John Loder
90 movies · 2 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Jan 2, 1898
- Died
- Dec 26, 1988 (age 90)
- Place of birth
- London, England, UK
- Also known as
- William John Muir Lowe
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.
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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".
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Profiles IMDb
Known for
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★ 7.3 How Green Was My Valley
1941 · Film
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★ 6.7 Sabotage
1936 · Film
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★ 7.4 Now, Voyager
1942 · Film
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★ 6.4 The Private Life of Henry VIII
1933 · Film
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★ 6.7 Passage to Marseille
1944 · Film
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★ 7.2 Gentleman Jim
1942 · Film
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★ 7.1 Old Acquaintance
1943 · Film
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★ 6.1 The Man Who Changed His Mind
1936 · Film
John Loder: movies and TV shows
Acting (92)
- 1971 The Firechasers
as Routledge
- 1963
- 1958 The Secret Man
as Major Anderson
- 1958 Gideon's Day
as Ponsford 'The Duke'
- 1958 Josette of New Orleans
as The Colonel
- 1957 The Story of Esther Costello
as Paul Marchant
- 1957 Small Hotel
as Mr. Finch
- 1957 Woman and the Hunter
as Mitchell Gifford
- 1956
- 1950
- 1947 Dishonored Lady
as Felix Courtland
- 1946 One More Tomorrow
as Owen Arthur
- 1946 The Wife of Monte Cristo
as De Villefort, Prefect of Police
- 1945 Woman Who Came Back
as Dr. Matt Adams
- 1945 A Game of Death
as Don Rainsford
- 1945 Jealousy
as Dr. David Brent
- 1945 The Brighton Strangler
as Reginald Parker / Edward Grey
- 1945 The Fighting Guardsman
as Sir John Tanley
- 1944 Abroad with Two Yanks
as Aussie Sgt. Cyril North
- 1944 The Hairy Ape
as Tony Lazar
- 1944 Passage to Marseille
as Manning
- 1943 Old Acquaintance
as Preston Drake
- 1943 Adventure in Iraq
as George Torrence
- 1943 Murder on the Waterfront
as Holbrook
- 1943 The Mysterious Doctor
as Sir Henry Leland
- 1943 The Gorilla Man
as Captain Craig Killian
- 1942 Gentleman Jim
as Carlton De Witt
- 1942 Now, Voyager
as Elliot Livingston
- 1942 Eagle Squadron
as Paddy Carson
- 1941 Confirm or Deny
as Captain Lionel Channing
- 1941 How Green Was My Valley
as Ianto Morgan
- 1941 One Night In Lisbon
as Cmdr. Peter Walmsley
- 1941 Scotland Yard
as Sir John Lasher
- 1940 Tin Pan Alley
as Reggie Carstairs
- 1940 Diamond Frontier
as Dr. Charles Clayton
- 1940 Adventure in Diamonds
as Michael Barclay
- 1940 Meet Maxwell Archer
as Maxwell Archer
- 1940 Threats
as Dick Stone
- 1939 Murder Will Out
as Dr. Paul Raymond
- 1939 The Silent Battle
as Bordier
- 1938 Anything to Declare?
as Capt. Rufus Grant
- 1938 Peace on the Rhine
as Émile Scheffer
- 1938 Katia
as Tsar Alexandre II of Russia
- 1938 Owd Bob
as David Moore
- 1937 Under Secret Orders
as Lt. Peter Carr
- 1937 Non-Stop New York
as Inspector Jim Grant
- 1937 Doctor Syn
as Denis Cobtree
- 1937 King Solomon's Mines
as Sir Henry Curtis
- 1936 Sabotage
as Ted
- 1936 Queen of Hearts
as Derek Cooper
- 1936 The Man Who Changed His Mind
as Dick Haslewood
- 1936 Guilty Melody
as Richard Carter
- 1936 Ourselves Alone
as Captain Wiltshire
- 1936 Whom the Gods Love: The Original Story of Mozart and His Wife
as Prince Lobkowitz
- 1935 It Happened in Paris
as Paul
- 1935 The Silent Passenger
as John Ryder
- 1935 18 Minutes
as Trelawney
- 1934 Lorna Doone
as John Ridd
- 1934 My Song Goes Round the World
as Rico
- 1934 Sing As We Go
as Hugh Phillips
- 1934 Rolling in Money
as Lord Gawthorpe
- 1934 Java Head
as Gerrit Ammidon
- 1934 The Battle
as Commander Fergan
- 1934 Love, Life and Laughter
as Prince Charles
- 1934 La bataille
as Herbert Fergan
- 1933 You Made Me Love You
as Harry Berne
- 1933 The Private Life of Henry VIII
as Peynell
- 1933 Money for Speed
as Mitch
- 1932 Wedding Rehearsal
as John Hopkins aka Bimbo
- 1932 Money Means Nothing
as Earl Egbert
- 1931 On the Loose
as Mr. Loder
- 1931 Seas Beneath
as Franz Shiller
- 1930 Are You There?
as Bit Role (uncredited)
- 1930 One Night at Susie's
as Hayes
- 1930 Sweethearts and Wives
as Sam Worthington
- 1930 The Man Hunter
as George Castle
- 1930 The Second Floor Mystery
as Fraser-Freer's Younger Brother
- 1930 Lilies of the Field
as Walter Harker
- 1929 Rich People
as Captain Danforth
- 1929 The Racketeer
as Jack Oakhurst
- 1929 Love, Live & Laugh
as Dr. Price
- 1929 Her Private Affair
as Carl Weild
- 1929 The Unholy Night
as Captain Dorchester
- 1929 Black Waters
as Charles
- 1929 Sunset Pass
as Ashleigh Preston
- 1929 The Doctor's Secret
as Hugh Paton
- 1929 The Case of Lena Smith
as (uncredited)
- 1928 The First Born
as Lord David Harborough
- 1928
- 1928 Fair Game
as Oberleutnant von Rohnstedt
- 1928 A Daughter Of Destiny
as Viscount
- 1927