John Longden

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1900-11-11 (71 years old)

Deathday

1971-05-26

Place of Birth

West Indies

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.

Acting

1929

Blackmail

as Detective Frank Webber

1937

Young and Innocent

as Det. Insp. Kent

1955

Alias John Preston

as Richard Sandford

1957

Quatermass 2

as Chief Inspector Lomax

1930

Juno and the Paycock

as Charles Bentham

1931

The Skin Game

as Charles Hornblower

1940

Contraband

as Passport officer

1941

Barging Along

as Narrator

1938

The Gaunt Stranger

as Inspector Bliss

1929

The Last Post

as David / Martin

1927

Quinneys

as Joseph Quinney

1927

The Arcadians

as Jack Meadows

1927

The Glad Eye

as Floquet

1947

1937

It Isn't Done

as Peter Ashton

1954

Dangerous Cargo

as Worthington

1950

The Lady Craved Excitement

as Inspector James

1948

Bonnie Prince Charlie

as Colonel O'Sullivan

1946

A Matter of Life and Death

as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

1938

Bad Boy

as Inspector Thompson

1952

The Wallet

as Man With Pipe

1939

Jamaica Inn

as Captain Johnson (uncredited)

1939

Goodbye, Mr. Chips

as Raven (uncredited)

1954

Meet Mr. Callaghan

as Jeremy Meraulton

1939

Q Planes

as John Peters, a Pilot

1930

The Flame of Love

as Lieutenant Boris Boriskoff

1958

1936

Thoroughbred

as Bill Peel

1930

Elstree Calling

as Himself

1931

Hindle Wakes

as Boyfriend

1934

1960

An Honourable Murder

as Julian Caesar

1933

Born Lucky

as Frank Dale

1931

Rynox

as Anthony Xavier 'Tony' Benedik

1941

The Common Touch

as Stuart Gordon

1937

Jennifer Hale

as Police Inspector Merton

1929

Piccadilly

as Man from China (uncredited)

1951

Pool of London

as DI Williams

1951

The Black Widow

as Mr. Kemp

1941

Tower of Terror

as Commander

1930

1930

Two Worlds

as Lt. Stanislaus von Zaminsky

1931

The Ringer

as Inspector Wembury

1931

Two Crowded Hours

as Harry Fielding

1931

The Wickham Mystery

as Harry Crawford

1932

1929

Atlantic

as Lanchester

1942

1943

Death by Design

as Inspector Slade

1928

1939

The Lion Has Wings

as Unnamed Character

1952

The Magic Box

as Speaker in Connaught Rooms

1964

Frozen Alive

as Prof. Hubbard

1942

One of Our Aircraft Is Missing

as Ground Officer (uncredited)

1943

The Silver Fleet

as Jost Meertens

1950

1948

Anna Karenina

as Gen. Serpuhousky

1928

Mademoiselle Parley Voo

as Le Beau - Illusionist

1957

Ordeal by Fire

as De La Fayette

Production

1932

1927

Quinneys

as Scenario Writer

1928

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