John Loder
Acting
Born: January 2, 1898 · London, England, UK
Died: December 26, 1988 (aged 90)
Highest Rated
Biography
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.
Known for
How Green Was My Valley
1941
Sabotage
1937
Now, Voyager
1942
The Private Life of Henry VIII
1933
Gentleman Jim
1942
Passage to Marseille
1944
Old Acquaintance
1943
The Man Who Changed His Mind
1936
Gideon's Day
1958
King Solomon's Mines
1937
Dishonored Lady
1947
A Daughter Of Destiny
1928
Photos (2)
Movies (84)
How Green Was My Valley
Ianto Morgan
Now, Voyager
Elliot Livingston
Passage to Marseille
Manning
Sabotage
Ted
Dishonored Lady
Felix Courtland
Gideon's Day
Ponsford 'The Duke'
Gentleman Jim
Carlton De Witt
The Private Life of Henry VIII
Peynell
Owd Bob
David Moore
Love, Live & Laugh
Dr. Price
La bataille
Herbert Fergan
Katia
Tsar Alexandre II of Russia
One More Tomorrow
Owen Arthur
King Solomon's Mines
Sir Henry Curtis
The Man Who Changed His Mind
Dick Haslewood
Woman and the Hunter
Mitchell Gifford
The Brighton Strangler
Reginald Parker / Edward Grey
The Wife of Monte Cristo
De Villefort, Prefect of Police
Old Acquaintance
Preston Drake
The Firechasers
Routledge
Tin Pan Alley
Reggie Carstairs
The Unholy Night
Captain Dorchester
Murder on the Waterfront
Holbrook
The Battle
Commander Fergan
Eagle Squadron
Paddy Carson
A Daughter Of Destiny
Viscount
Confirm or Deny
Captain Lionel Channing
The Racketeer
Jack Oakhurst
Are You There?
Bit Role (uncredited)
The Silent Passenger
John Ryder
Doctor Syn
Denis Cobtree
The Fighting Guardsman
Sir John Tanley
Love, Life and Laughter
Prince Charles
Seas Beneath
Franz Shiller
The Secret Man
Major Anderson
It Happened in Paris
Paul
The Mysterious Doctor
Sir Henry Leland
Lilies of the Field
Walter Harker
The Silent Battle
Bordier
Woman Who Came Back
Dr. Matt Adams
You Made Me Love You
Harry Berne
A Game of Death
Don Rainsford
The Hairy Ape
Tony Lazar
Abroad with Two Yanks
Aussie Sgt. Cyril North
Under Secret Orders
Lt. Peter Carr
Small Hotel
Mr. Finch
Lorna Doone
John Ridd
One Night In Lisbon
Cmdr. Peter Walmsley
The Story of Esther Costello
Paul Marchant
Money for Speed
Mitch
Diamond Frontier
Dr. Charles Clayton
Black Waters
Charles
The Case of Lena Smith
(uncredited)
18 Minutes
Trelawney
Wedding Rehearsal
John Hopkins aka Bimbo
Peace on the Rhine
Émile Scheffer
Rich People
Captain Danforth
The Gorilla Man
Captain Craig Killian
The Doctor's Secret
Hugh Paton
Threats
Dick Stone
Fair Game
Oberleutnant von Rohnstedt
Java Head
Gerrit Ammidon
Non-Stop New York
Inspector Jim Grant
Queen of Hearts
Derek Cooper
Scotland Yard
Sir John Lasher
Anything to Declare?
Capt. Rufus Grant
On the Loose
Mr. Loder
Whom the Gods Love: The Original Story of Mozart and His Wife
Prince Lobkowitz
Ourselves Alone
Captain Wiltshire
The First Born
Lord David Harborough
Jealousy
Dr. David Brent
The Second Floor Mystery
Fraser-Freer's Younger Brother
Adventure in Diamonds
Michael Barclay
Sunset Pass
Ashleigh Preston
Adventure in Iraq
George Torrence
Die weiße Spinne
1927
My Song Goes Round the World
Rico
Her Private Affair
Carl Weild
One Night at Susie's
Hayes
Allá donde el viento brama
1963
Sing As We Go
Hugh Phillips
The Man Hunter
George Castle
Josette of New Orleans
The Colonel
Meet Maxwell Archer
Maxwell Archer
