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.
Acted in 87
1970s
- 1971
The Firechasers
Routledge
1960s
- 1963
Allá donde el viento brama
Movie
1950s
- 1958
The Secret Man
Major Anderson
Josette of New Orleans
The Colonel
- 1957
The Story of Esther Costello
Paul Marchant
Small Hotel
Mr. Finch
Woman and the Hunter
Mitchell Gifford
- 1956
- 1950
1940s
- 1947
- 1946
One More Tomorrow
Owen Arthur
The Wife of Monte Cristo
De Villefort, Prefect of Police
- 1945
Woman Who Came Back
Dr. Matt Adams
A Game of Death
Don Rainsford
Jealousy
Dr. David Brent
The Brighton Strangler
Reginald Parker / Edward Grey
The Fighting Guardsman
Sir John Tanley
- 1944
Abroad with Two Yanks
Aussie Sgt. Cyril North
The Hairy Ape
Tony Lazar
- 1943
Adventure in Iraq
George Torrence
Murder on the Waterfront
Holbrook
The Mysterious Doctor
Sir Henry Leland
The Gorilla Man
Captain Craig Killian
- 1942
Eagle Squadron
Paddy Carson
- 1941
Confirm or Deny
Captain Lionel Channing
One Night In Lisbon
Cmdr. Peter Walmsley
Scotland Yard
Sir John Lasher
- 1940
Tin Pan Alley
Reggie Carstairs
Diamond Frontier
Dr. Charles Clayton
Adventure in Diamonds
Michael Barclay
Meet Maxwell Archer
Maxwell Archer
Threats
Dick Stone
1930s
- 1939
The Silent Battle
Bordier
- 1938
Anything to Declare?
Capt. Rufus Grant
Peace on the Rhine
Émile Scheffer
Katia
Tsar Alexandre II of Russia
- 1937
Under Secret Orders
Lt. Peter Carr
Non-Stop New York
Inspector Jim Grant
Doctor Syn
Denis Cobtree
- 1936
Queen of Hearts
Derek Cooper
The Man Who Changed His Mind
Dick Haslewood
Guilty Melody
Richard Carter
Ourselves Alone
Captain Wiltshire
Whom the Gods Love: The Original Story of Mozart and His Wife
Prince Lobkowitz
- 1935
It Happened in Paris
Paul
The Silent Passenger
John Ryder
18 Minutes
Trelawney
- 1934
Lorna Doone
John Ridd
My Song Goes Round the World
Rico
Sing As We Go
Hugh Phillips
Java Head
Gerrit Ammidon
The Battle
Commander Fergan
Love, Life and Laughter
Prince Charles
- 1933
Money for Speed
Mitch
- 1932
Wedding Rehearsal
John Hopkins aka Bimbo
- 1931
On the Loose
Mr. Loder
Seas Beneath
Franz Shiller
- 1930
Are You There?
Bit Role (uncredited)
One Night at Susie's
Hayes
The Man Hunter
George Castle
The Second Floor Mystery
Fraser-Freer's Younger Brother
Lilies of the Field
Walter Harker
1920s
- 1929
Rich People
Captain Danforth
The Racketeer
Jack Oakhurst
Love, Live & Laugh
Dr. Price
Her Private Affair
Carl Weild
The Unholy Night
Captain Dorchester
Black Waters
Charles
Sunset Pass
Ashleigh Preston
The Doctor's Secret
Hugh Paton
The Case of Lena Smith
(uncredited)
- 1928
The First Born
Lord David Harborough
Fair Game
Oberleutnant von Rohnstedt
A Daughter Of Destiny
Viscount
- 1927
Die weiße Spinne
Movie