television series Raffles, in the recurring role of the Albany porter.[1][5][6]
Selected filmography
Film
- The Hostage (1956) – Inspector Clifford
- These Dangerous Years (1957)
- No Time for Tears (1957) – Mr. Harris
- The Scamp (1957) – Inspector Birch
- The Birthday Present (1957) – 2nd Reception Officer (uncredited)
- The One That Got Away (1957) – Police Sergeant (uncredited)
- Innocent Sinners (1958) – Inspector Russell (uncredited)
- The Moonraker (1958) – Blacksmith
- The Long Knife (1958) – Supt Leigh
- The Man Upstairs (1958) – Sergeant Collins
- Further Up the Creek (1958) – Policeman (uncredited)
- Too Many Crooks (1959) Court Usher (uncredited)
- No Trees in the Street (1959) – Bookie's Clerk
- Whirlpool (1959) – Riverman
- Cover Girl Killer (1959) – Inspector Brunner
- The Price of Silence (1959) – Supt. Wilson
- Sapphire (1959) Police Sergeant
- The 39 Steps (1959) Policeman at Accident (uncredited)
- Jackpot (1960) – Sgt. Jacks
- The Trials of Oscar Wilde (1960) – Constable
- The Challenge (1960) – Foreman
- In the Nick (1960) – Screw Smith
- The Brides of Dracula (1960) – Hans
- Follow That Horse! (1960) – Blake
- Offbeat (1961) – Inspector Adams
- Seven Keys (1961) – Discharging Officer (uncredited)
- No My Darling Daughter (1961) – Policeman
- Victim (1961) – Detective (uncredited)
- Play It Cool (1962) – Twist Commissioner (uncredited)
- Crooks Anonymous (1962) – Police Officer
- The Road to Hong Kong (1962) – Leader's Man (uncredited)
- The Inspector (1962) – Sgt. Groninger
- The Day of the Triffids (1962) – Poiret
- The Brain (1962) – Farmer at Crash Site (uncredited)
- The Wild and the Willing (1962) – Fire Chief
- Billy Budd (1962) – Amos Leonard – First Mate, Rights of Man
- The Fast Lady (1963) – Policeman
- The Yellow Teddy Bears (1963) – George Donaghue
- Doctor in Distress (1963) – Police Constable (uncredited)
- 80,000 Suspects (1963) – Health Inspector Collins (uncredited)
- Witchcraft (1964) – Inspector Baldwin
- The Eyes of Annie Jones (1964) – Sgt. Henry
- Goldfinger (1964) – Blacking
- Devils of Darkness (1965) – Inspector Hardwick
- The Murder Game (1965) – Rev Francis Hood
- Arthur! Arthur! (1969) – Bit Part (uncredited)
- Burke & Hare (1972) – Butler
- Give Us Tomorrow (1978) – Superintendent Ogilvie
- The Dallas Connection (1994) – Charlie (final film role)
Television
- Sergeant Cork (1963–1964) – Yates / Sgt. Dempsey
- Dixon of Dock Green (1964–1967) – Gaoler / Sgt. Cox / Sgt. Barrett
- Gideon's Way (1965) – Supt. Ridgeway
- Z-Cars (1967–1969) – Sgt. Potter / Sergeant
- Raffles (1977) – Albany Porter
References
- "Victor Brooks". BFI. Archived from the original on 12 March 2016.
- "The Warden... His Duties and Training (1961)". BFI. Archived from the original on 29 July 2021.
- "Victor Brooks". IMDb. Retrieved 8 March 2016.
- "Broadcast – BBC Programme Index". genome.ch.bbc.co.uk. 18 July 1964.
- "Victor Brooks". aveleyman.com. Retrieved 8 March 2016.
- T, Ian (10 April 2013). "Forgotten Actors: Victor Brooks". Forgotten Actors. Retrieved 8 March 2016.