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 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 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)