John Loder
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- January 2, 1898
- Died
- December 26, 1988
- Birthplace
- London, England, UK
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. John Loder (3 January 1898 — 26 December 1988) was a British-American actor. He was born William John Muir Lowe in London. His father was General W. H. M. Lowe, the British officer to whom Patrick Pearse, the leader of the Irish 1916 Rising in Dublin, surrendered. Both General Lowe and his son were present at the surrender of Pearse. He was educated at Eton and the Royal Military College and followed his father into the army, commissioned into 15th Hussars as a second lieutenant on 17 March 1915, and then serving in the Gallipoli Campaign and at one point being imprisoned by the Germans. Upon being released, he stayed in Germany to run a pickle factory and also began to develop an interest in acting, appearing in bit-parts in a few German films. He left Germany to briefly return to England and then headed to Hollywood to try his luck in the new medium, Talkies. He appeared in The Doctor's Secret, which was Paramount's first talking picture—though his very English persona didn't win America over at this time and he returned to England where he co-starred in plush musicals and intrigue such as Love Life and Laughter and Sabotage. He was the male romantic interest in the 1937 original film version of King Solomon's Mines. When World War II started he returned to America where he seamlessly coasted into a career in 'B' movie roles usually playing upper crust characters with occasional appearances on Broadway. He occasionally did play roles, though supporting ones, in major 'A' films such as How Green Was My Valley, in which he was at the same time one of Roddy McDowall's brothers and Donald Crisp's sons. In 1947 he became an American citizen, his last screen appearance was in 1971. In 1959 he became a naturalised citizen of the United Kingdom as he has been of "uncertain nationality". Description above from the Wikipedia article John Loder, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
The Firechasers 1971
as Routledge
Allá donde el viento brama 1963
Actor
The Secret Man 1958
as Major Anderson
Gideon's Day 1958
as Ponsford 'The Duke'
Josette of New Orleans 1958
as The Colonel
The Story of Esther Costello 1957
as Paul Marchant
Small Hotel 1957
as Mr. Finch
Woman and the Hunter 1957
as Mitchell Gifford
Dishonored Lady 1947
as Felix Courtland
One More Tomorrow 1946
as Owen Arthur
The Wife of Monte Cristo 1946
as De Villefort, Prefect of Police
Woman Who Came Back 1945
as Dr. Matt Adams
A Game of Death 1945
as Don Rainsford
Jealousy 1945
as Dr. David Brent
The Brighton Strangler 1945
as Reginald Parker / Edward Grey
The Fighting Guardsman 1945
as Sir John Tanley
Abroad with Two Yanks 1944
as Aussie Sgt. Cyril North
The Hairy Ape 1944
as Tony Lazar
Passage to Marseille 1944
as Manning
Old Acquaintance 1943
as Preston Drake
Adventure in Iraq 1943
as George Torrence
Murder on the Waterfront 1943
as Holbrook
The Mysterious Doctor 1943
as Sir Henry Leland
The Gorilla Man 1943
as Captain Craig Killian
Gentleman Jim 1942
as Carlton De Witt
Now, Voyager 1942
as Elliot Livingston
Eagle Squadron 1942
as Paddy Carson
Confirm or Deny 1941
as Captain Lionel Channing
How Green Was My Valley 1941
as Ianto Morgan
One Night In Lisbon 1941
as Cmdr. Peter Walmsley
Scotland Yard 1941
as Sir John Lasher
Tin Pan Alley 1940
as Reggie Carstairs
Diamond Frontier 1940
as Dr. Charles Clayton
Adventure in Diamonds 1940
as Michael Barclay
Meet Maxwell Archer 1940
as Maxwell Archer
Threats 1940
as Dick Stone
- Murder Will Out
Murder Will Out 1939
as Dr. Paul Raymond
The Silent Battle 1939
as Bordier
Anything to Declare? 1938
as Capt. Rufus Grant
Peace on the Rhine 1938
as Émile Scheffer
Katia 1938
as Tsar Alexandre II of Russia
Owd Bob 1938
as David Moore
Under Secret Orders 1937
as Lt. Peter Carr
Non-Stop New York 1937
as Inspector Jim Grant
Doctor Syn 1937
as Denis Cobtree
King Solomon's Mines 1937
as Sir Henry Curtis
Sabotage 1936
as Ted
Queen of Hearts 1936
as Derek Cooper
The Man Who Changed His Mind 1936
as Dick Haslewood
Guilty Melody 1936
as Richard Carter
Ourselves Alone 1936
as Captain Wiltshire
Whom the Gods Love: The Original Story of Mozart and His Wife 1936
as Prince Lobkowitz
It Happened in Paris 1935
as Paul
The Silent Passenger 1935
as John Ryder
18 Minutes 1935
as Trelawney
Lorna Doone 1934
as John Ridd
My Song Goes Round the World 1934
as Rico
Sing As We Go 1934
as Hugh Phillips
- Rolling in Money
Rolling in Money 1934
as Lord Gawthorpe
Java Head 1934
as Gerrit Ammidon
The Battle 1934
as Commander Fergan
Love, Life and Laughter 1934
as Prince Charles
La bataille 1934
as Herbert Fergan
You Made Me Love You 1933
as Harry Berne
The Private Life of Henry VIII 1933
as Peynell
Money for Speed 1933
as Mitch
Wedding Rehearsal 1932
as John Hopkins aka Bimbo
- Money Means Nothing
Money Means Nothing 1932
as Earl Egbert
On the Loose 1931
as Mr. Loder
Seas Beneath 1931
as Franz Shiller
Are You There? 1930
as Bit Role (uncredited)
One Night at Susie's 1930
as Hayes
- Sweethearts and Wives
Sweethearts and Wives 1930
as Sam Worthington
The Man Hunter 1930
as George Castle
The Second Floor Mystery 1930
as Fraser-Freer's Younger Brother
Lilies of the Field 1930
as Walter Harker
Rich People 1929
as Captain Danforth
The Racketeer 1929
as Jack Oakhurst
Love, Live & Laugh 1929
as Dr. Price
Her Private Affair 1929
as Carl Weild
The Unholy Night 1929
as Captain Dorchester
Black Waters 1929
as Charles
Sunset Pass 1929
as Ashleigh Preston
The Doctor's Secret 1929
as Hugh Paton
The Case of Lena Smith 1929
as (uncredited)
The First Born 1928
as Lord David Harborough
- Casanovas Erbe
Casanovas Erbe 1928
Actor
Fair Game 1928
as Oberleutnant von Rohnstedt
A Daughter Of Destiny 1928
as Viscount
Die weiße Spinne 1927
Actor
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