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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
November 11, 1900
Died
May 26, 1971
Place of Birth
West Indies
Also Known As
- John Longdon
John Longden
0.3 Popularity
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.
Known For
6.5
Self (archive footage)
The World of Hammer
1994
4.2
Prof. Hubbard
Frozen Alive
1964
6.2
Munch
The Man Who Finally Died
1963
0.0
Sir Thomas
Richard the Lionheart
1962
3.8
Mr. Turner
So Evil, So Young
1961
🎬
5.0
Julian Caesar
An Honourable Murder
1960
7.0
Mercer
Man from Interpol
1960
7.0
Superintendent Mercer
Man from Interpol
1960
🎬
6.0
Inspector Syms
A Woman's Temptation
1959
6.7
Lord Ruskington
Interpol Calling
1959
Credits
The World of Hammer
as Self (archive footage)
1994
6.5
Frozen Alive
as Prof. Hubbard
1964
4.2
The Man Who Finally Died
as Munch
1963
6.2
Richard the Lionheart
as Sir Thomas
1962
0.0
So Evil, So Young
as Mr. Turner
1961
3.8
🎬
An Honourable Murder
as Julian Caesar
1960
5.0
Man from Interpol
as Mercer
1960
7.0
Man from Interpol
as Superintendent Mercer
1960
7.0
🎬
A Woman's Temptation
as Inspector Syms
1959
6.0
Interpol Calling
as Lord Ruskington
1959
6.7
🎬
Broad Waterways
1959
0.0
A Midsummer Night's Dream
as Egeus
1958
0.0
The Adventures of William Tell
1958
6.3
Innocent Sinners
as Admiral
1958
7.0
Ordeal by Fire
as De La Fayette
1957
0.0
Quatermass 2
as Chief Inspector Lomax
1957
6.4
The Count of Monte Cristo
1956
4.4
Alias John Preston
as Richard Sandford
1955
5.3
The Adventures of Robin Hood
as The Abbot
1955
6.3
The Adventures of Robin Hood
as Tailor
1955
6.3
The Adventures of Robin Hood
as Lord Blackstone
1955
6.3
The Adventures of Robin Hood
as Wulfric
1955
6.3
The Adventures of Robin Hood
as Walter Fitzurse
1955
6.3
The Adventures of Robin Hood
as Chambertin
1955
6.3
The Adventures of Robin Hood
as Sir Walter De Lys
1955
6.3
The Adventures of Robin Hood
as Ned
1955
6.3
The Adventures of Robin Hood
as Count Leger
1955
6.3
The Adventures of Robin Hood
as Sir Gyles of Wren
1955
6.3
The Adventures of Robin Hood
as Archbishop
1955
6.3
The Adventures of Robin Hood
as Hodges
1955
6.3
The Ship That Died of Shame
as Detective
1955
7.0
Mark Saber
as Simon Graves
1954
7.0
Mark Saber
as Albert Lake
1954
7.0
Meet Mr. Callaghan
as Jeremy Meraulton
1954
6.0
Dangerous Cargo
as Worthington
1954
5.2
🎬
The Wallet
as Man With Pipe
1952
0.0
The Magic Box
as Speaker in Connaught Rooms
1952
6.4
Black Widow
as Mr. Kemp
1951
5.0
🎬
The Dark Light
as Stephen
1951
3.8
Sherlock Holmes: The Man Who Disappeared
as Sherlock Holmes
1951
6.0
Pool of London
as DI Williams
1951
6.5
The Elusive Pimpernel
as The Abbot
1950
5.9
🎬
The Lady Craved Excitement
as Inspector James
1950
5.2
Bonnie Prince Charlie
as Colonel O'Sullivan
1948
4.7
Anna Karenina
as Gen. Serpuhousky
1948
5.9
The Last Load
1948
0.0
The Ghosts of Berkeley Square
as Mortimer Digby
1947
5.2
The Adventures of Dusty Bates
as Tod Jenkins
1947
4.0
A Matter of Life and Death
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1946
7.8
The Silver Fleet
as Jost Meertens
1943
6.0
Death by Design
as Inspector Slade
1943
0.0
Unpublished Story
as Metcalf
1942
6.3
One of Our Aircraft Is Missing
as Ground Officer (uncredited)
1942
6.6
🎬
Rose of Tralee
as Paddy O'Brien
1942
0.0
Tower of Terror
as Commander
1941
5.6
🎬
Old Mother Riley's Circus
as Bill
1941
3.8
The Common Touch
as Stuart Gordon
1941
6.3
🎬
Barging Along
as Narrator
1941
0.0
Contraband
as Passport officer
1940
7.1
The Lion Has Wings
as Unnamed Character
1939
6.2
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
as Raven (uncredited)
1939
7.4
Jamaica Inn
as Captain Johnson (uncredited)
1939
6.1
Q Planes
as John Peters, a Pilot
1939
5.9
The Gaunt Stranger
as Inspector Bliss
1938
7.5
🎬
Bad Boy
as Inspector Thompson
1938
0.0
🎬
For Dealers Only
1937
0.0
Young and Innocent
as Det. Insp. Kent
1937
6.6
Jennifer Hale
as Police Inspector Merton
1937
5.0
🎬
It Isn't Done
as Peter Ashton
1937
0.0
Thoroughbred
as Bill Peel
1936
6.0
The Silence of Dean Maitland
as Dean Maitland
1934
5.0
Born Lucky
as Frank Dale
1933
0.0
Murder on the Second Floor
as Hugh Bromilow
1932
0.0
Rynox
as Anthony Xavier 'Tony' Benedik
1931
5.5
The Wickham Mystery
as Harry Crawford
1931
0.0
Hindle Wakes
as Boyfriend
1931
0.0
Two Crowded Hours
as Harry Fielding
1931
0.0
🎬
The Ringer
as Inspector Wembury
1931
0.0
The Skin Game
as Charles Hornblower
1931
5.4
Children of Chance
as Jeffrey
1930
0.0
Two Worlds
as Lt. Stanislaus von Zaminsky
1930
0.0
Juno and the Paycock
as Charles Bentham
1930
4.6
The Flame of Love
as Lieutenant Boris Boriskoff
1930
5.5
Elstree Calling
as Himself
1930
5.0
Atlantic
as Lanchester
1929
5.0
Blackmail
as Detective Frank Webber
1929
6.5
Piccadilly
as Man from China (uncredited)
1929
6.4
The Last Post
as David / Martin
1929
0.0
You Know What Sailors Are
1928
0.0
Palais De Danse
as No. 1
1928
0.0
🎬
Mademoiselle Parley Voo
as Le Beau - Illusionist
1928
0.0
The Flight Commander
as Ivan
1928
0.0
🎬
Quinneys
as Joseph Quinney
1927
0.0
🎬
The Arcadians
as Jack Meadows
1927
0.0
The Glad Eye
as Floquet
1927
0.0
🎬
The House of Marney
1927
0.0