John Longden

Personal Info

Birthday

November 11, 1900

Day of Death

1971-05-26

(70 years old)

Place of Birth

West Indies

Also Known As

John Longdon

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

The Adventures of Robin Hood

Interpol Calling

Richard the Lionheart

A Matter of Life and Death

Man from Interpol

Quatermass 2

One of Our Aircraft Is Missing

Innocent Sinners

Filmography

1964
Frozen Alive
as Prof. Hubbard
1963
The Man Who Finally Died
as Munch
1960
An Honourable Murder
as Julian Caesar
1958
A Midsummer Night's Dream
as Egeus
Innocent Sinners
as Admiral
1957
Ordeal by Fire
as De La Fayette
Quatermass 2
as Chief Inspector Lomax
1955
Alias John Preston
as Richard Sandford
The Ship That Died of Shame
as Detective
1954
Meet Mr. Callaghan
as Jeremy Meraulton
Dangerous Cargo
as Worthington
1952
The Wallet
as Man With Pipe
The Magic Box
as Speaker in Connaught Rooms
1951
The Black Widow
as Mr. Kemp
Sherlock Holmes: The Man Who Disappeared
as Sherlock Holmes
Pool of London
as DI Williams
1950
The Elusive Pimpernel
as The Abbot
The Lady Craved Excitement
as Inspector James
1948
Bonnie Prince Charlie
as Colonel O'Sullivan
Anna Karenina
as Gen. Serpuhousky
1947
The Ghosts of Berkeley Square
as Mortimer Digby
The Adventures of Dusty Bates
as Tod Jenkins
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Unpublished Story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)
1941
Tower of Terror
as Commander
Old Mother Riley's Circus
as Bill
The Common Touch
as Stuart Gordon
Barging Along
as Narrator
1940
Contraband
as Passport officer
1939
The Lion Has Wings
as Unnamed Character
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
as Raven (uncredited)
Jamaica Inn
as Captain Johnson (uncredited)
Q Planes
as John Peters, a Pilot
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
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
1931
Rynox
as Anthony Xavier 'Tony' Benedik
The Wickham Mystery
as Harry Crawford
Hindle Wakes
as Boyfriend
Two Crowded Hours
as Harry Fielding
The Ringer
as Inspector Wembury
The Skin Game
as Charles Hornblower
1930
Children of Chance
as Jeffrey
Two Worlds
as Lt. Stanislaus von Zaminsky
Juno and the Paycock
as Charles Bentham
The Flame of Love
as Lieutenant Boris Boriskoff
Elstree Calling
as Himself
1929
Atlantic
as Lanchester
Blackmail
as Detective Frank Webber
Piccadilly
as Man from China (uncredited)
The Last Post
as David / Martin
1928
Palais De Danse
as No. 1
Mademoiselle Parley Voo
as Le Beau - Illusionist
The Flight Commander
as Ivan
1927
Quinneys
as Joseph Quinney
The Arcadians
as Jack Meadows
The Glad Eye
as Floquet