John Loder
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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".
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Acted in
The Firechasers
1971
as Routledge
Allá donde el viento brama
1963
The Secret Man
1958
as Major Anderson
Gideon's Day
1958
as Ponsford 'The Duke'
Josette of New Orleans
1958
as The Colonel
The Story of Esther Costello
1957
as Paul Marchant
Small Hotel
1957
as Mr. Finch
Woman and the Hunter
1957
as Mitchell Gifford
The Count of Monte Cristo
1956
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950
as Preston Mitchell
Dishonored Lady
1947
as Felix Courtland
One More Tomorrow
1946
as Owen Arthur
The Wife of Monte Cristo
1946
as De Villefort, Prefect of Police
The Fighting Guardsman
1946
as Sir John Tanley
Woman Who Came Back
1945
as Dr. Matt Adams
A Game of Death
1945
as Don Rainsford
Jealousy
1945
as Dr. David Brent
The Brighton Strangler
1945
as Reginald Parker / Edward Grey
Abroad with Two Yanks
1944
as Aussie Sgt. Cyril North
The Hairy Ape
1944
as Tony Lazar
Passage to Marseille
1944
as Manning
Old Acquaintance
1943
as Preston Drake
Adventure in Iraq
1943
as George Torrence
Murder on the Waterfront
1943
as Holbrook
The Mysterious Doctor
1943
as Sir Henry Leland
The Gorilla Man
1943
as Captain Craig Killian
Gentleman Jim
1942
as Carlton De Witt
Now, Voyager
1942
as Elliot Livingston
Eagle Squadron
1942
as Paddy Carson
Confirm or Deny
1941
as Captain Lionel Channing
How Green Was My Valley
1941
as Ianto Morgan
One Night In Lisbon
1941
as Cmdr. Peter Walmsley
Scotland Yard
1941
as Sir John Lasher
Tin Pan Alley
1940
as Reggie Carstairs
Diamond Frontier
1940
as Dr. Charles Clayton
Adventure in Diamonds
1940
as Michael Barclay
Meet Maxwell Archer
1940
as Maxwell Archer
Threats
1940
as Dick Stone
Murder Will Out
1939
as Dr. Paul Raymond
The Silent Battle
1939
as Bordier
Anything to Declare?
1938
as Capt. Rufus Grant
Peace on the Rhine
1938
as Émile Scheffer
Katia
1938
as Le Tsar Alexandre II de Russie
Owd Bob
1938
as David Moore
Under Secret Orders
1937
as Lt. Peter Carr
Non-Stop New York
1937
as Inspector Jim Grant
Doctor Syn
1937
as Denis Cobtree
King Solomon's Mines
1937
as Sir Henry Curtis
Sabotage
1937
as Ted
Queen of Hearts
1936
as Derek Cooper
The Man Who Changed His Mind
1936
as Dick Haslewood
Guilty Melody
1936
as Richard Carter
Ourselves Alone
1936
as Captain Wiltshire
Whom the Gods Love: The Original Story of Mozart and His Wife
1936
as Prince Lobkowitz
It Happened in Paris
1935
as Paul
The Silent Passenger
1935
as John Ryder
18 Minutes
1935
as Trelawney
Lorna Doone
1934
as John Ridd
My Song Goes Round the World
1934
as Rico
Sing As We Go
1934
as Hugh Phillips
Java Head
1934
as Gerrit Ammidon
The Battle
1934
as Fergan
Rolling in Money
1934
as Lord Gawthorpe
Love, Life and Laughter
1934
as Prince Charles
You Made Me Love You
1933
as Harry Berne
The Private Life of Henry VIII
1933
as Peynell
Money for Speed
1933
as Mitch
Wedding Rehearsal
1932
as John Hopkins aka Bimbo
Money Means Nothing
1932
as Earl Egbert
On the Loose
1931
as Mr. Loder
Seas Beneath
1931
as Franz Shiller
One Night at Susie's
1930
as Hayes
Sweethearts and Wives
1930
as Sam Worthington
The Man Hunter
1930
as George Castle
The Second Floor Mystery
1930
as Fraser-Freer's Younger Brother
Lilies of the Field
1930
as Walter Harker
Rich People
1929
as Captain Danforth
The Racketeer
1929
as Jack Oakhurst
Love, Live & Laugh
1929
as Dr. Price
Her Private Affair
1929
as Carl Weild
The Unholy Night
1929
as Captain Dorchester
Black Waters
1929
as Charles
Sunset Pass
1929
as Ashleigh Preston
The Doctor's Secret
1929
as Hugh Paton
The First Born
1928
as Lord David Harborough
Casanovas Erbe
1928
Fair Game
1928
as Oberleutnant von Rohnstedt
A Daughter Of Destiny
1928
as Viscount
Die weiße Spinne
1927