Victor Brooks

Victor Brooks
Born	Victor Ronald Brooks 11 November 1918 London  United Kingdom
Died	1 January 1999 (aged 80) Surrey  United Kingdom
Years active	1956–1994

Victor Brooks (November 11, 1918 – January 1, 1999) was a prolific English film and television actor.^[1] He specialized in character roles, police officers in particular.^[2] His best known roles in film were 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.^[4] He also appeared in the television series Raffles, in the recurring role of the Albany porter.^[5][6][7][8]

Filmography

Film

• The Hostage (1956)
• The Birthday Present (1957)
• These Dangerous Years (1957)
• No Time for Tears (1957)
• The Scamp (1957)
• The One That Got Away (1957)
• Innocent Sinners (1958)
• The Moonraker (1958)
• The Long Knife (1958)
• The Man Upstairs (1958)
• Further Up the Creek (1958)
• Life in Danger (1959)
• Cover Girl Killer (1959)
• The Price of Silence (1959)
• No Trees in the Street (1959)
• Whirlpool (1959)
• Jackpot (1960)
• The Challenge (1960)
• The Trials of Oscar Wilde (1960)
• In the Nick (1960)
• The Brides of Dracula (1960)
• Follow That Horse! (1960)
• Offbeat (1961)
• No My Darling Daughter (1961)
• Play It Cool (1962)
• The Road to Hong Kong (1962)
• Crooks Anonymous (1962)
• The Inspector (1962)
• The Day of the Triffids (1962)
• The Brain (1962)
• The Wild and the Willing (1962)
• Billy Budd (1962)
• The Fast Lady (1963)
• 80,000 Suspects (1963)
• The Yellow Teddy Bears (1963)
• Witchcraft (1964)
• The Eyes of Annie Jones (1964)
• 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 Ogilivie
• The Dallas Connection (1994) - Charlie

Television

• Raffles (1977) - Albany Porter
• Sergeant Cork (1963-1964) - Yates / Sgt. Dempsey
• Z Cars
• Dixon of Dock Green
• Gideon's Way
• Dr Finlay's Casebook

References

1. http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/individual/31540
2. "Victor Brooks". IMDb. Retrieved 2016-03-08.
3. "Victor Brooks". IMDb. Retrieved 2016-03-08.
4. "Victor Brooks". IMDb. Retrieved 2016-03-08.
5. "Victor Brooks, Artist - Bio & Facts". Bio & Facts. Retrieved 2016-03-08.
6. "Victor Brooks". BFI. Retrieved 2016-03-08.
7. "Victor Brooks". www.aveleyman.com. Retrieved 2016-03-08.
8. T, Ian (2013-04-10). "Forgotten Actors: Victor Brooks". Forgotten Actors. Retrieved 2016-03-08.

External links

• Victor Brooks at the Internet Movie Database