Acting · West Indies · Born November 11, 1900
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.
TVThe World of Hammer
1994
as Self (archive footage)
MovieFrozen Alive
1964
as Prof. Hubbard
MovieThe Man Who Finally Died
1963
as Munch
TVEspionage
1963
as American Ambassador
TVRichard the Lionheart
1962
as Sir Thomas
MovieSo Evil, So Young
1961
as Mr. Turner
An Honourable Murder
1960
as Julian Caesar
TVMan from Interpol
1960
as Mercer
A Woman's Temptation
1959
as Inspector Syms
TVInterpol Calling
1959
as Lord Ruskington
Broad Waterways
1959
MovieA Midsummer Night's Dream
1958
as Egeus
TVThe Adventures of William Tell
1958
MovieInnocent Sinners
1958
as Admiral
MovieOrdeal by Fire
1957
as De La Fayette
MovieThree Sundays to Live
1957
as Warder
MovieQuatermass 2
1957
as Chief Inspector Lomax
TVThe Count of Monte Cristo
1956
MovieAlias John Preston
1955
as Richard Sandford
TVThe Adventures of Robin Hood
1955
as The Abbot
MovieThe Ship That Died of Shame
1955
as Detective
Final Column
1955
TVMark Saber
1954
as Simon Graves
MovieMeet Mr. Callaghan
1954
as Jeremy Meraulton
MovieDangerous Cargo
1954
as Worthington
The Wallet
1952
as Man With Pipe
MovieThe Magic Box
1952
as Speaker in Connaught Rooms
MovieBlack Widow
1951
as Mr. Kemp
The Dark Light
1951
as Stephen
MovieSherlock Holmes: The Man Who Disappeared
1951
as Sherlock Holmes
MoviePool of London
1951
as DI Williams
MovieThe Elusive Pimpernel
1950
as The Abbot
MovieThe Lady Craved Excitement
1950
as Inspector James
MovieBonnie Prince Charlie
1948
as Colonel O'Sullivan
MovieAnna Karenina
1948
as Gen. Serpuhousky
MovieThe Last Load
1948
MovieThe Ghosts of Berkeley Square
1947
as Mortimer Digby
MovieThe Adventures of Dusty Bates
1947
as Tod Jenkins
MovieA Matter of Life and Death
1946
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
MovieThe Silver Fleet
1943
as Jost Meertens
MovieDeath by Design
1943
as Inspector Slade
MovieUnpublished Story
1942
as Metcalf
MovieOne of Our Aircraft Is Missing
1942
as Ground Officer (uncredited)
Rose of Tralee
1942
as Paddy O'Brien
MovieTower of Terror
1941
as Commander
Old Mother Riley's Circus
1941
as Bill
MovieThe Common Touch
1941
as Stuart Gordon
Barging Along
1941
as Narrator
MovieContraband
1940
as Passport officer
MovieThe Lion Has Wings
1939
as Unnamed Character
MovieGoodbye, Mr. Chips
1939
as Raven (uncredited)
MovieJamaica Inn
1939
as Captain Johnson (uncredited)
MovieQ Planes
1939
as John Peters, a Pilot
MovieThe Gaunt Stranger
1938
as Inspector Bliss
Bad Boy
1938
as Inspector Thompson
For Dealers Only
1937
MovieJennifer Hale
1937
as Police Inspector Merton
It Isn't Done
1937
as Peter Ashton
MovieYoung and Innocent
1937
as Det. Insp. Kent
MovieThoroughbred
1936
as Bill Peel
MovieThe Silence of Dean Maitland
1934
as Dean Maitland
MovieBorn Lucky
1933
as Frank Dale
MovieMurder on the Second Floor
1932
as Hugh Bromilow
MovieRynox
1931
as Anthony Xavier 'Tony' Benedik
MovieThe Wickham Mystery
1931
as Harry Crawford
MovieHindle Wakes
1931
as Boyfriend
MovieTwo Crowded Hours
1931
as Harry Fielding
The Ringer
1931
as Inspector Wembury
MovieThe Skin Game
1931
as Charles Hornblower
MovieChildren of Chance
1930
as Jeffrey
MovieTwo Worlds
1930
as Lt. Stanislaus von Zaminsky
MovieJuno and the Paycock
1930
as Charles Bentham
MovieThe Flame of Love
1930
as Lieutenant Boris Boriskoff
MovieElstree Calling
1930
as Himself
MovieAtlantic
1929
as Lanchester
MovieBlackmail
1929
as Detective Frank Webber
MoviePiccadilly
1929
as Man from China (uncredited)
MovieThe Last Post
1929
as David / Martin
MovieYou Know What Sailors Are
1928
MoviePalais De Danse
1928
as No. 1
Mademoiselle Parley Voo
1928
as Le Beau - Illusionist
MovieThe Flight Commander
1928
as Ivan
Quinneys
1927
as Joseph Quinney
The Arcadians
1927
as Jack Meadows
MovieThe Glad Eye
1927
as Floquet
The House of Marney
1927
