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Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
November 11, 1900
Place of Birth:
West Indies
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John Longden
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.
Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1964 | Frozen Alive | Prof. Hubbard |
| 1963 | The Man Who Finally Died | Munch |
| 1961 | So Evil, So Young | |
| 1960 | An Honourable Murder | Julian Caesar |
| 1959 | A Woman's Temptation | |
| 1959 | Broad Waterways | |
| 1958 | Innocent Sinners | Admiral |
| 1957 | Quatermass 2 | Chief Inspector Lomax |
| 1955 | Alias John Preston | Richard Sandford |
| 1955 | The Ship That Died of Shame | Detective |
| 1954 | Dangerous Cargo | Worthington |
| 1954 | Meet Mr. Callaghan | Jeremy Meraulton |
| 1952 | The Wallet | Man With Pipe |
| 1952 | The Magic Box | Speaker in Connaught Rooms |
| 1951 | Sherlock Holmes: The Man Who Disappeared | Sherlock Holmes |
| 1951 | Pool of London | DI Williams |
| 1951 | The Black Widow | Mr. Kemp |
| 1950 | The Lady Craved Excitement | Inspector James |
| 1950 | The Elusive Pimpernel | The Abbot |
| 1948 | Bonnie Prince Charlie | Colonel O'Sullivan |
| 1948 | The Last Load | |
| 1948 | Anna Karenina | Gen. Serpuhousky |
| 1947 | The Ghosts of Berkeley Square | Mortimer Digby |
| 1947 | The Adventures of Dusty Bates | Tod Jenkins |
| 1946 | A Matter of Life and Death | Narrator (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1943 | Death by Design | Inspector Slade |
| 1943 | The Silver Fleet | Jost Meertens |
| 1942 | Unpublished Story | Metcalf |
| 1942 | One of Our Aircraft Is Missing | Ground Officer (uncredited) |
| 1941 | Barging Along | Narrator |
| 1941 | The Common Touch | Stuart Gordon |
| 1941 | Tower of Terror | Commander |
| 1941 | Old Mother Riley's Circus | Bill |
| 1940 | Contraband | Passport officer |
| 1939 | Jamaica Inn | Captain Johnson (uncredited) |
| 1939 | Goodbye, Mr. Chips | Raven (uncredited) |
| 1939 | Q Planes | John Peters, a Pilot |
| 1939 | The Lion Has Wings | Unnamed Character |
| 1938 | The Gaunt Stranger | Inspector Bliss |
| 1938 | Bad Boy | Inspector Thompson |
| 1937 | Young and Innocent | Det. Insp. Kent |
| 1937 | It Isn't Done | Peter Ashton |
| 1937 | Jennifer Hale | Police Inspector Merton |
| 1937 | For Dealers Only | |
| 1936 | Thoroughbred | Bill Peel |
| 1934 | The Silence of Dean Maitland | Dean Maitland |
| 1933 | Born Lucky | Frank Dale |
| 1932 | Murder on the Second Floor | Hugh Bromilow |
| 1931 | The Skin Game | Charles Hornblower |
| 1931 | Hindle Wakes | Boyfriend |
| 1931 | Rynox | Anthony Xavier 'Tony' Benedik |
| 1931 | The Ringer | Inspector Wembury |
| 1931 | Two Crowded Hours | Harry Fielding |
| 1931 | The Wickham Mystery | Harry Crawford |
| 1930 | Juno and the Paycock | Charles Bentham |
| 1930 | The Flame of Love | Lieutenant Boris Boriskoff |
| 1930 | Elstree Calling | Himself |
| 1930 | Children of Chance | Jeffrey |
| 1930 | Two Worlds | Lt. Stanislaus von Zaminsky |
| 1929 | Blackmail | Detective Frank Webber |
| 1929 | The Last Post | David / Martin |
| 1929 | Piccadilly | Man from China (uncredited) |
| 1929 | Atlantic | Lanchester |
| 1928 | Palais De Danse | No. 1 |
| 1928 | You Know What Sailors Are | |
| 1928 | The Flight Commander | Ivan |
| 1928 | Mademoiselle Parley Voo | Le Beau - Illusionist |
| 1927 | Quinneys | Joseph Quinney |
| 1927 | The Arcadians | Jack Meadows |
| 1927 | The Glad Eye | Floquet |
| 1927 | The House of Marney |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | Man from Interpol | Superintendent Mercer |
| 1960 | Man from Interpol | Mercer |
| 1959 | Interpol Calling | Lord Ruskington |
| 1958 | The Adventures of William Tell | |
| 1956 | The Count of Monte Cristo | |
| 1955 | The Adventures of Robin Hood | The Abbot |
| 1955 | The Adventures of Robin Hood | Archbishop |
| 1955 | The Adventures of Robin Hood | Ned |
| 1955 | The Adventures of Robin Hood | Count Leger |
| 1955 | The Adventures of Robin Hood | Sir Gyles of Wren |
| 1955 | The Adventures of Robin Hood | Lord Blackstone |
| 1955 | The Adventures of Robin Hood | Chambertin |
| 1955 | The Adventures of Robin Hood | Walter Fitzurse |
| 1955 | The Adventures of Robin Hood | Wulfric |
| 1955 | The Adventures of Robin Hood | Tailor |
| 1955 | The Adventures of Robin Hood | Sir Walter De Lys |
| 1955 | The Adventures of Robin Hood | Hodges |