Victor Brooks (actor)

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

Victor Brooks (11 November 1918 – 19 January 2000) was a prolific English film and television actor. 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). In 1961, he narrated the fifteen minute instructional Short, 'The Warden, His Duties and Training'. He also appeared in eight of the thirty-two episodes of 1964's 'Open House', playing himself, and The Host.

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

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
• Life in Danger (1959) Tom Baldwin
• Sapphire (film) (1959) Police Sergeant
• The 39 Steps (1959 film) (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

External links

• Victor Brooks at IMDb