John Loder
Acting
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.
TV Shows(2)
Movies(89)
The Firechasers
Routledge
1971
Allá donde el viento brama
1963
The Secret Man
Major Anderson
1958
Gideon's Day
Ponsford 'The Duke'
1958
Josette of New Orleans
The Colonel
1958
The Story of Esther Costello
Paul Marchant
1957
Small Hotel
Mr. Finch
1957
Woman and the Hunter
Mitchell Gifford
1957
Dishonored Lady
Felix Courtland
1947
One More Tomorrow
Owen Arthur
1946
The Wife of Monte Cristo
De Villefort, Prefect of Police
1946
Woman Who Came Back
Dr. Matt Adams
1945
A Game of Death
Don Rainsford
1945
Jealousy
Dr. David Brent
1945
The Brighton Strangler
Reginald Parker / Edward Grey
1945
The Fighting Guardsman
Sir John Tanley
1945
Abroad with Two Yanks
Aussie Sgt. Cyril North
1944
The Hairy Ape
Tony Lazar
1944
Passage to Marseille
Manning
1944
Old Acquaintance
Preston Drake
1943
Adventure in Iraq
George Torrence
1943
Murder on the Waterfront
Holbrook
1943
The Mysterious Doctor
Sir Henry Leland
1943
The Gorilla Man
Captain Craig Killian
1943
Gentleman Jim
Carlton De Witt
1942
Now, Voyager
Elliot Livingston
1942
Eagle Squadron
Paddy Carson
1942
Confirm or Deny
Captain Lionel Channing
1941
How Green Was My Valley
Ianto Morgan
1941
One Night In Lisbon
Cmdr. Peter Walmsley
1941
Scotland Yard
Sir John Lasher
1941
Tin Pan Alley
Reggie Carstairs
1940
Diamond Frontier
Dr. Charles Clayton
1940
Adventure in Diamonds
Michael Barclay
1940
Meet Maxwell Archer
Maxwell Archer
1940
Threats
Dick Stone
1940
Murder Will Out
Dr. Paul Raymond
1939
The Silent Battle
Bordier
1939
Anything to Declare?
Capt. Rufus Grant
1938
Peace on the Rhine
Émile Scheffer
1938
Katia
Tsar Alexandre II of Russia
1938
Owd Bob
David Moore
1938
Under Secret Orders
Lt. Peter Carr
1937
Non-Stop New York
Inspector Jim Grant
1937
Doctor Syn
Denis Cobtree
1937
King Solomon's Mines
Sir Henry Curtis
1937
Sabotage
Ted
1937
Queen of Hearts
Derek Cooper
1936
The Man Who Changed His Mind
Dick Haslewood
1936
Guilty Melody
Richard Carter
1936
Ourselves Alone
Captain Wiltshire
1936
Whom the Gods Love: The Original Story of Mozart and His Wife
Prince Lobkowitz
1936
It Happened in Paris
Paul
1935
The Silent Passenger
John Ryder
1935
18 Minutes
Trelawney
1935
Lorna Doone
John Ridd
1934
My Song Goes Round the World
Rico
1934
Sing As We Go
Hugh Phillips
1934
Rolling in Money
Lord Gawthorpe
1934
Java Head
Gerrit Ammidon
1934
The Battle
Commander Fergan
1934
Love, Life and Laughter
Prince Charles
1934
You Made Me Love You
Harry Berne
1933
The Private Life of Henry VIII
Peynell
1933
Money for Speed
Mitch
1933
Wedding Rehearsal
John Hopkins aka Bimbo
1932
Money Means Nothing
Earl Egbert
1932
On the Loose
Mr. Loder
1931
Seas Beneath
Franz Shiller
1931
Are You There?
Bit Role (uncredited)
1930
One Night at Susie's
Hayes
1930
Sweethearts and Wives
Sam Worthington
1930
The Man Hunter
George Castle
1930
The Second Floor Mystery
Fraser-Freer's Younger Brother
1930
Lilies of the Field
Walter Harker
1930
Rich People
Captain Danforth
1929
The Racketeer
Jack Oakhurst
1929
Love, Live & Laugh
Dr. Price
1929
Her Private Affair
Carl Weild
1929
The Unholy Night
Captain Dorchester
1929
Black Waters
Charles
1929
Sunset Pass
Ashleigh Preston
1929
The Doctor's Secret
Hugh Paton
1929
The Case of Lena Smith
(uncredited)
1929
The First Born
Lord David Harborough
1928
Casanovas Erbe
1928
Fair Game
Oberleutnant von Rohnstedt
1928
A Daughter Of Destiny
Viscount
1928
Die weiße Spinne
1927