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).[2] His best known films are probably Goldfinger (1964), The Brides of Dracula (1960) and Billy Budd (1962).[2] 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.[2] He also appeared in the television series Raffles, in the recurring role of the Albany porter.[3][4][5]

Victor Brooks
in The Brides of Dracula (1960)
Born	Victor Ronald Brooks (1918-11-11)11 November 1918 London, England
Died	19 January 2000(2000-01-19) (aged 81) Surrey, England, UK
Years active	1956–1994

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)
• 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
• 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

1. "Victor Brooks". BFI.
2. "Victor Brooks". IMDb. Retrieved 8 March 2016.
3. "Victor Brooks". BFI. Retrieved 8 March 2016.
4. "Victor Brooks". aveleyman.com. Retrieved 8 March 2016.
5. T, Ian (10 April 2013). "Forgotten Actors: Victor Brooks". Forgotten Actors. Retrieved 8 March 2016.

External links

• Victor Brooks on IMDb