John Loder
Acting • Born 1898-01-02 – Died 1988-12-26
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 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". Description above from the Wikipedia article John Loder, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
91 credits
A Daughter Of Destiny
Movie • 1928
Viscount
The Man Who Changed His Mind
Movie • 1936
Dick Haslewood
Dishonored Lady
Movie • 1947
Felix Courtland
Now, Voyager
Movie • 1942
Elliot Livingston
Sabotage
Movie • 1937
Ted
The Doctor's Secret
Movie • 1929
Hugh Paton
The Man Hunter
Movie • 1930
George Castle
Love, Live & Laugh
Movie • 1929
Dr. Price
How Green Was My Valley
Movie • 1941
Ianto Morgan
The Private Life of Henry VIII
Movie • 1933
Peynell
Gentleman Jim
Movie • 1942
Carlton De Witt
Jealousy
Movie • 1945
Dr. David Brent
King Solomon's Mines
Movie • 1937
Sir Henry Curtis
Passage to Marseille
Movie • 1944
Manning
On the Loose
Movie • 1931
Mr. Loder
The Gorilla Man
Movie • 1943
Captain Craig Killian
Old Acquaintance
Movie • 1943
Preston Drake
The Mysterious Doctor
Movie • 1943
Sir Henry Leland
Confirm or Deny
Movie • 1941
Captain Lionel Channing
The First Born
Movie • 1928
Lord David Harborough
Allá donde el viento brama
Movie • 1963
Adventure in Iraq
Movie • 1943
George Torrence
Woman Who Came Back
Movie • 1945
Dr. Matt Adams
Wedding Rehearsal
Movie • 1932
John Hopkins aka Bimbo
The Brighton Strangler
Movie • 1945
Reginald Parker / Edward Grey
The Hairy Ape
Movie • 1944
Tony Lazar
A Game of Death
Movie • 1945
Don Rainsford
Murder Will Out
Movie • 1939
Dr. Paul Raymond
Adventure in Diamonds
Movie • 1940
Michael Barclay
Katia
Movie • 1938
Tsar Alexandre II of Russia
The Second Floor Mystery
Movie • 1930
Fraser-Freer's Younger Brother
Abroad with Two Yanks
Movie • 1944
Aussie Sgt. Cyril North
Murder on the Waterfront
Movie • 1943
Holbrook
Owd Bob
Movie • 1938
David Moore
Non-Stop New York
Movie • 1937
Inspector Jim Grant
Java Head
Movie • 1934
Gerrit Ammidon
Rolling in Money
Movie • 1934
Lord Gawthorpe
Guilty Melody
Movie • 1936
Richard Carter
It Happened in Paris
Movie • 1935
Paul
Queen of Hearts
Movie • 1936
Derek Cooper
Love, Life and Laughter
Movie • 1934
Prince Charles
Lilies of the Field
Movie • 1930
Walter Harker
Threats
Movie • 1940
Dick Stone
Money for Speed
Movie • 1933
Mitch
One Night at Susie's
Movie • 1930
Hayes
Doctor Syn
Movie • 1937
Denis Cobtree
Her Private Affair
Movie • 1929
Carl Weild
Money Means Nothing
Movie • 1932
Earl Egbert
The Silent Passenger
Movie • 1935
John Ryder
The Wife of Monte Cristo
Movie • 1946
De Villefort, Prefect of Police
My Song Goes Round the World
Movie • 1934
Rico
The Fighting Guardsman
Movie • 1945
Sir John Tanley
The Battle
Movie • 1934
Commander Fergan
Scotland Yard
Movie • 1941
Sir John Lasher
You Made Me Love You
Movie • 1933
Harry Berne
Small Hotel
Movie • 1957
Mr. Finch
Lorna Doone
Movie • 1934
John Ridd
Eagle Squadron
Movie • 1942
Paddy Carson
Tin Pan Alley
Movie • 1940
Reggie Carstairs
Peace on the Rhine
Movie • 1938
Émile Scheffer
One Night In Lisbon
Movie • 1941
Cmdr. Peter Walmsley
Rich People
Movie • 1929
Captain Danforth
Diamond Frontier
Movie • 1940
Dr. Charles Clayton
Ourselves Alone
Movie • 1936
Captain Wiltshire
Whom the Gods Love: The Original Story of Mozart and His Wife
Movie • 1936
Prince Lobkowitz
Sweethearts and Wives
Movie • 1930
Sam Worthington
One More Tomorrow
Movie • 1946
Owen Arthur
Black Waters
Movie • 1929
Charles
Meet Maxwell Archer
Movie • 1940
Maxwell Archer
The Firechasers
Movie • 1971
Routledge
18 Minutes
Movie • 1935
Trelawney
The Secret Man
Movie • 1958
Major Anderson
Fair Game
Movie • 1928
Oberleutnant von Rohnstedt
The Silent Battle
Movie • 1939
Bordier
Josette of New Orleans
Movie • 1958
The Colonel
Sunset Pass
Movie • 1929
Ashleigh Preston
Woman and the Hunter
Movie • 1957
Mitchell Gifford
The Story of Esther Costello
Movie • 1957
Paul Marchant
The Unholy Night
Movie • 1929
Captain Dorchester
The Racketeer
Movie • 1929
Jack Oakhurst
Die weiße Spinne
Movie • 1927
Anything to Declare?
Movie • 1938
Capt. Rufus Grant
Gideon's Day
Movie • 1958
Ponsford 'The Duke'
Seas Beneath
Movie • 1931
Franz Shiller
Under Secret Orders
Movie • 1937
Lt. Peter Carr
Sing As We Go
Movie • 1934
Hugh Phillips
Casanovas Erbe
Movie • 1928
The Case of Lena Smith
Movie • 1929
(uncredited)
Are You There?
Movie • 1930
Bit Role (uncredited)
The Count of Monte Cristo
TV • 1956
Robert Montgomery Presents
TV • 1950
Preston Mitchell