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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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1971
as Routledge
1963
1958
as Major Anderson
1958
as Ponsford 'The Duke'
1958
as The Colonel
1957
as Paul Marchant
1957
as Mr. Finch
1957
as Mitchell Gifford
1956
1950
as Preston Mitchell
1947
as Felix Courtland
1946
as Owen Arthur
1946
as De Villefort, Prefect of Police
1946
as Sir John Tanley
1945
as Dr. Matt Adams
1945
as Don Rainsford
1945
as Dr. David Brent
1945
as Reginald Parker / Edward Grey
1944
as Aussie Sgt. Cyril North
1944
as Tony Lazar
1944
as Manning
1943
as Preston Drake
1943
as George Torrence
1943
as Holbrook
1943
as Sir Henry Leland
1943
as Captain Craig Killian
1942
as Carlton De Witt
1942
as Elliot Livingston
1942
as Paddy Carson
1941
as Captain Lionel Channing
1941
as Ianto Morgan
1941
as Cmdr. Peter Walmsley
1941
as Sir John Lasher
1940
as Reggie Carstairs
1940
as Dr. Charles Clayton
1940
as Michael Barclay
1940
as Maxwell Archer
1940
as Dick Stone
1939
as Dr. Paul Raymond
1939
as Bordier
1938
as Capt. Rufus Grant
1938
as Émile Scheffer
1938
as Le Tsar Alexandre II de Russie
1938
as David Moore
1937
as Lt. Peter Carr
1937
as Inspector Jim Grant
1937
as Denis Cobtree
1937
as Sir Henry Curtis
1937
as Ted
1936
as Derek Cooper
1936
as Dick Haslewood
1936
as Richard Carter
1936
as Captain Wiltshire
1936
as Prince Lobkowitz
1935
as Paul
1935
as John Ryder
1935
as Trelawney
1934
as John Ridd
1934
as Rico
1934
as Hugh Phillips
1934
as Gerrit Ammidon
1934
as Fergan
1934
as Lord Gawthorpe
1934
as Prince Charles
1933
as Harry Berne
1933
as Peynell
1933
as Mitch
1932
as John Hopkins aka Bimbo
1932
as Earl Egbert
1931
as Mr. Loder
1931
as Franz Shiller
1930
as Hayes
1930
as Sam Worthington
1930
as George Castle
1930
as Fraser-Freer's Younger Brother
1930
as Walter Harker
1929
as Captain Danforth
1929
as Jack Oakhurst
1929
as Dr. Price
1929
as Carl Weild
1929
as Captain Dorchester
1929
as Charles
1929
as Ashleigh Preston
1929
as Hugh Paton
1928
as Lord David Harborough
1928
as Oberleutnant von Rohnstedt
1928
as Viscount
1927