John Longden
Acting • Born 1900-11-11 – Died 1971-05-26
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.
Filmography
97 credits
Blackmail
Movie • 1929
Detective Frank Webber
Young and Innocent
Movie • 1937
Det. Insp. Kent
Alias John Preston
Movie • 1955
Richard Sandford
Quatermass 2
Movie • 1957
Chief Inspector Lomax
Juno and the Paycock
Movie • 1930
Charles Bentham
The Skin Game
Movie • 1931
Charles Hornblower
Contraband
Movie • 1940
Passport officer
Barging Along
Movie • 1941
Narrator
The Gaunt Stranger
Movie • 1938
Inspector Bliss
The Last Post
Movie • 1929
David / Martin
Quinneys
Movie • 1927
Joseph Quinney
The Arcadians
Movie • 1927
Jack Meadows
The Glad Eye
Movie • 1927
Floquet
The Ghosts of Berkeley Square
Movie • 1947
Mortimer Digby
So Evil, So Young
Movie • 1961
Mr. Turner
The Adventures of Dusty Bates
Movie • 1947
Tod Jenkins
It Isn't Done
Movie • 1937
Peter Ashton
Dangerous Cargo
Movie • 1954
Worthington
The Lady Craved Excitement
Movie • 1950
Inspector James
Bonnie Prince Charlie
Movie • 1948
Colonel O'Sullivan
A Matter of Life and Death
Movie • 1946
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Bad Boy
Movie • 1938
Inspector Thompson
The Wallet
Movie • 1952
Man With Pipe
Jamaica Inn
Movie • 1939
Captain Johnson (uncredited)
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
Movie • 1939
Raven (uncredited)
Meet Mr. Callaghan
Movie • 1954
Jeremy Meraulton
The Last Load
Movie • 1948
Q Planes
Movie • 1939
John Peters, a Pilot
The Flame of Love
Movie • 1930
Lieutenant Boris Boriskoff
Innocent Sinners
Movie • 1958
Admiral
Thoroughbred
Movie • 1936
Bill Peel
Elstree Calling
Movie • 1930
Himself
Hindle Wakes
Movie • 1931
Boyfriend
The Silence of Dean Maitland
Movie • 1934
Dean Maitland
Sherlock Holmes: The Man Who Disappeared
Movie • 1951
Sherlock Holmes
An Honourable Murder
Movie • 1960
Julian Caesar
Born Lucky
Movie • 1933
Frank Dale
Rynox
Movie • 1932
Anthony Xavier 'Tony' Benedik
The Common Touch
Movie • 1941
Stuart Gordon
Jennifer Hale
Movie • 1937
Police Inspector Merton
Piccadilly
Movie • 1929
Man from China (uncredited)
Pool of London
Movie • 1951
DI Williams
Black Widow
Movie • 1951
Mr. Kemp
Tower of Terror
Movie • 1941
Commander
Children of Chance
Movie • 1930
Jeffrey
Two Worlds
Movie • 1930
Lt. Stanislaus von Zaminsky
The Ringer
Movie • 1931
Inspector Wembury
Two Crowded Hours
Movie • 1931
Harry Fielding
The Wickham Mystery
Movie • 1931
Harry Crawford
Murder on the Second Floor
Movie • 1932
Hugh Bromilow
Atlantic
Movie • 1929
Lanchester
The House of Marney
Movie • 1927
Unpublished Story
Movie • 1942
Metcalf
Death by Design
Movie • 1943
Inspector Slade
Palais De Danse
Movie • 1928
No. 1
The Lion Has Wings
Movie • 1939
Unnamed Character
The Magic Box
Movie • 1952
Speaker in Connaught Rooms
Frozen Alive
Movie • 1964
Prof. Hubbard
One of Our Aircraft Is Missing
Movie • 1942
Ground Officer (uncredited)
Old Mother Riley's Circus
Movie • 1941
Bill
The Silver Fleet
Movie • 1943
Jost Meertens
The Man Who Finally Died
Movie • 1963
Munch
The Elusive Pimpernel
Movie • 1950
The Abbot
The Ship That Died of Shame
Movie • 1955
Detective
A Woman's Temptation
Movie • 1959
Inspector Syms
You Know What Sailors Are
Movie • 1928
Anna Karenina
Movie • 1948
Gen. Serpuhousky
For Dealers Only
Movie • 1937
Broad Waterways
Movie • 1959
The Flight Commander
Movie • 1928
Ivan
Mademoiselle Parley Voo
Movie • 1928
Le Beau - Illusionist
Ordeal by Fire
Movie • 1957
De La Fayette
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Movie • 1958
Egeus
The Dark Light
Movie • 1951
Stephen
Rose of Tralee
Movie • 1942
Paddy O'Brien
Three Sundays to Live
Movie • 1957
Warder
The Count of Monte Cristo
TV • 1956
Interpol Calling
TV • 1959
Lord Ruskington
The Adventures of Robin Hood
TV • 1955
The Abbot
The Adventures of William Tell
TV • 1958
The Adventures of Robin Hood
TV • 1955
Tailor
The Adventures of Robin Hood
TV • 1955
Lord Blackstone
The Adventures of Robin Hood
TV • 1955
Wulfric
The Adventures of Robin Hood
TV • 1955
Walter Fitzurse
The Adventures of Robin Hood
TV • 1955
Chambertin
The Adventures of Robin Hood
TV • 1955
Sir Walter De Lys
The Adventures of Robin Hood
TV • 1955
Ned
The Adventures of Robin Hood
TV • 1955
Count Leger
The Adventures of Robin Hood
TV • 1955
Sir Gyles of Wren
The Adventures of Robin Hood
TV • 1955
Archbishop
The Adventures of Robin Hood
TV • 1955
Hodges
Man from Interpol
TV • 1960
Mercer
Richard the Lionheart
TV • 1962
Sir Thomas
Man from Interpol
TV • 1960
Superintendent Mercer
The World of Hammer
TV • 1994
Self (archive footage)
Mark Saber
TV • 1954
Simon Graves
Mark Saber
TV • 1954
Albert Lake