Known For
Acting
Born
Jan 02, 1898
Died
Dec 26, 1988
Place of Birth
London, England, UK
Credits
92 titles
John Loder
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.
Known For
Filmography
The Firechasers
Routledge
Allá donde el viento brama
The Secret Man
Major Anderson
Gideon's Day
Ponsford 'The Duke'
Josette of New Orleans
The Colonel
The Story of Esther Costello
Paul Marchant
Small Hotel
Mr. Finch
Woman and the Hunter
Mitchell Gifford
The Count of Monte Cristo
Robert Montgomery Presents
Preston Mitchell
Dishonored Lady
Felix Courtland
One More Tomorrow
Owen Arthur
The Wife of Monte Cristo
De Villefort, Prefect of Police
Woman Who Came Back
Dr. Matt Adams
A Game of Death
Don Rainsford
Jealousy
Dr. David Brent
The Brighton Strangler
Reginald Parker / Edward Grey
The Fighting Guardsman
Sir John Tanley
Abroad with Two Yanks
Aussie Sgt. Cyril North
The Hairy Ape
Tony Lazar
Passage to Marseille
Manning
Old Acquaintance
Preston Drake
Adventure in Iraq
George Torrence
Murder on the Waterfront
Holbrook
The Mysterious Doctor
Sir Henry Leland
The Gorilla Man
Captain Craig Killian
Gentleman Jim
Carlton De Witt
Now, Voyager
Elliot Livingston
Eagle Squadron
Paddy Carson
Confirm or Deny
Captain Lionel Channing
How Green Was My Valley
Ianto Morgan
One Night In Lisbon
Cmdr. Peter Walmsley
Scotland Yard
Sir John Lasher
Tin Pan Alley
Reggie Carstairs
Diamond Frontier
Dr. Charles Clayton
Adventure in Diamonds
Michael Barclay
Meet Maxwell Archer
Maxwell Archer
Threats
Dick Stone
Murder Will Out
Dr. Paul Raymond
The Silent Battle
Bordier
Anything to Declare?
Capt. Rufus Grant
Peace on the Rhine
Émile Scheffer
Katia
Tsar Alexandre II of Russia
Owd Bob
David Moore
Under Secret Orders
Lt. Peter Carr
Non-Stop New York
Inspector Jim Grant
Doctor Syn
Denis Cobtree
King Solomon's Mines
Sir Henry Curtis
Sabotage
Ted
Queen of Hearts
Derek Cooper