John Longden
Born: 1900-11-11 in West Indies
Died: 1971-05-26
Known For: Acting
Biography
John Longden was a West Indian-born English screen, stage, and television actor. He appeared in dozens of films from 1926 to 1964, including five (Blackmail, Juno and the Paycock, The Skin Game, Young and Innocent, Jamaica Inn) directed by Alfred Hitchcock. Longden appeared in numerous television series.
Filmography
1994
- The World of Hammer as Self (archive footage)
1964
- Frozen Alive as Prof. Hubbard
1963
- Espionage as American Ambassador
- The Man Who Finally Died as Munch
1962
- Richard the Lionheart as Sir Thomas
1961
- So Evil, So Young as Mr. Turner
1960
- Man from Interpol as Mercer
- An Honourable Murder as Julian Caesar
1959
- Interpol Calling as Lord Ruskington
- A Woman's Temptation as Inspector Syms
- Broad Waterways
1958
- The Adventures of William Tell
- Innocent Sinners as Admiral
- A Midsummer Night's Dream as Egeus
1957
- Quatermass 2 as Chief Inspector Lomax
- Three Sundays to Live as Warder
- Ordeal by Fire as De La Fayette
1955
- The Adventures of Robin Hood as The Abbot
- The Ship That Died of Shame as Detective
- Alias John Preston as Richard Sandford
1954
- Mark Saber as Simon Graves
- Dangerous Cargo as Worthington
- Meet Mr. Callaghan as Jeremy Meraulton
1952
- The Magic Box as Speaker in Connaught Rooms
- The Wallet as Man With Pipe
1951
- Pool of London as DI Williams
- Black Widow as Mr. Kemp
- Sherlock Holmes: The Man Who Disappeared as Sherlock Holmes
- The Dark Light as Stephen
1950
- The Elusive Pimpernel as The Abbot
- The Lady Craved Excitement as Inspector James
1948
- Anna Karenina as Gen. Serpuhousky
- Bonnie Prince Charlie as Colonel O'Sullivan
- The Last Load
1947
- The Adventures of Dusty Bates as Tod Jenkins
- The Ghosts of Berkeley Square as Mortimer Digby
1946
- A Matter of Life and Death as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1943
- The Silver Fleet as Jost Meertens
- Death by Design as Inspector Slade
1942
- Unpublished Story as Metcalf
- One of Our Aircraft Is Missing as Ground Officer (uncredited)
- Rose of Tralee as Paddy O'Brien
1941
- The Common Touch as Stuart Gordon
- Tower of Terror as Commander
- Barging Along as Narrator
- Old Mother Riley's Circus as Bill
1940
- Contraband as Passport officer
1939
- Goodbye, Mr. Chips as Raven (uncredited)
- Jamaica Inn as Captain Johnson (uncredited)
- Q Planes as John Peters, a Pilot
- The Lion Has Wings as Unnamed Character
1938
- The Gaunt Stranger as Inspector Bliss
- Bad Boy as Inspector Thompson
1937
- Young and Innocent as Det. Insp. Kent
- Jennifer Hale as Police Inspector Merton
- It Isn't Done as Peter Ashton
- For Dealers Only
1936
- Thoroughbred as Bill Peel
1934
- The Silence of Dean Maitland as Dean Maitland
1933
- Born Lucky as Frank Dale
1932
- Murder on the Second Floor as Hugh Bromilow
- Come Into My Parlour ... (Director)
1931
- The Skin Game as Charles Hornblower
- Rynox as Anthony Xavier 'Tony' Benedik
- The Ringer as Inspector Wembury
- Two Crowded Hours as Harry Fielding
- Hindle Wakes as Boyfriend
- The Wickham Mystery as Harry Crawford
1930
- Elstree Calling as Himself
- Juno and the Paycock as Charles Bentham
- Children of Chance as Jeffrey
- Two Worlds as Lt. Stanislaus von Zaminsky
- The Flame of Love as Lieutenant Boris Boriskoff
1929
- Blackmail as Detective Frank Webber
- Piccadilly as Man from China (uncredited)
- Atlantic as Lanchester
- The Last Post as David / Martin
1928
- The Flight Commander as Ivan
- Palais De Danse as No. 1
- You Know What Sailors Are
- Mademoiselle Parley Voo as Le Beau - Illusionist
1927
- The Arcadians as Jack Meadows
- The House of Marney
- The Glad Eye as Floquet
- Quinneys as Joseph Quinney