Person Details

Birthday: 1900-11-11 01:31:30

Death: 1971-05-26 01:31:30

Aliases: John Longdon

Gender: Male

Place of birth: West Indies

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Movie Involvements: 52

TV Involvements: 14


Most Famous Work

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.

Most Famous Work

The Adventures of Robin Hood
Average
6
Interpol Calling
Average
6

Interpol Calling

(1959) Lord Ruskington
Jamaica Inn
Average
6

Jamaica Inn

(1939) Captain Johnson (uncredited)
Blackmail
Average
7

Blackmail

(1929) Detective Frank Webber
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
Average
7

Goodbye, Mr. Chips

(1939) Raven (uncredited)
Quatermass II
Average
6

Quatermass II

(1957) Chief Inspector Lomax
Young and Innocent
Average
7

Young and Innocent

(1937) Det. Insp. Kent
The Skin Game
Average
5

The Skin Game

(1931) Charles Hornblower

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
1964 Prof. Hubbard
1963 Munch
1961 N/A
1960 Julian Caesar
Superintendent Mercer
1959 Lord Ruskington
1958 N/A
1957 Chief Inspector Lomax
1956 N/A
1955 Richard Sandford
The Abbot
Ned
Hodges
Count Leger
Tailor
Wulfric
Archbishop
Sir Walter De Lys
Lord Blackstone
Walter Fitzurse
Sir Gyles of Wren
Chambertin
Detective
1954 Worthington
1952 N/A
Speaker in Connaught Rooms
1951 Mr. Kemp
Sherlock Holmes
DI Williams
1950 The Abbot
Inspector James
1948 Colonel O'Sullivan
N/A
1947 Mortimer Digby
Tod Jenkins
1946 Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1943 Jost Meertens
Inspector Slade
1942 Metcalf
Ground Officer (uncredited)
1941 Commander
Bill
Stuart Gordon
Narrator
1940 Passport officer
1939 Unnamed Character
Raven (uncredited)
Captain Johnson (uncredited)
John Peters, a Pilot
1938 Inspector Bliss
Inspector Thompson
1937 Det. Insp. Kent
Police Inspector Merton
Peter Ashton
1936 Bill Peel
1934 Dean Maitland
1933 Frank Dale
1932 Hugh Bromilow
1931 Anthony Xavier 'Tony' Benedik
Harry Crawford
Boyfriend
Harry Fielding
Inspector Wembury
Charles Hornblower
1930 Jeffrey
Lt. Stanislaus von Zaminsky
Lieutenant Boris Boriskoff
Himself
1929 Charles Bentham
Lanchester
Detective Frank Webber
Man from China (uncredited)
David / Martin
1928 No. 1
1927 Joseph Quinney
Jack Meadows
Floquet
N/A
Year Character Movie/Tv

Directing

Year Role Movie/Tv
1932 Director
Year Role Movie/Tv

Writing

Year Role Movie/Tv
1932 Writer
1928 Writer
1927 Scenario Writer
Year Role Movie/Tv

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