John Longden

Known for: Acting

Born: 1900-11-11 – 1971-05-26 (aged 70)

From: West Indies

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.

Filmography (86)

TV★ 6.8
The World of Hammer
1994
as Self (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 4.6
Frozen Alive
1964
as Prof. Hubbard
MOVIE★ 6.3
The Man Who Finally Died
1963
as Munch
TV★ 10.0
Espionage
1963
as American Ambassador
TV★ 9.0
Richard the Lionheart
1962
as Sir Thomas
MOVIE★ 4.7
So Evil, So Young
1961
as Mr. Turner
MOVIE★ 7.0
An Honourable Murder
1960
as Julian Caesar
TV★ 7.0
Man from Interpol
1960
as Mercer
MOVIE★ 6.5
A Woman's Temptation
1959
as Inspector Syms
TV★ 7.3
Interpol Calling
1959
as Lord Ruskington
MOVIE
Broad Waterways
1959
MOVIE★ 7.0
A Midsummer Night's Dream
1958
as Egeus
TV★ 6.8
The Adventures of William Tell
1958
MOVIE★ 7.5
Innocent Sinners
1958
as Admiral
MOVIE
Ordeal by Fire
1957
as De La Fayette
MOVIE★ 6.5
Three Sundays to Live
1957
as Warder
MOVIE★ 6.4
Quatermass 2
1957
as Chief Inspector Lomax
TV★ 5.6
The Count of Monte Cristo
1956
MOVIE★ 5.8
Alias John Preston
1955
as Richard Sandford
TV★ 6.4
The Adventures of Robin Hood
1955
as The Abbot
MOVIE★ 7.3
The Ship That Died of Shame
1955
as Detective
MOVIE★ 8.0
Final Column
1955
TV★ 8.0
Mark Saber
1954
as Simon Graves
MOVIE★ 6.5
Meet Mr. Callaghan
1954
as Jeremy Meraulton
MOVIE★ 6.4
Dangerous Cargo
1954
as Worthington
MOVIE★ 8.0
The Wallet
1952
as Man With Pipe
MOVIE★ 6.5
The Magic Box
1952
as Speaker in Connaught Rooms
MOVIE★ 5.7
Black Widow
1951
as Mr. Kemp
MOVIE★ 5.5
The Dark Light
1951
as Stephen
MOVIE★ 6.5
Sherlock Holmes: The Man Who Disappeared
1951
as Sherlock Holmes
MOVIE★ 6.6
Pool of London
1951
as DI Williams
MOVIE★ 6.0
The Elusive Pimpernel
1950
as The Abbot
MOVIE★ 5.8
The Lady Craved Excitement
1950
as Inspector James
MOVIE★ 5.5
Bonnie Prince Charlie
1948
as Colonel O'Sullivan
MOVIE★ 6.0
Anna Karenina
1948
as Gen. Serpuhousky
MOVIE★ 10.0
The Last Load
1948
MOVIE★ 5.7
The Ghosts of Berkeley Square
1947
as Mortimer Digby
MOVIE★ 5.3
The Adventures of Dusty Bates
1947
as Tod Jenkins
MOVIE★ 7.8
A Matter of Life and Death
1946
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 6.4
The Silver Fleet
1943
as Jost Meertens
MOVIE
Death by Design
1943
as Inspector Slade
MOVIE★ 6.5
Unpublished Story
1942
as Metcalf
MOVIE★ 6.6
One of Our Aircraft Is Missing
1942
as Ground Officer (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 9.0
Rose of Tralee
1942
as Paddy O'Brien
MOVIE★ 5.8
Tower of Terror
1941
as Commander
MOVIE★ 4.3
Old Mother Riley's Circus
1941
as Bill
MOVIE★ 6.8
The Common Touch
1941
as Stuart Gordon
MOVIE
Barging Along
1941
as Narrator
MOVIE★ 7.1
Contraband
1940
as Passport officer
MOVIE★ 6.4
The Lion Has Wings
1939
as Unnamed Character
MOVIE★ 7.4
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
1939
as Raven (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 6.1
Jamaica Inn
1939
as Captain Johnson (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 6.0
Q Planes
1939
as John Peters, a Pilot
MOVIE★ 7.3
The Gaunt Stranger
1938
as Inspector Bliss
MOVIE★ 7.0
Bad Boy
1938
as Inspector Thompson
MOVIE
For Dealers Only
1937
MOVIE★ 6.0
Jennifer Hale
1937
as Police Inspector Merton
MOVIE★ 7.0
It Isn't Done
1937
as Peter Ashton
MOVIE★ 6.6
Young and Innocent
1937
as Det. Insp. Kent
MOVIE★ 8.0
Thoroughbred
1936
as Bill Peel
MOVIE★ 6.5
The Silence of Dean Maitland
1934
as Dean Maitland
MOVIE★ 7.0
Born Lucky
1933
as Frank Dale
MOVIE★ 10.0
Murder on the Second Floor
1932
as Hugh Bromilow
MOVIE★ 7.0
Rynox
1931
as Anthony Xavier 'Tony' Benedik
MOVIE★ 8.0
The Wickham Mystery
1931
as Harry Crawford
MOVIE★ 10.0
Hindle Wakes
1931
as Boyfriend
MOVIE★ 10.0
Two Crowded Hours
1931
as Harry Fielding
MOVIE★ 10.0
The Ringer
1931
as Inspector Wembury
MOVIE★ 5.4
The Skin Game
1931
as Charles Hornblower
MOVIE★ 9.0
Children of Chance
1930
as Jeffrey
MOVIE★ 10.0
Two Worlds
1930
as Lt. Stanislaus von Zaminsky
MOVIE★ 4.7
Juno and the Paycock
1930
as Charles Bentham
MOVIE★ 6.0
The Flame of Love
1930
as Lieutenant Boris Boriskoff
MOVIE★ 5.1
Elstree Calling
1930
as Himself
MOVIE★ 5.3
Atlantic
1929
as Lanchester
MOVIE★ 6.5
Blackmail
1929
as Detective Frank Webber
MOVIE★ 6.5
Piccadilly
1929
as Man from China (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 9.0
The Last Post
1929
as David / Martin
MOVIE★ 7.0
You Know What Sailors Are
1928
MOVIE★ 10.0
Palais De Danse
1928
as No. 1
MOVIE★ 7.0
Mademoiselle Parley Voo
1928
as Le Beau - Illusionist
MOVIE★ 10.0
The Flight Commander
1928
as Ivan
MOVIE★ 8.0
Quinneys
1927
as Joseph Quinney
MOVIE★ 9.0
The Arcadians
1927
as Jack Meadows
MOVIE★ 10.0
The Glad Eye
1927
as Floquet
MOVIE★ 7.0
The House of Marney
1927